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50.75554, -3.73789

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Speckled Wood, Large Yellow Underwing, Meadow Brown +204 more · last seen 2019; Insects — Speckled Wood, Large Yellow Underwing, Meadow Brown +204 more · last seen 2019

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Ivy, Hazel, Holly +19 more · last seen 2023; Plants — Ivy, Hazel, Holly +19 more · last seen 2023

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds; Birds — Tawny Owl, Yellowhammer · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Hazel, Common Nettle, Hawthorn +4 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Two Moors WayWalking route

Named routeRef MWListed length 166Regional walking route

Devonshire Heartland WayWalking route

Named routeRef DHWRegional walking route

Tedbury Circular WalkWalking route

Named routeRef TEDLocal walking route

Mary Michael Pilgrims WayWalking route

Named routeRef MMPWRegional walking route

Crediton History TrailWalking route

Named routeRef CHT

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Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Exeter to Okehampton LinkCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

🐴

Horse riding

2 public paths nearby

Public paths

Rock Lanebridleway · 427 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 427 mPath type: track

Rock Lanebridleway · 199 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 199 mPath type: service

Wildlife to spot

3,564 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,564 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds3 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Tawny Owl · Yellowhammer · Red Kite

Tawny OwlStrix aluco2018
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Red KiteMilvus milvus2022

🦌

Mammals3 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2023

Hedgehog · Harvest Mouse · Pipistrelle Bat species

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2018

🐝

Insects207 species

summer

2019

Speckled Wood · Large Yellow Underwing · Meadow Brown · Brimstone Moth · Red Admiral +202

Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Straw DotRivula sericealis
Smoky WainscotMythimna impura
RingletAphantopus hyperantus
Heart & DartAgrotis exclamationis
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus
Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria
Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.
Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
Black ArchesLymantria monacha
Buff-tipPhalera bucephala
Common QuakerOrthosia cerasi
Copper Underwing agg.Amphipyra pyramidea agg.
Small WhitePieris rapae
Mottled BeautyAlcis repandata
Triple-spotted ClayXestia ditrapezium
Silver-ground CarpetXanthorhoe montanata
Hebrew CharacterOrthosia gothica
Red-green CarpetChloroclysta siterata
SnoutHypena proboscidalis
Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata
Vine's RusticHoplodrina ambigua
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
Double-square SpotXestia triangulum
PeacockAglais io
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris
Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha
UncertainHoplodrina octogenaria
DrinkerEuthrix potatoria
Clouded SilverLomographa temerata
Common SwiftKorscheltellus lupulina
Brindled BeautyLycia hirtaria
CommaPolygonia c-album
EngrailedEctropis crepuscularia
Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa
Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata
Riband WaveIdaea aversata
Common FootmanEilema lurideola
Light EmeraldCampaea margaritaria
Marbled Minor agg.Oligia strigilis agg.
Scorched CarpetLigdia adustata
Poplar Hawk-mothLaothoe populi
White-pinion SpottedLomographa bimaculata
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines
Clouded DrabOrthosia incerta
Brindled PugEupithecia abbreviata
Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria
Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta
Dingy FootmanEilema griseola
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus
Elephant Hawk-mothDeilephila elpenor
Lunar Marbled BrownDrymonia ruficornis
Water CarpetLampropteryx suffumata
Spruce CarpetThera britannica
November Moth agg.Epirrita dilutata agg.
Painted LadyVanessa cardui
Small PhoenixEcliptopera silaceata
Rosy FootmanMiltochrista miniata
Blood-veinTimandra comae
Clouded BorderLomaspilis marginata
Dun-barCosmia trapezina
RusticHoplodrina blanda
Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa
FlameAxylia putris
V-pugChloroclystis v-ata
Peppered MothBiston betularia
Middle-barred MinorOligia fasciuncula
LackeyMalacosoma neustria
Pale TussockCalliteara pudibunda
Buff ErmineSpilosoma lutea
Treble LinesCharanyca trigrammica
StreamerAnticlea derivata
Large WhitePieris brassicae2018
Winter MothOperophtera brumata
Mottled UmberErannis defoliaria
Small Square-spotDiarsia rubi
Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua fimbriata
Green-veined WhitePieris napi
Maiden's BlushCyclophora punctaria
July HighflyerHydriomena furcata
Small Fan-footHerminia grisealis
Nut-tree TussockColocasia coryli
Muslin FootmanNudaria mundana
CoronetCraniophora ligustri
Scalloped OakCrocallis elinguaria
Common PugEupithecia vulgata
Ingrailed ClayDiarsia mendica
Least Black ArchesNola confusalis
Small QuakerOrthosia cruda
Silver YAutographa gamma2018
Black RusticAporophyla nigra
ChestnutConistra vaccinii
Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea
Canary-shouldered ThornEnnomos alniaria
Swallow ProminentPheosia tremula
Lesser Swallow ProminentPheosia gnoma
Pebble ProminentNotodonta ziczac
Buff FootmanEilema depressa
Single-dotted WaveIdaea dimidiata
Small Fan-footed WaveIdaea biselata
Green PugPasiphila rectangulata
Barred StrawGandaritis pyraliata
Bright-line Brown-eyeLacanobia oleracea
Yellow-barred BrindleAcasis viretata
Privet Hawk-mothSphinx ligustri
Mottled PugEupithecia exiguata
Scorched WingPlagodis dolabraria
Yellow ShellCamptogramma bilineata
Great ProminentPeridea anceps
Shoulder StripeEarophila badiata
Early Tooth-stripedTrichopteryx carpinata
Early ThornSelenia dentaria
Grey BirchAethalura punctulata
Early GreyXylocampa areola
Scarce UmberAgriopis aurantiaria
Feathered ThornColotois pennaria
Beaded ChestnutAgrochola lychnidis
Lunar UnderwingAnchoscelis lunosa
SallowCirrhia icteritia
Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes
Dusky ThornEnnomos fuscantaria
Pale EggarTrichiura crataegi
Flounced RusticLuperina testacea
Turnip MothAgrotis segetum
Satin BeautyDeileptenia ribeata
Iron ProminentNotodonta dromedarius
Six-striped RusticXestia sexstrigata
Brussels LaceCleorodes lichenaria
Knot GrassAcronicta rumicis
Double-striped PugGymnoscelis rufifasciata
Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia
Chinese CharacterCilix glaucata
Beautiful Hook-tipLaspeyria flexula
ClayMythimna ferrago
Fan-footHerminia tarsipennalis
Dot MothMelanchra persicariae
Dwarf Cream WaveIdaea fuscovenosa
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea
Sharp-angled PeacockMacaria alternata
Cloaked CarpetEuphyia biangulata
Shoulder-striped WainscotLeucania comma
Common BluePolyommatus icarus
Cream WaveScopula floslactata
Orange FootmanEilema sororcula
Square SpotParadarisa consonaria
Frosted GreenPolyploca ridens
Twin-spotted QuakerAnorthoa munda
VapourerOrgyia antiqua2018
December MothPoecilocampa populi
Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta
Centre-barred SallowAtethmia centrago
SprawlerAsteroscopus sphinx
Dark Sword-grassAgrotis ipsilon
Brindled GreenDryobotodes eremita
Treble-barAplocera plagiata
Common WainscotMythimna pallens
September ThornEnnomos erosaria
Pine CarpetPennithera firmata
MochaCyclophora annularia
Oak Hook-tipWatsonalla binaria
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe
Magpie MothAbraxas grossulariata
Small WainscotDenticucullus pygmina
Common WaveCabera exanthemata
Slender BrindleApamea scolopacina
Marbled BeautyBryophila domestica
Purple ThornSelenia tetralunaria
True Lover's KnotLycophotia porphyrea
Minor Shoulder-knotBrachylomia viminalis
Foxglove PugEupithecia pulchellata
SuspectedParastichtis suspecta
Swallow-tailed MothOurapteryx sambucaria
Beautiful CarpetMesoleuca albicillata
Common EmeraldHemithea aestivaria
Grey ArchesPolia nebulosa
Plain Golden YAutographa jota
Light ArchesApamea lithoxylaea
Green Silver-linesPseudoips prasinana
LychnisHadena bicruris
White ErmineSpilosoma lubricipeda
Mottled RusticCaradrina morpheus
Red-necked FootmanAtolmis rubricollis
Pale ProminentPterostoma palpina
Lobster MothStauropus fagi
Lunar ThornSelenia lunularia
Common LutestringOchropacha duplaris
Waved UmberMenophra abruptaria
Chocolate-tipClostera curtula
March MothAlsophila aescularia
Oak BeautyBiston strataria
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
Dotted BorderAgriopis marginaria
Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria2018
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2018
Buff ArchesHabrosyne pyritoides2018
CinnabarTyria jacobaeae2018
Pale Mottled WillowCaradrina clavipalpis2018
Green ArchesAnaplectoides prasina2018
Small Yellow UnderwingPanemeria tenebrata2018
Grey/Dark DaggerAcronicta psi/tridens2018
Oak NycteolineNycteola revayana2018
Muslin MothDiaphora mendica2017

