🦉Wildlife🌿Foraging🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome9 ha
Getting here
50.96800, -4.28346
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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
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
Plants — Elder, Ground-elder, Meadowsweet +37 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Moorhen, Mallard, Herring Gull +29 more · last seen 2024; Birds — Moorhen, Mallard, Herring Gull +29 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Jacobaea, Redshank, Wood Avens +290 more · last seen 2016; Plants — Jacobaea, Redshank, Wood Avens +290 more · last seen 2016
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red Admiral, Peacock, Small White +21 more · last seen 2020; Insects — Red Admiral, Peacock, Small White +21 more · last seen 2020
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
South West Coast Path (Section 8: Westward Ho! to Clovelly)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
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Wildlife to spot
2,144 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,144 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds27 species
wintersummerautumn
2024▾
Moorhen · Carrion Crow · Robin · Canada Goose · Blackbird +22
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2020
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2020
- TealAnas crecca2020
- CootFulica atra2020
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumn
2022▾
Hedgehog · Brown Rat · Pipistrelle Bat species
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2021
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2021
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2022▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2020
Red Admiral · Painted Lady · Small White · Green Shieldbug · Green-veined White +14
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
Common Nettle · Broad-leaved Dock · Holly · Creeping Buttercup · Germander Speedwell +47
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
- Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,144 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds27 species
wintersummerautumn
2024▾
Moorhen · Carrion Crow · Robin · Canada Goose · Blackbird +22
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2020
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2020
- TealAnas crecca2020
- CootFulica atra2020
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumn
2022▾
Hedgehog · Brown Rat · Pipistrelle Bat species
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2021
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2021
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2022▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2020
Red Admiral · Painted Lady · Small White · Green Shieldbug · Green-veined White +14
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
Common Nettle · Broad-leaved Dock · Holly · Creeping Buttercup · Germander Speedwell +47
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
- Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
