Cosdon Hill Multiple Stone Rows
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessDogs welcome
Getting here
50.70807, -3.92266
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Carrion Crow
- ✦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
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Carrion Crow
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +72 more · last seen 2025; Upland heathland — red grouse, merlin and short-eared owl
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +72 more · last seen 2025; Upland heathland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Rutstroemia petiolorum, Common Jelly Spot, Fluted Bird's Nest +32 more · last seen 2019
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Coenosia femoralis, Coenosia tigrina, Scathophaga furcata +48 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Two Moors WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef MWListed length 166Regional walking route
Tarka TrailWalking route▾
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Devonshire Heartland WayWalking route▾
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Dartmoor WayWalking route▾
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West Devon WayWalking route▾
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15 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Exeter to Okehampton LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Route 28Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 28National Cycle Network
Dartmoor Way (Cycle)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.9 km▾
Named routeRef 28Length 1.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route73 m▾
Named routeRef 28Length 73 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route821 m▾
Named routeRef 28Length 821 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
4 public paths nearby
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Wildlife to spot
6,413 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,413 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Stonechat · Swallow · Magpie · Wren +36
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Domestic Cattle · Feral Sheep · Rabbit · Pipistrelle Bat species · Hazel Dormouse +1
- Domestic CattleBos taurus
- Feral SheepOvis aries
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Coenosia femoralis · Coenosia tigrina · Scathophaga furcata · Phylidorea abdominalis · Mantis Fly +39
- Coenosia femoralisCoenosia femoralis
- Coenosia tigrinaCoenosia tigrina
- Scathophaga furcataScathophaga furcata
- Phylidorea abdominalisPhylidorea abdominalis
- Mantis FlyOchthera mantis
- HeadflyHydrotaea irritans
- Slender-footed Robberfly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,413 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Stonechat · Swallow · Magpie · Wren +36
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Domestic Cattle · Feral Sheep · Rabbit · Pipistrelle Bat species · Hazel Dormouse +1
- Domestic CattleBos taurus
- Feral SheepOvis aries
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Coenosia femoralis · Coenosia tigrina · Scathophaga furcata · Phylidorea abdominalis · Mantis Fly +39
- Coenosia femoralisCoenosia femoralis
- Coenosia tigrinaCoenosia tigrina
- Scathophaga furcataScathophaga furcata
- Phylidorea abdominalisPhylidorea abdominalis
- Mantis FlyOchthera mantis
- HeadflyHydrotaea irritans
- Slender-footed Robberfly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Leptarthrus brevirostris
Leptarthrus brevirostris
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