Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦋Insects🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
50.82989, -3.17119
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Reptiles — Common Lizard · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Speckled Wood +33 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds; Birds — Rook, Robin, Wren +3 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Orange WayWalking route560 km▾
Named routeRef ORWLength 560 kmRegional walking route
Exeter to Honiton WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef EXHONRegional walking route
Cullompton Honiton WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef CHWRegional walking route
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
2,123 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,123 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRook · Robin · Wren · Herring Gull · Pied Wagtail +1
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
🦌Mammals1 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Hazel Dormouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Speckled Wood · Large White · Small White +31
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,123 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRook · Robin · Wren · Herring Gull · Pied Wagtail +1
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
🦌Mammals1 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Hazel Dormouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Speckled Wood · Large White · Small White +31
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2024Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2024Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeseliiRoesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeseliiPeacockAglais io2024PeacockAglais io2024Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisSilver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2024Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2024RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatusVine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatusLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusTortoise BugEurygaster testudinariaTortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctataHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumCommon EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscusLong-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscusField GrasshopperChorthippus brunneusField GrasshopperChorthippus brunneusIassus lanioIassus lanioIassus lanioIassus lanioOedemera femoralisOedemera femoralisOedemera femoralisOedemera femoralisViolet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceusViolet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceusCommon Burying BeetleNicrophorus vespilloCommon Burying BeetleNicrophorus vespilloAxinotarsus ruficollisAxinotarsus ruficollisAxinotarsus ruficollisAxinotarsus ruficollisMalthodes fuscusMalthodes fuscusMalthodes fuscusMalthodes fuscusStenurella melanuraStenurella melanuraStenurella melanuraStenurella melanuraGround WeevilBarynotus obscurusGround WeevilBarynotus obscurusDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaXylota segnisXylota segnisXylota segnisXylota segnisEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxSmall CopperLycaena phlaeas2024Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024Events & activities nearby
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