Clovelly Dykes hillfort
11 ha
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome11 ha
Getting here
50.98577, -4.40760
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦86+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Moorhen and Canada Goose
- ✦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
- 🐦86+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Moorhen and Canada Goose
- ✦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 — Moorhen, Canada Goose, Mallard +83 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Moorhen, Canada Goose, Mallard +83 more · last seen 2025; Good quality semi-improved grassland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Red Admiral, Green-veined White +41 more · last seen 2025; Semi-improved grassland — butterflies and wildflowers
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Bluebell, Red Valerian +11 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
South West Coast Path (Section 8: Westward Ho! to Clovelly)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 9: Clovelly to Hartland Quay)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
Photos
Scrub on the western side of Clovelly Dykes
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Wildlife to spot
2,885 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,885 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds53 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Canada Goose · Moorhen · Mallard · Grey Heron · Goosander +48
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GannetMorus bassanus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Great TitParus major
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2024
- Common GuillemotUria aalge2024
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2024
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Grey Seal · Pine Marten
- Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
- Pine MartenMartes martes2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2023▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Common Darter · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Broad Centurion +9
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2024
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2024
- Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2024
- Volucella pellucens
Bluebell
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,885 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds53 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Canada Goose · Moorhen · Mallard · Grey Heron · Goosander +48
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GannetMorus bassanus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Great TitParus major
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2024
- Common GuillemotUria aalge2024
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2024
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Grey Seal · Pine Marten
- Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
- Pine MartenMartes martes2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2023▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Common Darter · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Broad Centurion +9
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2024
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2024
- Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2024
- Volucella pellucens
Bluebell
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Volucella pellucens
Volucella pellucens
Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa2024Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa2024Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024Tachycixius pilosusTachycixius pilosus2024Tachycixius pilosusTachycixius pilosus2024Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2024Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera202414-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202314-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2023Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2023Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis20232-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20232-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2023