Garaland Copse - Conifer woodland
15 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome15 ha
Getting here
50.37529, -3.78305
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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
🐴Horse riding🥾Walking trails
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Horse riding listed as facility
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 2Cycling route▾
National Cycle Route 2 Dawlish to Plymouth
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Route 28Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 28National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.8 km▾
Named routeRef 2Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route646 m▾
Named routeRef 28Length 646 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route481 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 481 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 28Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Miller's Pathbridleway · 774 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 774 mSurface groundPath type: path
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Wildlife to spot
2,260 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
2,260 records · National Biodiversity NetworkDipper · Barn Owl · Swallow · Blackbird · Goldcrest +29
- DipperCinclus cinclus2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2021
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2021
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2021
- SwiftApus apus2021
🦌Mammals6 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Wood Mouse · Greater Horseshoe Bat · Common Shrew · Pygmy Shrew +1
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2023
- Greater Horseshoe BatRhinolophus ferrumequinum2024
- Common ShrewSorex araneus2023
- Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2022
🦎Reptiles3 species
springsummer
2023▾
Slow-worm · Grass Snake · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects28 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Red-legged Shieldbug · Black Oil-beetle · Cercopis vulnerata · Violet Oil-beetle · Ashy Mining Bee +23
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Black Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus2024
- Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2024
- Violet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceus2024
- Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria
🌿Plants6 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Japanese Knotweed · American Skunk-cabbage · Billard's Bridewort · Western Gorse · Giant Hogweed +1
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- American Skunk-cabbageLysichiton americanus2022
- Billard's BridewortSpiraea alba x douglasii = S. x billardii2021
- Western GorseUlex gallii2021
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,260 records · National Biodiversity NetworkDipper · Barn Owl · Swallow · Blackbird · Goldcrest +29
- DipperCinclus cinclus2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2021
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2021
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2021
- SwiftApus apus2021
🦌Mammals6 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Wood Mouse · Greater Horseshoe Bat · Common Shrew · Pygmy Shrew +1
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2023
- Greater Horseshoe BatRhinolophus ferrumequinum2024
- Common ShrewSorex araneus2023
- Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2022
🦎Reptiles3 species
springsummer
2023▾
Slow-worm · Grass Snake · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects28 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Red-legged Shieldbug · Black Oil-beetle · Cercopis vulnerata · Violet Oil-beetle · Ashy Mining Bee +23
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Black Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus2024
- Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2024
- Violet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceus2024
- Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria
🌿Plants6 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Japanese Knotweed · American Skunk-cabbage · Billard's Bridewort · Western Gorse · Giant Hogweed +1
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- American Skunk-cabbageLysichiton americanus2022
- Billard's BridewortSpiraea alba x douglasii = S. x billardii2021
- Western GorseUlex gallii2021
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Lesser Horseshoe Bat
Lesser Horseshoe Bat
Rhinolophus hipposideros2023
Rhinolophus hipposideros2023
2022
2022
Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinariaTortoise BugEurygaster testudinariaVincenzellus ruficollisVincenzellus ruficollisVincenzellus ruficollisVincenzellus ruficollisLeptura aurulentaLeptura aurulenta2024Leptura aurulentaLeptura aurulenta2024Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus2024Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus2024Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2024Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2024Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2024Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2024Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024Hazel Leaf-rollerApoderus coryli2024Hazel Leaf-rollerApoderus coryli2024Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis2024Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis2024Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2023Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2023Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2023Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2023Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa2023Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa2023Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023Evacanthus interruptusEvacanthus interruptus2023Evacanthus interruptusEvacanthus interruptus2023Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2023Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2023Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans2023Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans2023Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola2023Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola2023Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2023Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2023Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi2022Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi2022Spotted Regal-sawflyNematus septentrionalis2021Spotted Regal-sawflyNematus septentrionalis2021Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2021Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2021Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2021Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2021Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2021Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva20212021
2021
PignutConopodium majus2021PignutConopodium majus2021Events & activities nearby
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