🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
50.75354, -3.66234
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
- 🐕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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Blackcap, Siskin +42 more · last seen 2024; Birds — Blackbird, Blackcap, Siskin +42 more · last seen 2024
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Meadow Plant Bug, Bibio johannis, Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata +7 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Plant Bug, Bibio johannis, Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata +7 more · last seen 2025
Free
Named hiking route nearby: Tedbury Circular Walk
Free
Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Devonshire Heartland WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef DHWRegional walking route
Tedbury Circular WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef TEDLocal walking route
Dunsford to Exeter WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef DEWRegional walking route
Mary Michael Pilgrims WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef MMPWRegional walking route
Crediton History TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef CHT
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Exeter to Okehampton LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
Frankford Lanebridleway · 1.4 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 1.4 kmPath type: track
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Wildlife to spot
2,544 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,544 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springsummer
2024▾
Blackbird · Blackcap · Siskin · Stock Dove · Robin +40
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- MagpiePica pica
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummer
2024▾
Brown Hare · Red Deer · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Roe Deer
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Red DeerCervus elaphus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2023
Adder
Meadow Plant Bug · Bibio johannis · Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata · Common Flower Bug · Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum +5
- Meadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrata2024
- Bibio johannisBibio johannis
- Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigata
- Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum2024
- Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorumPlagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum2024
- Iassus lanio
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,544 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springsummer
2024▾
Blackbird · Blackcap · Siskin · Stock Dove · Robin +40
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- MagpiePica pica
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummer
2024▾
Brown Hare · Red Deer · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Roe Deer
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Red DeerCervus elaphus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2023
Adder
Meadow Plant Bug · Bibio johannis · Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata · Common Flower Bug · Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum +5
- Meadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrata2024
- Bibio johannisBibio johannis
- Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigata
- Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum2024
- Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorumPlagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum2024
- Iassus lanio
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Iassus lanio2024
Iassus lanio2024
Stenodema (Brachystira) calcarataStenodema (Brachystira) calcarata2024Stenodema (Brachystira) calcarataStenodema (Brachystira) calcarata2024Psococerastis gibbosaPsococerastis gibbosa2024Psococerastis gibbosaPsococerastis gibbosa2024Tree Damsel BugHimacerus (Himacerus) apterus2023Tree Damsel BugHimacerus (Himacerus) apterus2023Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2023Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2023Events & activities nearby
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