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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 82 ha
Places › England › South West › Teignbridge Getting here
50.63721, -3.57400
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 🅿️ Parking 81m away — 12 car parks within reach 🌤️ 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 81m away — 12 car parks within reach £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 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 — Siskin, Chaffinch, Coal Tit +73 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Siskin, Chaffinch, Coal Tit +73 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies; Insects — Mint Leaf Beetle, Meadow Grasshopper, Eristalis tenax +40 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 9 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Teignmouth & Dawlish Way Walking route ▾
Named route Ref TDW Local walking route
Show on map Exminster to Kenton Walking route ▾
Named route Ref EXK
Show on map Orange Way Walking route 560 km ▾
Named route Ref ORW Length 560 km Regional walking route
Show on map Raptor Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Ref RT Local walking route
Show on map Butterfly Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Ref BT Local walking route
Show on map 5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ridge Ride Trail (Red - Difficult) Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Ref Ridge Ride Red
Show on map Discovery Trail (Green - Easy) Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Ref Discovery - green easy
Show on map Ridge Ride Extreme (Black - Severe) Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Ref Ridge Ride Black Local cycle route
Show on map Spicers Trail (Blue - moderate) Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Ref Spicers - blue moderate
Show on map Kiddens Trail (Blue - moderate) Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Ref Kiddens Trail (Blue - moderate)
Show on map 2 public paths nearby
Public paths
Spicers Road bridleway · 1.7 km ▾
Public path bridleway Length 1.7 km Surface gravel Path type: track
Show on map Harker Lane bridleway · 252 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 252 m Path type: track
Show on map Photos Road Marsh Plantation Gt. Haldon Hill Devon
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Wildlife to spot
6,169 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 6,169 records · National Biodiversity Network Siskin · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Pied Wagtail · Great Tit · Robin +34
Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Great Tit Parus major Robin Erithacus rubecula Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 🦌 Mammals 1 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Hazel Dormouse
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius 🦎 Reptiles 2 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Common Lizard · Grass Snake
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Grass Snake Natrix helvetica Meadow Grasshopper · Eristalis tenax · Mint Leaf Beetle · Knotgrass Leaf Beetle · Long-winged Cone-head +23
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax Mint Leaf Beetle Chrysolina herbacea Knotgrass Leaf Beetle Chrysolina polita Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus fuscus Eristalis nemorum Eristalis nemorum Field Grasshopper Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 6,169 records · National Biodiversity Network Siskin · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Pied Wagtail · Great Tit · Robin +34
Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Great Tit Parus major Robin Erithacus rubecula Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 🦌 Mammals 1 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Hazel Dormouse
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius 🦎 Reptiles 2 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Common Lizard · Grass Snake
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Grass Snake Natrix helvetica Meadow Grasshopper · Eristalis tenax · Mint Leaf Beetle · Knotgrass Leaf Beetle · Long-winged Cone-head +23
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax Mint Leaf Beetle Chrysolina herbacea Knotgrass Leaf Beetle Chrysolina polita Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus fuscus Eristalis nemorum Eristalis nemorum Field Grasshopper Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Chorthippus brunneus
Chorthippus brunneus
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum
Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi
Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
Rhododendron Leafhopper Graphocephala fennahi
Rhododendron Leafhopper Graphocephala fennahi
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum
Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis
Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera
Ectophasia crassipennis Ectophasia crassipennis
Ectophasia crassipennis Ectophasia crassipennis
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Cheilosia Cheilosia
Cheilosia Cheilosia
Meliscaeva cinctella Meliscaeva cinctella
Meliscaeva cinctella Meliscaeva cinctella
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea
Keeled Skimmer Orthetrum coerulescens
Keeled Skimmer Orthetrum coerulescens
Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii
Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
Tipula maxima Tipula maxima
Tipula maxima Tipula maxima
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Small Yellow-legged Robberfly Dioctria linearis
Small Yellow-legged Robberfly Dioctria linearis
Stenurella melanura Stenurella melanura
Stenurella melanura Stenurella melanura
Cantharis flavilabris (=nigra auctt.) Cantharis flavilabris (=nigra auctt.)
Cantharis flavilabris (=nigra auctt.) Cantharis flavilabris (=nigra auctt.)
Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens
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