Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
56.16366, -3.66945
Open directionsv
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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Aviary At Dollar — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Aviary At Dollar — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Robin +58 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Robin +58 more · last seen 2025
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 768Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 768National Cycle Network
The Devon WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 767National Cycle Network
The Devon WayCycling route▾
N/ACycling route190 m▾
Named routeLength 190 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route1.6 km▾
Named routeRef 767Length 1.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route98 m▾
Named routeLength 98 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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Wildlife to spot
12,555 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,555 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Chaffinch · Woodpigeon · Grey Heron · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit +36
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- RavenCorvus corax
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
🦌Mammals3 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Red Squirrel · Grey Squirrel · Weasel
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- WeaselMustela nivalis2025
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2026▾
Palmate Newt · Common Toad
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
Halesus radiatus · Eristalis pertinax · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Black Clock +4
- Halesus radiatusHalesus radiatus
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus
- Calathus melanocephalusCalathus melanocephalus
- Meliscaeva auricollis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,555 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Chaffinch · Woodpigeon · Grey Heron · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit +36
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- RavenCorvus corax
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
🦌Mammals3 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Red Squirrel · Grey Squirrel · Weasel
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- WeaselMustela nivalis2025
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2026▾
Palmate Newt · Common Toad
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
Halesus radiatus · Eristalis pertinax · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Black Clock +4
- Halesus radiatusHalesus radiatus
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus
- Calathus melanocephalusCalathus melanocephalus
- Meliscaeva auricollis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Meliscaeva auricollis
Meliscaeva auricollis
Dark Giant HorseflyTabanus sudeticusDark Giant HorseflyTabanus sudeticusRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesEvents & activities nearby
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