Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Dogs welcome
Getting here
51.13109, -3.75878
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Willow Warbler and Great Tit
- ✦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
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Willow Warbler and Great Tit
- ✦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 — Willow Warbler, Great Tit, Wren +65 more · last seen 2025; Blanket bog — golden plover, curlew, dunlin and merlin
Free
Birds — Willow Warbler, Great Tit, Wren +65 more · last seen 2025; Blanket bog priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Bloody-nosed Beetle, Common Green Grasshopper, Green Shieldbug +34 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Montbretia, Bog-cotton +97 more · last seen 2024
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Two Moors WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef MWListed length 166Regional walking route
Tarka TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef TTRegional walking route
Macmillan Way WestWalking route▾
Named routeRef MWWRegional walking route
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 3Cycling route527.7 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 527.7 kmNational Cycle Network
NCN 3 to NCN 51 LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route32.9 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 32.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
Halscombe prehistoric stone row
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
5,369 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,369 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWhinchat · Stonechat · Chiffchaff · Green Woodpecker · Swallow +39
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- RavenCorvus corax
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Red Deer · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- Red DeerCervus elaphus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🦎Reptiles1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Violet Ground Beetle
- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus
Beech · Broad Buckler-fern · Bracken · Yellow-rattle · Tufted Hair-grass +61
- BeechFagus sylvatica
- Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
- Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
- Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina
- Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,369 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWhinchat · Stonechat · Chiffchaff · Green Woodpecker · Swallow +39
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- RavenCorvus corax
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Red Deer · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- Red DeerCervus elaphus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🦎Reptiles1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Violet Ground Beetle
- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus
Beech · Broad Buckler-fern · Bracken · Yellow-rattle · Tufted Hair-grass +61
- BeechFagus sylvatica
- Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
- Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
- Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina
- Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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