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🧺Picnic🛝Family🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
50.35534, -3.57774
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🐦84+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Grey Heron
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦84+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Grey Heron
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Paid🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Herring Gull, Grey Heron, Cormorant +81 more · last seen 2025
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
Birds — Herring Gull, Grey Heron, Cormorant +81 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Speckled Wood, Red Admiral +29 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
John Musgrave Heritage TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef JMHTRegional walking route
Greenway WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef GWLocal walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 40: Torcross to Dartmouth)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 41: Dartmouth to Brixham)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 42: Brixham to Babbacombe)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
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Coronation Park in Dartmouth
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11,052 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
11,052 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Jackdaw · Herring Gull · Woodpigeon · Swallow · Cormorant +46
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RavenCorvus corax
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- MagpiePica pica
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ShagGulosus aristotelis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- SwiftApus apus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Great TitParus major
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GreenshankTringa nebularia
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Wall Lizard · Green Lizard
- Wall LizardPodarcis muralis
- Green LizardLacerta viridis/bilineata
Black Oil-beetle · Scathophaga stercoraria · Volucella inanis · Ivy Bee · Common Red Soldier Beetle +2
- Black Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2025
- Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025
- Ivy BeeColletes hederae2025
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
- Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,052 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Jackdaw · Herring Gull · Woodpigeon · Swallow · Cormorant +46
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RavenCorvus corax
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- MagpiePica pica
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ShagGulosus aristotelis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- SwiftApus apus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Great TitParus major
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GreenshankTringa nebularia
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Wall Lizard · Green Lizard
- Wall LizardPodarcis muralis
- Green LizardLacerta viridis/bilineata
Black Oil-beetle · Scathophaga stercoraria · Volucella inanis · Ivy Bee · Common Red Soldier Beetle +2
- Black Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2025
- Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025
- Ivy BeeColletes hederae2025
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
- Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025