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🛝 Family🦉 Wildlife🎠 Play
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Places › England › South West › Torbay Getting here
50.46884, -3.52902
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Coopers Coffee — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Coopers Coffee — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Paid 🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🛝 Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Reptiles
Free
🎠 Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Carrion Crow, Herring Gull +72 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Carrion Crow, Herring Gull +72 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Eristalis tenax +58 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Eristalis tenax +58 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 5 signed routes nearby · 21 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
John Musgrave Heritage Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Ref JMHT Regional walking route
Show on map Torbay Totnes Trail (3T) Walking route ▾
Named route Ref TTT Local walking route
Show on map South West Coast Path (Section 42: Brixham to Babbacombe) Walking route ▾
Named route Ref SWCP National walking route
Show on map South West Coast Path (Section 43: Babbacombe to Exmouth) Walking route ▾
Named route Ref SWCP National walking route
Show on map Torquay Harbour Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Ref THT Local walking route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Geopark Cycle Loop Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
18,115 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 18,115 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 48 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Carrion Crow · Robin · Magpie · Herring Gull · Great Tit +43
Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Magpie Pica pica Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Turnstone Arenaria interpres Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus2025 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Shag Gulosus aristotelis2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Willow Tit Poecile montanus2025 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix2025 Common Guillemot Uria aalge2025 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Gannet Morus bassanus2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Palmate Newt
Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus 7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Platycheirus albimanus · Oedemera femoralis +5
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus Oedemera femoralis Oedemera femoralis Syrphus torvus Syrphus torvus Meliscaeva auricollis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 18,115 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 48 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Carrion Crow · Robin · Magpie · Herring Gull · Great Tit +43
Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Magpie Pica pica Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Turnstone Arenaria interpres Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus2025 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Shag Gulosus aristotelis2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Willow Tit Poecile montanus2025 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix2025 Common Guillemot Uria aalge2025 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Gannet Morus bassanus2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Palmate Newt
Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus 7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Platycheirus albimanus · Oedemera femoralis +5
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus Oedemera femoralis Oedemera femoralis Syrphus torvus Syrphus torvus Meliscaeva auricollis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Meliscaeva auricollis
Meliscaeva auricollis
Clover-root Weevil Sitona hispidulus
Clover-root Weevil Sitona hispidulus
Notonecta (Notonecta) maculata Notonecta (Notonecta) maculata
Notonecta (Notonecta) maculata Notonecta (Notonecta) maculata
Dasysyrphus albostriatus Dasysyrphus albostriatus
Dasysyrphus albostriatus Dasysyrphus albostriatus 