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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessPaid entryDogs welcome
Getting here
50.91261, -3.87255
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tawny Owl and Chaffinch
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 188m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tawny Owl and Chaffinch
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 188m away — 2 car parks within reach
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Tawny Owl, Chaffinch, Robin +71 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Tawny Owl, Chaffinch, Robin +71 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red Admiral, Small White, Gatekeeper +28 more · last seen 2023
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Bluebell, Ivy-leaved Speedwell +81 more · last seen 2022
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named hiking route nearby: Little Dart Ridge & Valley Walk; Named hiking route nearby: Little Dart Ridge & Valley Walk
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 5 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
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
3,219 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
3,219 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
springsummer
2025▾
Blue Tit · Robin · Chaffinch · Blackbird · Goldfinch +46
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- GoosanderMergus merganser2023
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2022
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2022
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
- TealAnas crecca2022
- Barn OwlTyto alba2020
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2020
- RavenCorvus corax2019
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2019
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2019
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerautumn
2022▾
Hedgehog · Otter · Badger · Mole
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020
- OtterLutra lutra
- BadgerMeles meles2021
- MoleTalpa europaea2020
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2022▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Red Admiral · Large White · Banded Demoiselle · Painted Lady · Brimstone +15
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
🌿Plants1 species
summerautumn
2022▾
Himalayan Balsam
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,219 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
springsummer
2025▾
Blue Tit · Robin · Chaffinch · Blackbird · Goldfinch +46
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- GoosanderMergus merganser2023
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2022
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2022
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
- TealAnas crecca2022
- Barn OwlTyto alba2020
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2020
- RavenCorvus corax2019
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2019
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2019
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerautumn
2022▾
Hedgehog · Otter · Badger · Mole
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020
- OtterLutra lutra
- BadgerMeles meles2021
- MoleTalpa europaea2020
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2022▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Red Admiral · Large White · Banded Demoiselle · Painted Lady · Brimstone +15
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
🌿Plants1 species
summerautumn
2022▾
Himalayan Balsam
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Violet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceusViolet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceusOil BeetleMeloeOil BeetleMeloePhasia hemipteraPhasia hemiptera2022Phasia hemipteraPhasia hemiptera2022Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2022Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2022Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2019Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2019Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019Small WhitePieris rapae2019Small WhitePieris rapae2019Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2019Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2019Events & activities nearby
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