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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
50.45446, -3.51530
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Herring Gull
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Meadfoot Car Park 107m away — 6 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Herring Gull
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Meadfoot Car Park 107m away — 6 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Carrion Crow, Herring Gull, Robin +64 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Carrion Crow, Herring Gull, Robin +64 more · last seen 2026
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Birds — Carrion Crow, Herring Gull, Robin +64 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Green Shieldbug, Rose Chafer, Dock Bug +56 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Green Shieldbug, Rose Chafer, Dock Bug +56 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
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 · 45 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
10,690 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,690 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Carrion Crow · Herring Gull · Robin · Black-headed Gull · Magpie +41
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
- Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Eurydema (Eurydema) ornata · Oedemera femoralis · Beosus maritimus · Dock Bug · 24-spot Ladybird +5
- Eurydema (Eurydema) ornataEurydema (Eurydema) ornata2025
- Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis
- Beosus maritimusBeosus maritimus
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
- Lixus scabricollisLixus scabricollis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,690 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Carrion Crow · Herring Gull · Robin · Black-headed Gull · Magpie +41
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
- Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Eurydema (Eurydema) ornata · Oedemera femoralis · Beosus maritimus · Dock Bug · 24-spot Ladybird +5
- Eurydema (Eurydema) ornataEurydema (Eurydema) ornata2025
- Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis
- Beosus maritimusBeosus maritimus
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
- Lixus scabricollisLixus scabricollis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Coriomeris denticulatus
Coriomeris denticulatus
Coriomeris denticulatus
Coriomeris denticulatus
Enoplops scaphaEnoplops scaphaEnoplops scaphaEnoplops scaphaMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisField GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025