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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome13 ha

Getting here

50.40515, -3.80804

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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
🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Dipper, Robin, Blackbird +60 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Dipper, Robin, Blackbird +60 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Primrose Rust, Brown Birch Bolete, Deceiver +98 more · last seen 2022; Fungi — Primrose Rust, Brown Birch Bolete, Deceiver +98 more · last seen 2022

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Red Admiral, Small White, Large White +50 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Red Admiral, Small White, Large White +50 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Foraging

Good match

Fungi — Oakbug Milkcap, Beechwood Sickener, Blushing Wood Mushroom +5 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚴

Cycling

22 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 2Cycling route

National Cycle Route 2 Dawlish to Plymouth

Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network

Forder LaneCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Dartmoor Way (Cycle)Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Main RouteCycling route2.9 km

Named routeRef 2Length 2.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route496 m

Named routeRef 2Length 496 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route181 m

Named routeRef 2Length 181 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

🐴

Horse riding

1 public path nearby

Public paths

Cobbly Walkbridleway · 236 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 236 mSurface cobblestonePath type: track

Wildlife to spot

3,133 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,133 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds51 species

winterspringautumn

2025

Wigeon · Pied Wagtail · Starling · Wren · Dunnock +46

WigeonMareca penelope2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Great TitParus major2024
MagpiePica pica2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
RavenCorvus corax2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
DipperCinclus cinclus
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
SwiftApus apus2023
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
MerlinFalco columbarius2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
SwallowHirundo rustica2023
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2023
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022

🦌

Mammals7 species

summer

2023

Bat · Daubenton's Bat · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Lesser Horseshoe Bat +2

BatChiroptera
Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros
Greater Horseshoe BatRhinolophus ferrumequinum
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

🐝

Insects11 species

summer

2025

7-spot Ladybird · Glow-worm · Green Dock Beetle · Violet Ground Beetle · Garden Chafer +6

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2024
Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2024
Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola2024
CheilosiaCheilosia

🍄

Fungi23 species

autumn

2022

Porcelain Fungus · Brown Birch Bolete · Blackening Brittlegill · Common Puffball · Beefsteak Fungus +18

Porcelain FungusMucidula mucida
Brown Birch BoleteLeccinum scabrum
Blackening BrittlegillRussula nigricans
Common PuffballLycoperdon perlatum
Beefsteak FungusFistulina hepatica
Oak MildewErysiphe alphitoides
Torth Felen

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,133 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds51 species

winterspringautumn

2025

Wigeon · Pied Wagtail · Starling · Wren · Dunnock +46

WigeonMareca penelope2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Great TitParus major2024
MagpiePica pica2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
RavenCorvus corax2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
DipperCinclus cinclus
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
SwiftApus apus2023
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
MerlinFalco columbarius2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
SwallowHirundo rustica2023
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2023
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022

🦌

Mammals7 species

summer

2023

Bat · Daubenton's Bat · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Lesser Horseshoe Bat +2

BatChiroptera
Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros
Greater Horseshoe BatRhinolophus ferrumequinum
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

🐝

Insects11 species

summer

2025

7-spot Ladybird · Glow-worm · Green Dock Beetle · Violet Ground Beetle · Garden Chafer +6

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2024
Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2024
Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola2024
CheilosiaCheilosia

🍄

Fungi23 species

autumn

2022

Porcelain Fungus · Brown Birch Bolete · Blackening Brittlegill · Common Puffball · Beefsteak Fungus +18

Porcelain FungusMucidula mucida
Brown Birch BoleteLeccinum scabrum
Blackening BrittlegillRussula nigricans
Common PuffballLycoperdon perlatum
Beefsteak FungusFistulina hepatica
Oak MildewErysiphe alphitoides
Torth Felen

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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