🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome15 ha
Getting here
50.74703, -3.70436
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
- 🌿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
- 🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
- 🌿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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Nuthatch +63 more · last seen 2024; Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Nuthatch +63 more · last seen 2024
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
Plants — Hawthorn, Blackthorn, Dandelion +27 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Gatekeeper, Small White, Meadow Brown +94 more · last seen 2020; Insects — Gatekeeper, Small White, Meadow Brown +94 more · last seen 2020
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Greater Stitchwort, Hawthorn, Holly +212 more · last seen 2018; Plants — Greater Stitchwort, Hawthorn, Holly +212 more · last seen 2018
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Two Moors WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef MWListed length 166Regional walking route
Devonshire Heartland WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef DHWRegional walking route
Tedbury Circular WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef TEDLocal walking route
Dunsford to Exeter WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef DEWRegional walking route
Mary Michael Pilgrims WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef MMPWRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Exeter to Okehampton LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
1,626 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,626 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
winterspring
2024▾
Nuthatch · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Robin · Starling +39
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- Carduelis carduelis britannicaCarduelis carduelis britannica2017
- Passer domesticus domesticusPasser domesticus domesticus2017
- Linaria cannabina cannabinaLinaria cannabina cannabina2017
- Alauda arvensis arvensisAlauda arvensis arvensis2017
- Troglodytes troglodytes indigenusTroglodytes troglodytes indigenus2017
- Turdus merula merulaTurdus merula merula2017
- Columba palumbus palumbusColumba palumbus palumbus2017
- Delichon urbicum urbicumDelichon urbicum urbicum2017
- Hirundo rustica rusticaHirundo rustica rustica2017
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringautumn
2023▾
Hedgehog · Badger · Brown Hare · Roe Deer
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- BadgerMeles meles
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Red Admiral · Common Carpet · Magpie Moth · Harlequin Ladybird · Sallow +57
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata2019
- Magpie MothAbraxas grossulariata2018
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- SallowCirrhia icteritia2019
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
Hybrid Woundwort · Wild Service-tree · Common Nettle · Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum · Garlic Mustard +25
- Hybrid WoundwortStachys palustris x sylvatica = S. x ambigua
- Wild Service-treeSorbus torminalis
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,626 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
winterspring
2024▾
Nuthatch · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Robin · Starling +39
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- Carduelis carduelis britannicaCarduelis carduelis britannica2017
- Passer domesticus domesticusPasser domesticus domesticus2017
- Linaria cannabina cannabinaLinaria cannabina cannabina2017
- Alauda arvensis arvensisAlauda arvensis arvensis2017
- Troglodytes troglodytes indigenusTroglodytes troglodytes indigenus2017
- Turdus merula merulaTurdus merula merula2017
- Columba palumbus palumbusColumba palumbus palumbus2017
- Delichon urbicum urbicumDelichon urbicum urbicum2017
- Hirundo rustica rusticaHirundo rustica rustica2017
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringautumn
2023▾
Hedgehog · Badger · Brown Hare · Roe Deer
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- BadgerMeles meles
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Red Admiral · Common Carpet · Magpie Moth · Harlequin Ladybird · Sallow +57
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata2019
- Magpie MothAbraxas grossulariata2018
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- SallowCirrhia icteritia2019
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
Hybrid Woundwort · Wild Service-tree · Common Nettle · Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum · Garlic Mustard +25
- Hybrid WoundwortStachys palustris x sylvatica = S. x ambigua
- Wild Service-treeSorbus torminalis
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2019
2019
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019PeacockAglais io2019PeacockAglais io2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2019Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2019Silver-ground CarpetXanthorhoe montanata2019Silver-ground CarpetXanthorhoe montanata2019Winter MothOperophtera brumata2019Winter MothOperophtera brumata2019Single-dotted WaveIdaea dimidiata2018Single-dotted WaveIdaea dimidiata2018CommaPolygonia c-album2018CommaPolygonia c-album2018Small WhitePieris rapae2018Small WhitePieris rapae2018Large WhitePieris brassicae2018Large WhitePieris brassicae2018Brown HairstreakThecla betulae2017Brown HairstreakThecla betulae2017Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2017Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2017Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata2017Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata2017Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea2017Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea2017Common