Riddeford Copse - Sparse woodland
0 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
50.87685, -3.78357
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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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Two Moors WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef MWListed length 166Regional walking route
Tarka TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef TTRegional walking route
Little Dart Ridge & Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef LDRVRegional walking route
Photos
Footpath gate near Lower Filleigh
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Wildlife to spot
6,577 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,577 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Starling · Tawny Owl · Pied Wagtail · House Martin +24
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2018
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- RavenCorvus corax
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
- SwiftApus apus2019
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2018
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2018
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2018
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2018
- RookCorvus frugilegus2018
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2018
- JackdawColoeus monedula2018
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2018
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2018
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2018
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2018
- RobinErithacus rubecula2018
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2018
- DunnockPrunella modularis2018
- MagpiePica pica2018
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2018
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2018
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2018
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2018
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2018
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2018
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2022▾
Otter · Hedgehog
- OtterLutra lutra
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Large White · Red Admiral · Small White · Comma · Peacock +16
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- CommaPolygonia c-album2018
- PeacockAglais io2018
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
Bluebell · Orpine · Wild Service-tree · Ivy-leaved Speedwell · Red Dead-nettle +62
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2017
- OrpineHylotelephium telephium
- Wild Service-treeSorbus torminalis
- Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia2017
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2017
- Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,577 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Starling · Tawny Owl · Pied Wagtail · House Martin +24
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2018
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- RavenCorvus corax
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
- SwiftApus apus2019
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2018
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2018
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2018
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2018
- RookCorvus frugilegus2018
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2018
- JackdawColoeus monedula2018
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2018
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2018
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2018
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2018
- RobinErithacus rubecula2018
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2018
- DunnockPrunella modularis2018
- MagpiePica pica2018
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2018
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2018
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2018
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2018
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2018
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2018
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2022▾
Otter · Hedgehog
- OtterLutra lutra
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Large White · Red Admiral · Small White · Comma · Peacock +16
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- CommaPolygonia c-album2018
- PeacockAglais io2018
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
Bluebell · Orpine · Wild Service-tree · Ivy-leaved Speedwell · Red Dead-nettle +62
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2017
- OrpineHylotelephium telephium
- Wild Service-treeSorbus torminalis
- Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia2017
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2017
- Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2019
2019
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2018Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2018Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2018Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2018Common BluePolyommatus icarus2018Common BluePolyommatus icarus2018Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2018Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2018Painted LadyVanessa cardui2018Painted LadyVanessa cardui2018Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2018Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2018Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2018Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2018Green-veined WhitePieris napi2018Green-veined WhitePieris napi2018Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2018Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2018RingletAphantopus hyperantus2018RingletAphantopus hyperantus2018Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisJersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria2018Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria2018Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2018Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2018BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2018BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2018Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2018Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines20182017
2017
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2017Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2017Greater ChickweedStellaria neglecta2017Greater ChickweedStellaria neglecta2017PignutConopodium majus2017PignutConopodium majus2017SpindleEuonymus europaeus2017SpindleEuonymus europaeus2017Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2017Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2017Boreau's Ramping-fumitoryFumaria muralis subsp. boraei2017Boreau's Ramping-fumitoryFumaria muralis subsp. boraei2017Keeled-fruited CornsaladValerianella carinata2017Keeled-fruited CornsaladValerianella carinata2017Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2017Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2017Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2017Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2017Downy BirchBetula pubescens2017Downy BirchBetula pubescens2017MoschatelAdoxa moschatellina2017MoschatelAdoxa moschatellina2017PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2017PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2017Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2017Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2017Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula2017Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula2017Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana2017Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana2017Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2017Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2017Common TwaybladeNeottia ovata2017Common TwaybladeNeottia ovata2017Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2017Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2017Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2017Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2017BugleAjuga reptans2017BugleAjuga reptans2017Three-nerved SandwortMoehringia trinervia2017Three-nerved SandwortMoehringia trinervia2017Remote SedgeCarex remota2017Remote SedgeCarex remota2017Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans2017Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans2017Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2017Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2017Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2017Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2017CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2017CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2017BoxBuxus sempervirens2017BoxBuxus sempervirens2017Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2017Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2017Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2017Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2017Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2017Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2017Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine2017Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine2017Spanish BluebellHyacinthoides hispanica2017Spanish BluebellHyacinthoides hispanica2017Rosa caninaRosa canina2017Rosa caninaRosa canina2017Wild PlumPrunus domestica2017Wild PlumPrunus domestica2017Narrow-leaved VetchVicia sativa subsp. nigra2017Narrow-leaved VetchVicia sativa subsp. nigra2017Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2017Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2017White StonecropSedum album2017White StonecropSedum album2017Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2017Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2017Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2017Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2017Toad RushJuncus bufonius2017Toad RushJuncus bufonius2017English ElmUlmus procera2017English ElmUlmus procera2017FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2017FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2017Red CurrantRibes rubrum2017Red CurrantRibes rubrum2017Wild CherryPrunus avium2017Wild CherryPrunus avium2017Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2017Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2017White Dead-nettleLamium album2017White Dead-nettleLamium album2017Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2017Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2017Field MapleAcer campestre2017Field MapleAcer campestre2017NavelwortUmbilicus rupestris2017NavelwortUmbilicus rupestris2017Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2017Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2017Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2017Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2017GooseberryRibes uva-crispa2017GooseberryRibes uva-crispa2017Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2017Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2017GorseUlex europaeus2017GorseUlex europaeus2017Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2017Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2017Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2017Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2017Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2017Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2017TutsanHypericum androsaemum2017TutsanHypericum androsaemum2017Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2017Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2017Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2017Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2017AshFraxinus excelsior2017AshFraxinus excelsior2017Events & activities nearby
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