Cawsand Beacon, a round cairn, a ring cairn, a stone building and five post-medieval shelters on the summit of Cawsand Hill
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Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
50.70709, -3.93266
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦40+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wren and Magpie
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦40+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wren and Magpie
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Wren, Magpie, Woodpigeon +37 more · last seen 2025; Blanket bog — golden plover, curlew, dunlin and merlin
Free
Birds — Wren, Magpie, Woodpigeon +37 more · last seen 2025; Blanket bog priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Coenosia femoralis, Coenosia tigrina, Scathophaga furcata +42 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Good match
Historic site with public access
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Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Two Moors WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef MWListed length 166Regional walking route
Tarka TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef TTRegional walking route
Devonshire Heartland WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef DHWRegional walking route
Dartmoor WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef DWRegional walking route
West Devon WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef WDERegional walking route
33 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Exeter to Okehampton LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Granite WayCycling route▾
Route 27Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 27National Cycle Network
Route 28Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 28National Cycle Network
Dartmoor Way (Cycle)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Cosdon Hill, summit trig point
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
2,928 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,928 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Wren · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Swallow · Carrion Crow +35
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great TitParus major
- RavenCorvus corax
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Domestic Cattle · Feral Sheep · Rabbit · Pipistrelle Bat species
- Domestic CattleBos taurus
- Feral SheepOvis aries
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Coenosia femoralis · Coenosia tigrina · Scathophaga furcata · Phylidorea abdominalis · Mantis Fly +40
- Coenosia femoralisCoenosia femoralis
- Coenosia tigrinaCoenosia tigrina
- Scathophaga furcataScathophaga furcata
- Phylidorea abdominalisPhylidorea abdominalis
- Mantis FlyOchthera mantis
- Phylidorea squalensPhylidorea squalens
- Spilogona denigrata
Tormentil
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,928 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Wren · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Swallow · Carrion Crow +35
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great TitParus major
- RavenCorvus corax
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Domestic Cattle · Feral Sheep · Rabbit · Pipistrelle Bat species
- Domestic CattleBos taurus
- Feral SheepOvis aries
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Coenosia femoralis · Coenosia tigrina · Scathophaga furcata · Phylidorea abdominalis · Mantis Fly +40
- Coenosia femoralisCoenosia femoralis
- Coenosia tigrinaCoenosia tigrina
- Scathophaga furcataScathophaga furcata
- Phylidorea abdominalisPhylidorea abdominalis
- Mantis FlyOchthera mantis
- Phylidorea squalensPhylidorea squalens
- Spilogona denigrata
Tormentil
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Spilogona denigrata
Spilogona denigrata
HeadflyHydrotaea irritansHeadflyHydrotaea irritansNotiphila venustaNotiphila venustaNotiphila venustaNotiphila venustaPrionocera turcicaPrionocera turcicaPrionocera turcicaPrionocera turcicaRhamphomyia hybotinaRhamphomyia hybotinaRhamphomyia hybotinaRhamphomyia hybotinaPhylidorea ferrugineaPhylidorea ferrugineaPhylidorea ferrugineaPhylidorea ferrugineaPogonota barbataPogonota barbataPogonota barbataPogonota barbataEuphylidorea meigeniiEuphylidorea meigeniiEuphylidorea meigeniiEuphylidorea meigeniiDiastata adustaDiastata adustaDiastata adustaDiastata adustaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaHilara choricaHilara choricaHilara choricaHilara choricaHelina allotallaHelina allotallaHelina allotallaHelina allotallaSepsis cynipseaSepsis cynipseaSepsis cynipseaSepsis cynipseaHybos culiciformisHybos culiciformisHybos culiciformisHybos culiciformisTipula lateralisTipula lateralisTipula lateralisTipula lateralisSepsis fulgensSepsis fulgensSepsis fulgensSepsis fulgensPseudocoenosia abnormisPseudocoenosia abnormisPseudocoenosia abnormisPseudocoenosia abnormisHelina reversioHelina reversioHelina reversioHelina reversioHybos femoratusHybos femoratusHybos femoratusHybos femoratusGreen GemMicrochrysa flavicornisGreen GemMicrochrysa flavicornisBlack SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatusBlack SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatusSpanochaeta dorsalisSpanochaeta dorsalisSpanochaeta dorsalisSpanochaeta dorsalisSicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineusSepsis orthocnemisSepsis orthocnemisSepsis orthocnemisSepsis orthocnemisPhaonia signataPhaonia signataPhaonia signataPhaonia signataHelina impunctaHelina impunctaHelina impunctaHelina impunctaMolophilus occultusMolophilus occultusMolophilus occultusMolophilus occultusCoenosia agromyzinaCoenosia agromyzinaCoenosia agromyzinaCoenosia agromyzinaHydrotaea militarisHydrotaea militarisHydrotaea militarisHydrotaea militarisTipula maximaTipula maximaTipula maximaTipula maximaFannia armataFannia armataFannia armataFannia armataHylemya variataHylemya variataHylemya variataHylemya variataEuphylidorea apertaEuphylidorea apertaEuphylidorea apertaEuphylidorea apertaSlender-footed RobberflyLeptarthrus brevirostrisSlender-footed RobberflyLeptarthrus brevirostrisPedicia occultaPedicia occultaPedicia occultaPedicia occultaFannia atraFannia atraFannia atraFannia atraHydrophoria lanciferHydrophoria lanciferHydrophoria lanciferHydrophoria lanciferCoenosia intermediaCoenosia intermediaCoenosia intermediaCoenosia intermediaMydaea aniculaMydaea aniculaMydaea aniculaMydaea aniculaEvents & activities nearby
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