Iron Age hillfort known as Burleigh Dolts, 280m south east of Burleigh Farm
7 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
50.25095, -3.81367
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦94+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wheatear and Swallow
- ✦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
- 🐦94+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wheatear and Swallow
- ✦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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Wheatear, Swallow, House Sparrow +91 more · last seen 2025
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Wheatear, Swallow, House Sparrow +91 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red Admiral, Peacock, Small White +124 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bluebell, Broad-leaved Dock, Creeping Cinquefoil +173 more · last seen 2017
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 14 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
South West Coast Path (Section 38: Bigbury on Sea to Salcombe)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 39: Salcombe to Torcross)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
Avon Estuary WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef AEWLocal walking route
Great Lanepublic footpath · 113 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 113 mPath type: service
37 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 28Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 28National Cycle Network
Alternative RouteCycling route17 m▾
Named routeRef 28Length 17 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route165 m▾
Named routeRef 28Length 165 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route11 m▾
Named routeRef 28Length 11 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route90 m▾
Named routeRef 28Length 90 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface bareearth
Main RouteCycling route841 m▾
Named routeRef 28Length 841 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
2,322 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,322 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
winterspring
2025▾
Dunnock · House Sparrow · Pied Wagtail · Herring Gull · Swift +41
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2021
- SwallowHirundo rustica2021
- Great TitParus major
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
- Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti
- Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla
- TealAnas crecca
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- Hirundo rustica rusticaHirundo rustica rustica2023
- MagpiePica pica2022
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
- JackdawColoeus monedula2021
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2021
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2021
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2021
- RookCorvus frugilegus2021
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2021
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2021
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2021
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
🦌Mammals3 species
springautumn
2022▾
Hedgehog · Indet. Deer · Rabbit
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Indet. DeerCervidae2021
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2019
Slow-worm
🐝Insects39 species
springsummer
2026▾
Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Wall · Painted Lady · Glow-worm · Small White +34
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
- WallLasiommata megera2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Creeping Bent · Hogweed · Selfheal · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Prickly Sow-thistle +32
- Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
- Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata
- Wall Speedwell
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,322 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
winterspring
2025▾
Dunnock · House Sparrow · Pied Wagtail · Herring Gull · Swift +41
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2021
- SwallowHirundo rustica2021
- Great TitParus major
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
- Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti
- Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla
- TealAnas crecca
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- Hirundo rustica rusticaHirundo rustica rustica2023
- MagpiePica pica2022
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
- JackdawColoeus monedula2021
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2021
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2021
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2021
- RookCorvus frugilegus2021
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2021
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2021
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2021
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
🦌Mammals3 species
springautumn
2022▾
Hedgehog · Indet. Deer · Rabbit
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Indet. DeerCervidae2021
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2019
Slow-worm
🐝Insects39 species
springsummer
2026▾
Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Wall · Painted Lady · Glow-worm · Small White +34
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
- WallLasiommata megera2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Creeping Bent · Hogweed · Selfheal · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Prickly Sow-thistle +32
- Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
- Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata
- Wall Speedwell
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Black Oil-beetle
Black Oil-beetle
Meloe proscarabaeus
Meloe proscarabaeus
PeacockAglais io2019PeacockAglais io2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025CommaPolygonia c-album2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2025Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2024Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2024Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2023Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula20237-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20237-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2023Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2023SuilliaSuillia2023SuilliaSuillia2023Chrysolina banksiiChrysolina banksii2023Chrysolina banksiiChrysolina banksii2023AphrophoridaeAphrophoridae2022AphrophoridaeAphrophoridae2022Great Green Bush-cricketTettigonia viridissima2021Great Green Bush-cricketTettigonia viridissima2021Clouded YellowColias croceus2019Clouded YellowColias croceus2019Large WhitePieris brassicae2019Large WhitePieris brassicae2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2019Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2019Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2019Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2019Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2019Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2019Dark Green FritillarySpeyeria aglaja2019Dark Green FritillarySpeyeria aglaja2019Green HairstreakCallophrys rubi2019Green HairstreakCallophrys rubi2019Small Pearl-bordered FritillaryBoloria selene2019Small Pearl-bordered FritillaryBoloria selene2019Veronica arvensis
Veronica arvensis
Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativaSweet ChestnutCastanea sativaOxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgareOxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgareEvergreen OakQuercus ilexEvergreen OakQuercus ilexCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaSquare-stalked WillowherbEpilobium tetragonumSquare-stalked WillowherbEpilobium tetragonumGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumRed CampionSilene dioicaRed CampionSilene dioicaBarren BromeAnisantha sterilisBarren BromeAnisantha sterilisIntermediate PolypodyPolypodium interjectumIntermediate PolypodyPolypodium interjectumCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisAlexandersSmyrnium olusatrumAlexandersSmyrnium olusatrumFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusCommon RestharrowOnonis repensCommon RestharrowOnonis repensLesser TrefoilTrifolium dubiumLesser TrefoilTrifolium dubiumGarden LobeliaLobelia erinusGarden LobeliaLobelia erinusPink-sorrelOxalis articulataPink-sorrelOxalis articulataAtlantic IvyHedera hibernicaAtlantic IvyHedera hibernicaBlack MedickMedicago lupulinaBlack MedickMedicago lupulinaShining Crane's-billGeranium lucidumShining Crane's-billGeranium lucidumSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusAshFraxinus excelsiorAshFraxinus excelsiorRed ValerianCentranthus ruberRed ValerianCentranthus ruberNipplewortLapsana communisNipplewortLapsana communisSlender SpeedwellVeronica filiformisSlender SpeedwellVeronica filiformisWhite CloverTrifolium repensWhite CloverTrifolium repensBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusWood DockRumex sanguineusWood DockRumex sanguineusCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraGladiolus communis subsp. byzantinusGladiolus communis subsp. byzantinusGladiolus communis subsp. byzantinusGladiolus communis subsp. byzantinusEvents & activities nearby
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