Halsbear Wood
✦ Ancient woodland50 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Free entryDogs welcome50 ha
Getting here
50.76162, -4.00530
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿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
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +72 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +72 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Beech, Rhododendron, Holly +93 more · last seen 2024
Free
Plants — Beech, Oak, Hazel +15 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Small White +124 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Small White +124 more · last seen 2025
Free
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Tarka TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef TTRegional walking route
Devonshire Heartland WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef DHWRegional walking route
Dartmoor WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef DWRegional walking route
West Devon WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef WDERegional walking route
Two Castles TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef TCTRegional walking route
36 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Granite WayCycling route▾
Route 27Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 27National Cycle Network
Route 28Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 28National Cycle Network
Dartmoor Way (Cycle)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route529 m▾
Named routeRef 27Length 529 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Pegasus TrailMountain bike route▾
Photos
Across Farmland to Abbeyford Wood
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Wildlife to spot
1,730 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,730 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springwinter
2026▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Magpie · Teal +38
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- TealAnas crecca
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Great TitParus major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Black SwanCygnus atratus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
Hornet · Scathophaga stercoraria · Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Oedemera femoralis · Strawberry-blossom Weevil +5
- HornetVespa crabro2024
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis
- Strawberry-blossom WeevilAnthonomus rubi
- Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
Himalayan Honeysuckle
- Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,730 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springwinter
2026▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Magpie · Teal +38
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- TealAnas crecca
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Great TitParus major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Black SwanCygnus atratus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
Hornet · Scathophaga stercoraria · Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Oedemera femoralis · Strawberry-blossom Weevil +5
- HornetVespa crabro2024
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis
- Strawberry-blossom WeevilAnthonomus rubi
- Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
Himalayan Honeysuckle
- Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Thricops diaphanus
Thricops diaphanus
Thricops diaphanus2024
Thricops diaphanus2024
Sylvicola punctatusSylvicola punctatus2024Sylvicola punctatusSylvicola punctatus2024Chrysolina banksiiChrysolina banksii2024Chrysolina banksiiChrysolina banksii2024Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2024Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2024Events & activities nearby
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