Daccombe Brake - Grassland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
50.49872, -3.52743
Open directionsv
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Named hiking route nearby: John Musgrave Heritage Trail
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
John Musgrave Heritage TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef JMHTRegional walking route
Torbay Totnes Trail (3T)Walking route▾
Named routeRef TTTLocal walking route
Templer WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef TWRegional walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 42: Brixham to Babbacombe)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 43: Babbacombe to Exmouth)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
Watcombe Beach Roadpublic footpath · 194 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 194 mSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified
19 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Geopark Cycle LoopCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Teign Estuary TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 28Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 28National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route36 m▾
Named routeRef 28Length 36 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route332 m▾
Named routeRef 28Length 332 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route21 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 21 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos
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Wildlife to spot
8,950 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,950 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCirl Bunting · House Martin · Black Redstart · Herring Gull · Mediterranean Gull +39
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Grey Seal · Common Dolphin · Common Porpoise · Harbour Seal
- Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
- Common DolphinDelphinus delphis
- Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena
- Harbour SealPhoca vitulina
7-spot Ladybird · Dark Bush-cricket · Harlequin Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Syrphus +13
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,950 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCirl Bunting · House Martin · Black Redstart · Herring Gull · Mediterranean Gull +39
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Grey Seal · Common Dolphin · Common Porpoise · Harbour Seal
- Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
- Common DolphinDelphinus delphis
- Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena
- Harbour SealPhoca vitulina
7-spot Ladybird · Dark Bush-cricket · Harlequin Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Syrphus +13
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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