Plan your visit
🦅Birds🐄Farms🦉Wildlife
Public accessPaid entryDogs welcome24 ha
Getting here
50.40864, -3.99803
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦93+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Great Black-backed Gull
- 🐄Summer visits here combine well with a walk along nearby trails — the animals are most active in the morning.
- 🐾Dartmoor Zoo on site — a good way to combine wildlife and an animal visit in the same trip
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦93+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Great Black-backed Gull
- 🐄Summer visits here combine well with a walk along nearby trails — the animals are most active in the morning.
- 🐾Dartmoor Zoo on site — a good way to combine wildlife and an animal visit in the same trip
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Canada Goose +90 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🐄Farm visits
Very strong match
Zoo or animal collection
Varies
Birds — Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Canada Goose +90 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Oil Beetle, Red-legged Shieldbug, Red-headed Cardinal Beetle +22 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 public paths nearby
Public paths
Birchland Waypublic footpath · 140 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 140 mPath type: residential
Birchland Waypublic footpath · 42 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 42 mPath type: service
57 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 2Cycling route▾
National Cycle Route 2 Dawlish to Plymouth
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Route 272Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 272National Cycle Network
Route 28Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 28National Cycle Network
Dartmoor Way (Cycle)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route651 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 651 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route85 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 85 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
Ledgate Lanebridleway · 81 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 81 mSurface unpavedPath type: track
Ledgate Lanebridleway · 438 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 438 mSurface gravelPath type: track
Photos
Goodamoor, whose grounds are now Dartmoor Zoo
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
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Wildlife to spot
8,285 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,285 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWigeon · Robin · Magpie · Jackdaw · Pintail +41
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- PintailAnas acuta2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- DunlinCalidris alpina2025
- Little StintCalidris minuta2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola2025
- Great TitParus major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus2025
- WryneckJynx torquilla2025
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Dock Bug · Red-legged Shieldbug · Summer Chafer · Melanostoma scalare · Stable Fly +5
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Summer ChaferAmphimallon solstitiale
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
- Stable FlyStomoxys calcitrans
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Speckled Bush-cricket
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,285 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWigeon · Robin · Magpie · Jackdaw · Pintail +41
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- PintailAnas acuta2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- DunlinCalidris alpina2025
- Little StintCalidris minuta2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola2025
- Great TitParus major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus2025
- WryneckJynx torquilla2025
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Dock Bug · Red-legged Shieldbug · Summer Chafer · Melanostoma scalare · Stable Fly +5
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Summer ChaferAmphimallon solstitiale
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
- Stable FlyStomoxys calcitrans
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Speckled Bush-cricket
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Leptophyes punctatissima
Leptophyes punctatissima
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonariaHornet HoverflyVolucella zonariaHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleTortoise BugEurygaster testudinariaTortoise BugEurygaster testudinariaEvents & activities nearby
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