RusticMesapamea secalis2017Common RusticMesapamea secalis2017Least Yellow UnderwingNoctua interjecta2017Least Yellow UnderwingNoctua interjecta2017Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata2017Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata2017Sharp-angled PeacockMacaria alternata2017Sharp-angled PeacockMacaria alternata2017Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2017Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2017Clay Triple-linesCyclophora linearia2017Clay Triple-linesCyclophora linearia2017Common WainscotMythimna pallens2017Common WainscotMythimna pallens2017September ThornEnnomos erosaria2017September ThornEnnomos erosaria2017Dark Sword-grassAgrotis ipsilon2017Dark Sword-grassAgrotis ipsilon2017Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2017Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2017Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2017Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2017Early ThornSelenia dentaria2017Early ThornSelenia dentaria2017Gold SpotPlusia festucae2017Gold SpotPlusia festucae2017Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa2017Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa2017Common FootmanEilema lurideola2017Common FootmanEilema lurideola2017Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria2017Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria2017Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2017Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2017Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe2017Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe2017Poplar Hawk-mothLaothoe populi2017Poplar Hawk-mothLaothoe populi2017Dingy FootmanEilema griseola2017Dingy FootmanEilema griseola2017Vine's RusticHoplodrina ambigua2017Vine's RusticHoplodrina ambigua2017Dusky ThornEnnomos fuscantaria2017Dusky ThornEnnomos fuscantaria2017Six-striped RusticXestia sexstrigata2017Six-striped RusticXestia sexstrigata2017Scorched CarpetLigdia adustata2017Scorched CarpetLigdia adustata2017Yellow-barred BrindleAcasis viretata2017Yellow-barred BrindleAcasis viretata2017Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2017Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2017Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria2017Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria2017Copper UnderwingAmphipyra pyramidea2017Copper UnderwingAmphipyra pyramidea2017Mouse MothAmphipyra tragopoginis2017Mouse MothAmphipyra tragopoginis2017Yellow ShellCamptogramma bilineata2017Yellow ShellCamptogramma bilineata2017Maiden's BlushCyclophora punctaria2017Maiden's BlushCyclophora punctaria2017Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2017Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2017Rosy FootmanMiltochrista miniata2017Rosy FootmanMiltochrista miniata2017Straw DotRivula sericealis2017Straw DotRivula sericealis2017Small PhoenixEcliptopera silaceata2017Small PhoenixEcliptopera silaceata2017Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2017Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2017Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber2017Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber2017Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2017Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2017Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus2017Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus2017Lesser Mexican-Stonecrop
Lesser Mexican-Stonecrop
Sedum kimnachii2018
Sedum kimnachii2018
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2018BrackenPteridium aquilinum2018HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2017HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2017IvyHedera helix2017IvyHedera helix2017Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2017Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2017Sonchus arvensis subsp. arvensisSonchus arvensis subsp. arvensis2017Sonchus arvensis subsp. arvensisSonchus arvensis subsp. arvensis2017Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2017Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2017Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2017Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2017Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2017Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2017Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2017Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2017Tufted VetchVicia cracca2017Tufted VetchVicia cracca2017Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2017Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2017Musk-mallowMalva moschata2017Musk-mallowMalva moschata2017Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2017Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2017HollyIlex aquifolium2017HollyIlex aquifolium2017GorseUlex europaeus2017GorseUlex europaeus2017Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2017Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2017Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2017Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2017Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2017Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2017Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2017Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2017Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2017Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2017Silver-mossBryum argenteum2017Silver-mossBryum argenteum2017BlackthornPrunus spinosa2017BlackthornPrunus spinosa2017Black BryonyTamus communis2017Black BryonyTamus communis2017Events & activities nearby
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