🌿

Plants28 species

summerautumn

2023

Ivy · Hazel · Holly · Wood Avens · Common Nettle +23

IvyHedera helix
HazelCorylus avellana
HollyIlex aquifolium
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
SanicleSanicula europaea
Red CampionSilene dioica2020
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2020
Wild Service-treeSorbus torminalis2020
CleaversGalium aparine
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis2020
Hybrid WoundwortStachys palustris x sylvatica = S. x ambigua2020
Wild BasilClinopodium vulgare2020
Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2020
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2020
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2020
Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica
Black BryonyTamus communis
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2019
Common ChickweedStellaria media2019
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2018

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,564 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds3 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Tawny Owl · Yellowhammer · Red Kite

Tawny OwlStrix aluco2018
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Red KiteMilvus milvus2022

🦌

Mammals3 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2023

Hedgehog · Harvest Mouse · Pipistrelle Bat species

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2018

🐝

Insects207 species

summer

2019

Speckled Wood · Large Yellow Underwing · Meadow Brown · Brimstone Moth · Red Admiral +202

Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Straw DotRivula sericealis
Smoky WainscotMythimna impura
RingletAphantopus hyperantus
Heart & DartAgrotis exclamationis
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus
Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria
Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.
Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
Black ArchesLymantria monacha
Buff-tipPhalera bucephala
Common QuakerOrthosia cerasi
Copper Underwing agg.Amphipyra pyramidea agg.
Small WhitePieris rapae
Mottled BeautyAlcis repandata
Triple-spotted ClayXestia ditrapezium
Silver-ground CarpetXanthorhoe montanata
Hebrew CharacterOrthosia gothica
Red-green CarpetChloroclysta siterata
SnoutHypena proboscidalis
Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata
Vine's RusticHoplodrina ambigua
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
Double-square SpotXestia triangulum
PeacockAglais io
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris
Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha
UncertainHoplodrina octogenaria
DrinkerEuthrix potatoria
Clouded SilverLomographa temerata
Common SwiftKorscheltellus lupulina
Brindled BeautyLycia hirtaria
CommaPolygonia c-album
EngrailedEctropis crepuscularia
Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa
Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata
Riband WaveIdaea aversata
Common FootmanEilema lurideola
Light EmeraldCampaea margaritaria
Marbled Minor agg.Oligia strigilis agg.
Scorched CarpetLigdia adustata
Poplar Hawk-mothLaothoe populi
White-pinion SpottedLomographa bimaculata
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines
Clouded DrabOrthosia incerta
Brindled PugEupithecia abbreviata
Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria
Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta
Dingy FootmanEilema griseola
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus
Elephant Hawk-mothDeilephila elpenor
Lunar Marbled BrownDrymonia ruficornis
Water CarpetLampropteryx suffumata
Spruce CarpetThera britannica
November Moth agg.Epirrita dilutata agg.
Painted LadyVanessa cardui
Small PhoenixEcliptopera silaceata
Rosy FootmanMiltochrista miniata
Blood-veinTimandra comae
Clouded BorderLomaspilis marginata
Dun-barCosmia trapezina
RusticHoplodrina blanda
Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa
FlameAxylia putris
V-pugChloroclystis v-ata
Peppered MothBiston betularia
Middle-barred MinorOligia fasciuncula
LackeyMalacosoma neustria
Pale TussockCalliteara pudibunda
Buff ErmineSpilosoma lutea
Treble LinesCharanyca trigrammica
StreamerAnticlea derivata
Large WhitePieris brassicae2018
Winter MothOperophtera brumata
Mottled UmberErannis defoliaria
Small Square-spotDiarsia rubi
Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua fimbriata
Green-veined WhitePieris napi
Maiden's BlushCyclophora punctaria
July HighflyerHydriomena furcata
Small Fan-footHerminia grisealis
Nut-tree TussockColocasia coryli
Muslin FootmanNudaria mundana
CoronetCraniophora ligustri
Scalloped OakCrocallis elinguaria
Common PugEupithecia vulgata
Ingrailed ClayDiarsia mendica
Least Black ArchesNola confusalis
Small QuakerOrthosia cruda
Silver YAutographa gamma2018
Black RusticAporophyla nigra
