Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
50.74024, -3.26745
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackbird
- ✦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
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackbird
- ✦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 — Robin, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +66 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +66 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Grade I listed building: KNIGHTSTONE
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Small White, Speckled Wood +34 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
East Devon WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef EDWListed length 61kmRegional walking route
Otter Valley WalkWalking route20 km▾
Named routeRef OVWLength 20 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Coleridge LinkWalking route14.5 km▾
A circular route in the Otter Valley.
Named routeRef COLLength 14.5 kmLocal walking route
Orange WayWalking route560 km▾
Named routeRef ORWLength 560 kmRegional walking route
Exeter to Honiton WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef EXHONRegional walking route
24 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 248Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 248National Cycle Network
National Cycle Route 2 Axminster to DawlishCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
N/ACycling route46 m▾
Named routeLength 46 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route242 m▾
Named routeRef 248Length 242 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route642 m▾
Named routeRef 248Length 642 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface bareearth
Main RouteCycling route358 m▾
Named routeRef 248Length 358 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Knightstone Lanebridleway · 965 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 965 mSurface dirtPath type: track
Photos
Gardens at Knightstone Manor
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Wildlife to spot
9,437 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,437 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds54 species
springsummerwinter
2025▾
Chiffchaff · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Robin · Chaffinch +49
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- SwiftApus apus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- TealAnas crecca
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- RavenCorvus corax
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Beaver
Slow-worm
Oil Beetle · Banded Demoiselle · Dark Bush-cricket · Eristalis tenax · Syrphus +4
- Oil BeetleMeloe
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Helina evectaHelina evecta2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,437 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds54 species
springsummerwinter
2025▾
Chiffchaff · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Robin · Chaffinch +49
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- SwiftApus apus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- TealAnas crecca
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- RavenCorvus corax
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Beaver
Slow-worm
Oil Beetle · Banded Demoiselle · Dark Bush-cricket · Eristalis tenax · Syrphus +4
- Oil BeetleMeloe
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Helina evectaHelina evecta2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas