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Challice's Plantation

10 ha

📷 Sarah Charlesworth · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome10 ha

Getting here

50.87154, -3.87316

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Magpie +55 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Magpie +55 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Good match

Public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Beautiful Demoiselle, Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Common Blue Damselfly +1 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Beautiful Demoiselle, Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Common Blue Damselfly +1 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Tarka TrailWalking route

Named routeRef TTRegional walking route

Chulmleigh Community TrailWalking route

Named routeRef CCT

Little Dart Ridge & Valley WalkWalking route

Named routeRef LDRVRegional walking route

Wildlife to spot

4,370 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,370 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds39 species

summerautumnwinter

2025

Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Pied Wagtail +34

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica
RobinErithacus rubecula
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
House SparrowPasser domesticus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
SwallowHirundo rustica
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
RedwingTurdus iliacus
DunnockPrunella modularis
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
JayGarrulus glandarius
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
House MartinDelichon urbicum
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
White WagtailMotacilla alba alba
RookCorvus frugilegus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
RavenCorvus corax
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
NuthatchSitta europaea
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella

🦌

Mammals3 species

summerautumnwinter

2025

Mole · Roe Deer · Hedgehog

MoleTalpa europaea
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus

🐝

Insects1 species

autumn

2025

Golden-ringed Dragonfly

Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,370 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds39 species

summerautumnwinter

2025

Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Pied Wagtail +34

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica
RobinErithacus rubecula
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
House SparrowPasser domesticus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
SwallowHirundo rustica
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
RedwingTurdus iliacus
DunnockPrunella modularis
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
JayGarrulus glandarius
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
House MartinDelichon urbicum
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
White WagtailMotacilla alba alba
RookCorvus frugilegus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
RavenCorvus corax
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
NuthatchSitta europaea
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella

🦌

Mammals3 species

summerautumnwinter

2025

Mole · Roe Deer · Hedgehog

MoleTalpa europaea
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus

🐝

Insects1 species

autumn

2025

Golden-ringed Dragonfly

Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Sarah Charlesworth · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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