ChestnutConistra vaccinii
Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea
Canary-shouldered ThornEnnomos alniaria
Swallow ProminentPheosia tremula
Lesser Swallow ProminentPheosia gnoma
Pebble ProminentNotodonta ziczac
Buff FootmanEilema depressa
Single-dotted WaveIdaea dimidiata
Small Fan-footed WaveIdaea biselata
Green PugPasiphila rectangulata
Barred StrawGandaritis pyraliata
Bright-line Brown-eyeLacanobia oleracea
Yellow-barred BrindleAcasis viretata
Privet Hawk-mothSphinx ligustri
Mottled PugEupithecia exiguata
Scorched WingPlagodis dolabraria
Yellow ShellCamptogramma bilineata
Great ProminentPeridea anceps
Shoulder StripeEarophila badiata
Early Tooth-stripedTrichopteryx carpinata
Early ThornSelenia dentaria
Grey BirchAethalura punctulata
Early GreyXylocampa areola
Scarce UmberAgriopis aurantiaria
Feathered ThornColotois pennaria
Beaded ChestnutAgrochola lychnidis
Lunar UnderwingAnchoscelis lunosa
SallowCirrhia icteritia
Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes
Dusky ThornEnnomos fuscantaria
Pale EggarTrichiura crataegi
Flounced RusticLuperina testacea
Turnip MothAgrotis segetum
Satin BeautyDeileptenia ribeata
Iron ProminentNotodonta dromedarius
Six-striped RusticXestia sexstrigata
Brussels LaceCleorodes lichenaria
Knot GrassAcronicta rumicis
Double-striped PugGymnoscelis rufifasciata
Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia
Chinese CharacterCilix glaucata
Beautiful Hook-tipLaspeyria flexula
ClayMythimna ferrago
Fan-footHerminia tarsipennalis
Dot MothMelanchra persicariae
Dwarf Cream WaveIdaea fuscovenosa
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea
Sharp-angled PeacockMacaria alternata
Cloaked CarpetEuphyia biangulata
Shoulder-striped WainscotLeucania comma
Common BluePolyommatus icarus
Cream WaveScopula floslactata
Orange FootmanEilema sororcula
Square SpotParadarisa consonaria
Frosted GreenPolyploca ridens
Twin-spotted QuakerAnorthoa munda
VapourerOrgyia antiqua2018
December MothPoecilocampa populi
Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta
Centre-barred SallowAtethmia centrago
SprawlerAsteroscopus sphinx
Dark Sword-grassAgrotis ipsilon
Brindled GreenDryobotodes eremita
Treble-barAplocera plagiata
Common WainscotMythimna pallens
September ThornEnnomos erosaria
Pine CarpetPennithera firmata
MochaCyclophora annularia
Oak Hook-tipWatsonalla binaria
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe
Magpie MothAbraxas grossulariata
Small WainscotDenticucullus pygmina
Common WaveCabera exanthemata
Slender BrindleApamea scolopacina
Marbled BeautyBryophila domestica
Purple ThornSelenia tetralunaria
True Lover's KnotLycophotia porphyrea
Minor Shoulder-knotBrachylomia viminalis
Foxglove PugEupithecia pulchellata
SuspectedParastichtis suspecta
Swallow-tailed MothOurapteryx sambucaria
Beautiful CarpetMesoleuca albicillata
Common EmeraldHemithea aestivaria
Grey ArchesPolia nebulosa
Plain Golden YAutographa jota
Light ArchesApamea lithoxylaea
Green Silver-linesPseudoips prasinana
LychnisHadena bicruris
White ErmineSpilosoma lubricipeda
Mottled RusticCaradrina morpheus
Red-necked FootmanAtolmis rubricollis
Pale ProminentPterostoma palpina
Lobster MothStauropus fagi
Lunar ThornSelenia lunularia
Common LutestringOchropacha duplaris
Waved UmberMenophra abruptaria
Chocolate-tipClostera curtula
March MothAlsophila aescularia
Oak BeautyBiston strataria
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
Dotted BorderAgriopis marginaria
Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria2018
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2018
Buff ArchesHabrosyne pyritoides2018
CinnabarTyria jacobaeae2018
Pale Mottled WillowCaradrina clavipalpis2018
Green ArchesAnaplectoides prasina2018
Small Yellow UnderwingPanemeria tenebrata2018
Grey/Dark DaggerAcronicta psi/tridens2018
Oak NycteolineNycteola revayana2018
Muslin MothDiaphora mendica2017

🌿

Plants28 species

summerautumn

2023

Ivy · Hazel · Holly · Wood Avens · Common Nettle +23

IvyHedera helix
HazelCorylus avellana
HollyIlex aquifolium
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
SanicleSanicula europaea
Red CampionSilene dioica2020
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2020
Wild Service-treeSorbus torminalis2020
CleaversGalium aparine
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis2020
Hybrid WoundwortStachys palustris x sylvatica = S. x ambigua2020
Wild BasilClinopodium vulgare2020
Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2020
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2020
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2020
Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica
Black BryonyTamus communis
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2019
Common ChickweedStellaria media2019
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2018