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Justment Copse

16 ha

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Free entryDogs welcome16 ha

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50.77410, -3.86232

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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
🌿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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Rosy Rustic, Lunar Underwing, Flounced Rustic +192 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Rosy Rustic, Lunar Underwing, Flounced Rustic +192 more · last seen 2024

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds; Birds — Tawny Owl, Nuthatch, Long-tailed Tit +2 more · last seen 2020

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Moderate match

Plants — Yarrow · last seen 2019; Plants — Yarrow · last seen 2019

Free

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

8 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

Devonshire Heartland WayWalking route

Named routeRef DHWRegional walking route

Dartmoor WayWalking route

Named routeRef DWRegional walking route

Taw Teign LinkWalking route

Named routeRef TTLRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 28Cycling route

Named routeRef 28National Cycle Network

Dartmoor Way (Cycle)Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Main RouteCycling route1.9 km

Named routeRef 28Length 1.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.7 km

Named routeRef 28Length 1.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route171 m

Named routeRef 28Length 171 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

7,833 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

7,833 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds1 species

summer

2020

Nuthatch

NuthatchSitta europaea

🦌

Mammals6 species

summer

2025

Brown Rat · Pygmy Shrew · Bat · Grey Squirrel · Hazel Dormouse +1

Brown RatRattus norvegicus2020
Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2020
BatChiroptera2020
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2020
Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
ShrewSoricidae2020

🐝

Insects50 species

summerautumn

2024

Rosy Rustic · Lunar Underwing · Flounced Rustic · Setaceous Hebrew Character · Square-spot Rustic +45

Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea2019
Lunar UnderwingAnchoscelis lunosa2019
Flounced RusticLuperina testacea2019
Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2019
Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2019
December MothPoecilocampa populi2019
Feathered ThornColotois pennaria2019
Canary-shouldered ThornEnnomos alniaria2019
Small Square-spotDiarsia rubi2019
Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2020
Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta2019
Brown HairstreakThecla betulae2019
Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2019
Straw DotRivula sericealis2019
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2022
Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2020
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2020
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2020
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2020
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2020
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2020
Winter MothOperophtera brumata2019
SprawlerAsteroscopus sphinx2019
November MothEpirrita dilutata2019
Beaded ChestnutAgrochola lychnidis2019
Common WainscotMythimna pallens2019
Pale EggarTrichiura crataegi2019
Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2019
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
HornetVespa crabro2023
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2022
Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2020
PlatycheirusPlatycheirus2020
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2020
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2020
Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2020
Meadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrata2020
Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2020
ChestnutConistra vaccinii2019
Black RusticAporophyla nigra2019
Spruce CarpetThera britannica2019
Green-brindled CrescentAllophyes oxyacanthae2019
Frosted OrangeGortyna flavago2019
Lesser Swallow ProminentPheosia gnoma2019
Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2019
Large EarAmphipoea lucens2019
Purple BarCosmorhoe ocellata2019
September ThornEnnomos erosaria2019
Small WainscotDenticucullus pygmina2019
Clouded YellowColias croceus2019

🌿

Plants3 species

summerautumn

2020

Aspen · Alder Buckthorn · Yarrow

AspenPopulus tremula
Alder BuckthornFrangula alnus
YarrowAchillea millefolium2019

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

7,833 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds1 species

summer

2020

Nuthatch

NuthatchSitta europaea

🦌

Mammals6 species

summer

2025

Brown Rat · Pygmy Shrew · Bat · Grey Squirrel · Hazel Dormouse +1

Brown RatRattus norvegicus2020
Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2020
BatChiroptera2020
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2020
Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
ShrewSoricidae2020

🐝

Insects50 species

summerautumn

2024

Rosy Rustic · Lunar Underwing · Flounced Rustic · Setaceous Hebrew Character · Square-spot Rustic +45

Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea2019
Lunar UnderwingAnchoscelis lunosa2019
Flounced RusticLuperina testacea2019
Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2019
Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2019
December MothPoecilocampa populi2019
Feathered ThornColotois pennaria2019
Canary-shouldered ThornEnnomos alniaria2019
Small Square-spotDiarsia rubi2019
Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2020
Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta2019
Brown HairstreakThecla betulae2019
Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2019
Straw DotRivula sericealis2019
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2022
Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2020
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2020
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2020
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2020
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2020
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2020
Winter MothOperophtera brumata2019
SprawlerAsteroscopus sphinx2019
November MothEpirrita dilutata2019
Beaded ChestnutAgrochola lychnidis2019
Common WainscotMythimna pallens2019
Pale EggarTrichiura crataegi2019
Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2019
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
HornetVespa crabro2023
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2022
Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2020
PlatycheirusPlatycheirus2020
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2020
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2020
Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2020
Meadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrata2020
Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2020
ChestnutConistra vaccinii2019
Black RusticAporophyla nigra2019
Spruce CarpetThera britannica2019
Green-brindled CrescentAllophyes oxyacanthae2019
Frosted OrangeGortyna flavago2019
Lesser Swallow ProminentPheosia gnoma2019
Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2019
Large EarAmphipoea lucens2019
Purple BarCosmorhoe ocellata2019
September ThornEnnomos erosaria2019
Small WainscotDenticucullus pygmina2019
Clouded YellowColias croceus2019

🌿

Plants3 species

summerautumn

2020

Aspen · Alder Buckthorn · Yarrow

AspenPopulus tremula
Alder BuckthornFrangula alnus
YarrowAchillea millefolium2019

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 David Smith · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Stream bridge and ford on Combe Moor Lane

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