Ermington Wood
✦ Ancient woodland15 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome15 ha
Getting here
50.35724, -3.91286
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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
- 🅿️Parking nearby — easy to reach by car
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Parking nearby — easy to reach by car
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackcap, Robin, Wren +90 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackcap, Robin, Wren +90 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Himalayan Balsam, Hart's-Tongue · last seen 2024
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Glow-worm, Small White, Small Copper +57 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Glow-worm, Small White, Small Copper +57 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Route 28
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 13 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Two Moors WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef MWListed length 166Regional walking route
South West Coast Path (section 37 Newton Ferrers to Bigbury on Sea)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
Erme-Plym TrailWalking route27 km▾
Named routeRef EPTLength 27 kmRegional walking route
Avon Estuary WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef AEWLocal walking route
65 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 2Cycling route▾
National Cycle Route 2 Dawlish to Plymouth
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Route 272Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 272National Cycle Network
Route 28Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 28National Cycle Network
Dartmoor Way (Cycle)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 2Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route87 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 87 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
5,113 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
5,113 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
summerwinter
2026▾
Grey Heron · Canada Goose · Little Egret · Green Sandpiper · Mallard +42
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2025
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Great TitParus major2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
- DipperCinclus cinclus2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Harvest Mouse · Common Pipistrelle · Bat
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- BatChiroptera
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects17 species
springsummer
2025▾
Hairy Shieldbug · Glow-worm · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Ferdinandea cuprea · Red-legged Shieldbug +12
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Ferdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cuprea
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,113 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
summerwinter
2026▾
Grey Heron · Canada Goose · Little Egret · Green Sandpiper · Mallard +42
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2025
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Great TitParus major2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
- DipperCinclus cinclus2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Harvest Mouse · Common Pipistrelle · Bat
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- BatChiroptera
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects17 species
springsummer
2025▾
Hairy Shieldbug · Glow-worm · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Ferdinandea cuprea · Red-legged Shieldbug +12
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Ferdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cuprea
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
SyrphusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusEristalisEristalisEristalisEristalisEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxLiophloeus tessulatusLiophloeus tessulatusLiophloeus tessulatusLiophloeus tessulatusEupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollaeCheilosia variabilisCheilosia variabilisCheilosia variabilisCheilosia variabilisMarsh SnipeflyRhagio tringariusMarsh SnipeflyRhagio tringariusHornetVespa crabroHornetVespa crabroBlack Carrion BeetlePhosphuga atrata2024Black Carrion BeetlePhosphuga atrata2024Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024Events & activities nearby
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