Little Combe Coppice
✦ Ancient woodland20 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦋Insects🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome20 ha
Getting here
50.69081, -3.18784
Open directionsv
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
- 🅿️Parking nearby — easy to reach by car
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Parking nearby — easy to reach by car
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 52 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
East Devon WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef EDWListed length 61kmRegional walking route
Coleridge LinkWalking route14.5 km▾
A circular route in the Otter Valley.
Named routeRef COLLength 14.5 kmLocal walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 44: Exmouth to Sidmouth)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 45: Sidmouth to Seaton)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
Sid Valley RingWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
22 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 2 Axminster to DawlishCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route212 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 212 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route436 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 436 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route202 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 202 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route314 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 314 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route78 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 78 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
10,524 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,524 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Robin · Wren · Woodpigeon +42
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RavenCorvus corax
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Common GuillemotUria aalge
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Hazel Dormouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
🐝Insects4 species
springautumn
2026▾
Oedemera femoralis · Black Oil-beetle · Vagrant Emperor · Hornet Hoverfly
- Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis
- Black Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus
- Vagrant EmperorAnax ephippiger2025
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
Deceiver · White Saddle · Wood Blewits · Oak Toothcrust · Amanita'r Gwybed +43
- DeceiverLaccaria laccata
- White SaddleHelvella crispa
- Wood BlewitsLepista nuda
- Oak ToothcrustRadulomyces molaris
- Amanita'r GwybedAmanita muscaria
- False ChanterelleHygrophoropsis aurantiaca
- Bovine BoleteSuillus bovinus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,524 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Robin · Wren · Woodpigeon +42
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RavenCorvus corax
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Common GuillemotUria aalge
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Hazel Dormouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
🐝Insects4 species
springautumn
2026▾
Oedemera femoralis · Black Oil-beetle · Vagrant Emperor · Hornet Hoverfly
- Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis
- Black Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus
- Vagrant EmperorAnax ephippiger2025
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
Deceiver · White Saddle · Wood Blewits · Oak Toothcrust · Amanita'r Gwybed +43
- DeceiverLaccaria laccata
- White SaddleHelvella crispa
- Wood BlewitsLepista nuda
- Oak ToothcrustRadulomyces molaris
- Amanita'r GwybedAmanita muscaria
- False ChanterelleHygrophoropsis aurantiaca
- Bovine BoleteSuillus bovinus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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