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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
50.27910, -3.90126
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦97+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Oystercatcher
- ✦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
- 🐦97+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Oystercatcher
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Herring Gull, Oystercatcher, Little Egret +94 more · last seen 2026; Coastal cliffs — seabirds and cliff-nesting species
Free
Birds — Herring Gull, Oystercatcher, Little Egret +94 more · last seen 2026; Maritime cliff and slope priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Bloody-nosed Beetle, Common Red Soldier Beetle, Field Grasshopper +19 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
toilets
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 17 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
South West Coast Path (section 37 Newton Ferrers to Bigbury on Sea)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 38: Bigbury on Sea to Salcombe)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
Avon Estuary WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef AEWLocal walking route
15 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 28Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 28National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route631 m▾
Named routeRef 28Length 631 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route209 m▾
Named routeRef 28Length 209 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route183 m▾
Named routeRef 28Length 183 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route55 m▾
Named routeRef 28Length 55 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route157 m▾
Named routeRef 28Length 157 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Huer's Lookout, Burgh Island
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
14,238 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
14,238 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds54 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Herring Gull · House Sparrow · Kestrel · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon +49
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus2025
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- TealAnas crecca2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
Domestic Dog · Rabbit
- Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Adder
🐝Insects12 species
springsummer
2026▾
Scathophaga stercoraria · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Field Grasshopper · Fan-bristled Robberfly · Common Red Soldier Beetle +7
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
- Fan-bristled RobberflyDysmachus trigonus2025
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
14,238 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds54 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Herring Gull · House Sparrow · Kestrel · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon +49
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus2025
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- TealAnas crecca2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
Domestic Dog · Rabbit
- Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Adder
🐝Insects12 species
springsummer
2026▾
Scathophaga stercoraria · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Field Grasshopper · Fan-bristled Robberfly · Common Red Soldier Beetle +7
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
- Fan-bristled RobberflyDysmachus trigonus2025
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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