Thornhill Brake - Conifer woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
50.45198, -3.55455
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
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Named hiking route nearby: South West Coast Path (Section 42: Brixham to Babbacombe)
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 15 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
John Musgrave Heritage TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef JMHTRegional walking route
Torbay Totnes Trail (3T)Walking route▾
Named routeRef TTTLocal walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 42: Brixham to Babbacombe)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 43: Babbacombe to Exmouth)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
Orange WayWalking route560 km▾
Named routeRef ORWLength 560 kmRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Geopark Cycle LoopCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
18,729 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
18,729 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Herring Gull · Carrion Crow · Wren · Black-headed Gull +44
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Regulus ignicapilla ignicapillaRegulus ignicapilla ignicapilla2025
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
- Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
Slow-worm
🐝Insects11 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Field Grasshopper · 7-spot Ladybird · 18-spot Ladybird · Cramp-Ball Fungus Weevil +6
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- 18-spot LadybirdMyrrha octodecimguttata2025
- Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
18,729 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Herring Gull · Carrion Crow · Wren · Black-headed Gull +44
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Regulus ignicapilla ignicapillaRegulus ignicapilla ignicapilla2025
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
- Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
Slow-worm
🐝Insects11 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Field Grasshopper · 7-spot Ladybird · 18-spot Ladybird · Cramp-Ball Fungus Weevil +6
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- 18-spot LadybirdMyrrha octodecimguttata2025
- Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Southern Oak Bush-cricket
Southern Oak Bush-cricket
Meconema meridionale2025
Meconema meridionale2025
Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes2025Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes2025Chrysolina banksiiChrysolina banksii2025Chrysolina banksiiChrysolina banksii2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Cerobasis guestfalicaCerobasis guestfalica2025Cerobasis guestfalicaCerobasis guestfalica2025