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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
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50.72241, -3.16123
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days 🌿 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
☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days 🌿 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 £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Tawny Owl +51 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Tawny Owl +51 more · last seen 2025
Free
Plants — Bramble, Rowan, Hawthorn +17 more foraging species; Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Brimstone Moth, Large Yellow Underwing, Flame Shoulder +177 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Brimstone Moth, Large Yellow Underwing, Flame Shoulder +177 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bluebell, Red Campion, Ash +103 more · last seen 2019; Plants — Bluebell, Red Campion, Ash +103 more · last seen 2019
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 6 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
East Devon Way Walking route ▾
Named route Ref EDW Listed length 61km Regional walking route
Show on map South West Coast Path (Section 44: Exmouth to Sidmouth) Walking route ▾
Named route Ref SWCP National walking route
Show on map South West Coast Path (Section 45: Sidmouth to Seaton) Walking route ▾
Named route Ref SWCP National walking route
Show on map Orange Way Walking route 560 km ▾
Named route Ref ORW Length 560 km Regional walking route
Show on map Channel to Channel Walking route ▾
Named route Ref CC Regional walking route
Show on map 18 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 2 Axminster to Dawlish Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 2 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 212 m ▾
Named route Ref 2 Length 212 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 12 m ▾
Named route Ref 2 Length 12 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 322 m ▾
Named route Ref 2 Length 322 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 314 m ▾
Named route Ref 2 Length 314 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 203 m ▾
Named route Ref 2 Length 203 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface unsealedloose
Show on map 7 public paths nearby
Public paths
Radish Lane bridleway · 182 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 182 m Path type: service
Show on map Photos Bridleway south from Blackbury Camp
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3,182 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 3,182 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 48 species
winter spring autumn
2025 ▾
Tawny Owl · Great Tit · Wren · Chaffinch · Woodpigeon +43
Tawny Owl Strix aluco Great Tit Parus major Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blackbird Turdus merula Robin Erithacus rubecula Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2023 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2024 Carrion Crow Corvus corone Coal Tit Periparus ater Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2024 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2022 Raven Corvus corax Swallow Hirundo rustica Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2023 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2022 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2021 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Nuthatch Sitta europaea Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria House Martin Delichon urbicum2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2023 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2023 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2021 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2018 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2024 Linnet Linaria cannabina2024 Magpie Pica pica2023 Redwing Turdus iliacus2023 Stock Dove Columba oenas2023 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2023 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2023 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2023 Siskin Spinus spinus2023 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2021 Jay Garrulus glandarius2021 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2021 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2021 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2021 Rook Corvus frugilegus2021 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2021 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2019 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2018 🦌 Mammals 9 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Hazel Dormouse · Roe Deer · Common Pipistrelle · Greater Horseshoe Bat · Soprano Pipistrelle +4
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2024 Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2023 Greater Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus ferrumequinum2023 Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2023 Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2024 ▾
Palmate Newt
Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus Oil Beetle · Glow-worm · Sericomyia silentis · Rhagium bifasciatum · Rosemary Beetle +10
Oil Beetle Meloe Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca2021 Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis Rhagium bifasciatum Rhagium bifasciatum2023 Rosemary Beetle Chrysolina americana2021 Small White Pieris rapae2019 🌿 Plants 2 species
winter spring
2019 ▾
Red Campion · Snowdrop
Red Campion Silene dioica Snowdrop Galanthus nivalis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 3,182 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 48 species
winter spring autumn
2025 ▾
Tawny Owl · Great Tit · Wren · Chaffinch · Woodpigeon +43
Tawny Owl Strix aluco Great Tit Parus major Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blackbird Turdus merula Robin Erithacus rubecula Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2023 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2024 Carrion Crow Corvus corone Coal Tit Periparus ater Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2024 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2022 Raven Corvus corax Swallow Hirundo rustica Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2023 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2022 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2021 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Nuthatch Sitta europaea Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria House Martin Delichon urbicum2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2023 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2023 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2021 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2018 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2024 Linnet Linaria cannabina2024 Magpie Pica pica2023 Redwing Turdus iliacus2023 Stock Dove Columba oenas2023 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2023 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2023 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2023 Siskin Spinus spinus2023 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2021 Jay Garrulus glandarius2021 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2021 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2021 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2021 Rook Corvus frugilegus2021 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2021 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2019 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2018 🦌 Mammals 9 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Hazel Dormouse · Roe Deer · Common Pipistrelle · Greater Horseshoe Bat · Soprano Pipistrelle +4
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2024 Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2023 Greater Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus ferrumequinum2023 Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2023 Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2024 ▾
Palmate Newt
Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus Oil Beetle · Glow-worm · Sericomyia silentis · Rhagium bifasciatum · Rosemary Beetle +10
Oil Beetle Meloe Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca2021 Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis Rhagium bifasciatum Rhagium bifasciatum2023 Rosemary Beetle Chrysolina americana2021 Small White Pieris rapae2019 🌿 Plants 2 species
winter spring
2019 ▾
Red Campion · Snowdrop
Red Campion Silene dioica Snowdrop Galanthus nivalis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Noctule
Noctule
Nyctalus noctula2023
Nyctalus noctula2023
Nathusius's Pipistrelle Pipistrellus nathusii2023
Nathusius's Pipistrelle Pipistrellus nathusii2023
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2021
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2021
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2020
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2020
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus2019
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus2019
Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia2019
Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia2019
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2019
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2019
Peacock Aglais io2019
Peacock Aglais io2019
Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni2019
Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni2019
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2019
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2019
Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris2019
Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris2019
Marbled White Melanargia galathea2019
Marbled White Melanargia galathea2019
Harmonia axyridis form succinea Harmonia axyridis form succinea2018
Harmonia axyridis form succinea Harmonia axyridis form succinea2018 