Deer Park Country House
5 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
50.79421, -3.23435
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦30+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Pheasant
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦30+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Pheasant
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Birds — Woodpigeon, Pheasant, Rook +27 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Pheasant, Rook +27 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — November Moth agg., Beaded Chestnut, Yellow-Line Quaker +44 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
East Devon WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef EDWListed length 61kmRegional walking route
Otter Valley WalkWalking route20 km▾
Named routeRef OVWLength 20 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Broadhembury Circular WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef BCW1Local walking route
Orange WayWalking route560 km▾
Named routeRef ORWLength 560 kmRegional walking route
Exeter to Honiton WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef EXHONRegional walking route
16 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
N/ACycling route46 m▾
Named routeLength 46 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route481 m▾
Named routeLength 481 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route148 m▾
Named routeLength 148 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route152 m▾
Named routeRef 248Length 152 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route129 m▾
Named routeRef 248Length 129 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route99 m▾
Named routeRef 248Length 99 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Deer Park Country House, Buckerell
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
6,179 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,179 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Pheasant · Rook · Robin · Carrion Crow +25
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- SwiftApus apus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Doves, pigeonsColumbidae2023
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Hazel Dormouse · Badger
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- BadgerMeles meles2021
November Moth agg. · Beaded Chestnut · Yellow-Line Quaker · December Moth · Setaceous Hebrew Character +42
- November Moth agg.Epirrita dilutata agg.2019
- Beaded ChestnutAgrochola lychnidis2019
- Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta2019
- December MothPoecilocampa populi2019
- Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2019
- Feathered Thorn
Himalayan Balsam · Canadian Waterweed · Nuttall's Waterweed
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Canadian WaterweedElodea canadensis2020
- Nuttall's WaterweedElodea nuttallii2020
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,179 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Pheasant · Rook · Robin · Carrion Crow +25
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- SwiftApus apus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Doves, pigeonsColumbidae2023
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Hazel Dormouse · Badger
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- BadgerMeles meles2021
November Moth agg. · Beaded Chestnut · Yellow-Line Quaker · December Moth · Setaceous Hebrew Character +42
- November Moth agg.Epirrita dilutata agg.2019
- Beaded ChestnutAgrochola lychnidis2019
- Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta2019
- December MothPoecilocampa populi2019
- Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2019
- Feathered Thorn
Himalayan Balsam · Canadian Waterweed · Nuttall's Waterweed
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Canadian WaterweedElodea canadensis2020
- Nuttall's WaterweedElodea nuttallii2020
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Colotois pennaria2019
Colotois pennaria2019
Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2019Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2019Black RusticAporophyla nigra2019Black RusticAporophyla nigra2019Red-Line QuakerLeptologia lota2019Red-Line QuakerLeptologia lota2019Grey Shoulder-knotLithophane ornitopus2019Grey Shoulder-knotLithophane ornitopus2019Spruce CarpetThera britannica2019Spruce CarpetThera britannica2019Barred SallowTiliacea aurago2019Barred SallowTiliacea aurago2019Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2021Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2021Mottled UmberErannis defoliaria2019Mottled UmberErannis defoliaria2019Winter MothOperophtera brumata2019Winter MothOperophtera brumata2019Red-green CarpetChloroclysta siterata2019Red-green CarpetChloroclysta siterata2019Green-brindled CrescentAllophyes oxyacanthae2019Green-brindled CrescentAllophyes oxyacanthae2019Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata2019Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata2019Blair's Shoulder-knotLithophane leautieri2019Blair's Shoulder-knotLithophane leautieri2019ChestnutConistra vaccinii2019ChestnutConistra vaccinii2019Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2019Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2019BrickSunira circellaris2019BrickSunira circellaris2019Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxField GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2024Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2024Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2024Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2024Oedemera luridaOedemera lurida2024Oedemera luridaOedemera lurida2024Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2023Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2023Acrossus rufipesAcrossus rufipes2023Acrossus rufipesAcrossus rufipes2023Black Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus2023Black Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus2023Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2022Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2022Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2022Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2022Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2021Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2021Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2021Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2021Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2020Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2020Dock BugCoreus marginatus2020Dock BugCoreus marginatus2020Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2020Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2020Merveille du JourGriposia aprilina2019Merveille du JourGriposia aprilina2019SatelliteEupsilia transversa2019SatelliteEupsilia transversa2019Large WainscotRhizedra lutosa2019Large WainscotRhizedra lutosa2019Common WainscotMythimna pallens2019Common WainscotMythimna pallens2019EngrailedEctropis crepuscularia2019EngrailedEctropis crepuscularia2019Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa2019Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa2019SnoutHypena proboscidalis2019SnoutHypena proboscidalis2019Grey Pine CarpetThera obeliscata2019Grey Pine CarpetThera obeliscata2019Events & activities nearby
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