Down Head Plantation
36 ha
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🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome36 ha
Getting here
50.75917, -3.58255
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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
- 🐕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
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕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
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km17 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Two Counties WayWalking route90 km▾
A long distance walk of 56 miles (90km) from Taunton to Starcross on the Exe estuary.
Named routeRef TCWLength 90 kmRegional walking route
Exeter Green CircleWalking route▾
Named routeRef EGCLocal walking route
Exe Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef EVWRegional walking route
Devonshire Heartland WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef DHWRegional walking route
Dunsford to Exeter WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef DEWRegional walking route
Oldaway Lanepublic footpath · 227 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 227 mPath type: track
32 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Exeter LCN E1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef E1Local cycle route
Route E9Cycling route▾
Named routeRef E9Local cycle route
Exeter to Okehampton LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Route E4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef E4Local cycle route
Route E3Cycling route▾
Named routeRef E3Local cycle route
National Cycle Network Route 34Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 34National Cycle Network
1 public path nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
3,649 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,649 records · National Biodiversity NetworkChaffinch · Wren · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Robin +37
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
Hedgehog · Badger
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- BadgerMeles meles
Slow-worm
Beautiful Demoiselle · Green Dock Beetle · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Dock Bug · Dark Bush-cricket +15
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
- Face FlyMusca autumnalis
- Common Red Soldier Beetle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,649 records · National Biodiversity NetworkChaffinch · Wren · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Robin +37
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
Hedgehog · Badger
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- BadgerMeles meles
Slow-worm
Beautiful Demoiselle · Green Dock Beetle · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Dock Bug · Dark Bush-cricket +15
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
- Face FlyMusca autumnalis
- Common Red Soldier Beetle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Rhagonycha fulva
Rhagonycha fulva
Cionus tuberculosusCionus tuberculosusCionus tuberculosusCionus tuberculosusSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisAlder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alniAlder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alniGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaWillow Flea BeetleCrepidodera aurataWillow Flea BeetleCrepidodera aurataCantharis rusticaCantharis rusticaCantharis rusticaCantharis rusticaLeucozona laternariaLeucozona laternariaLeucozona laternariaLeucozona laternariaCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerumCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerumCommon Green SawflyTenthredo mesomelaCommon Green SawflyTenthredo mesomelaAnoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2024Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2024Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2023Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2023Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2023Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2023