Barton Wood - Conifer woodland
13 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome13 ha
Getting here
50.97583, -4.38157
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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕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
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
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
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Wildlife to spot
1,916 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,916 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Moorhen · Canada Goose · Mallard · Grey Heron · Goosander +34
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- MagpiePica pica2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- SanderlingCalidris alba2022
Hazel Dormouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
Common Blue Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Black-tailed Skimmer +13
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Common Darter
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,916 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Moorhen · Canada Goose · Mallard · Grey Heron · Goosander +34
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- MagpiePica pica2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- SanderlingCalidris alba2022
Hazel Dormouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
Common Blue Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Black-tailed Skimmer +13
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Common Darter
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Sympetrum striolatum2024
Sympetrum striolatum2024
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataFour-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaWhite-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipesWhite-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipesBroad CenturionChloromyia formosa2024Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2024Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2024Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2024Tachycixius pilosusTachycixius pilosus2024Tachycixius pilosusTachycixius pilosus2024Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2024Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2023Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2023