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Lower Vipershill Plantation

✦ Ancient woodland45 ha

📷 Derek Harper · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome45 ha

Getting here

50.93484, -3.81554

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Visiting this summer

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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Great Tit +61 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Great Tit +61 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Germander Speedwell, Wood-sorrel, Wavy Bitter-cress +182 more · last seen 2022

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Wood-sorrel, Barren Strawberry, Thyme-leaved Speedwell +27 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Red Admiral, Large White, Comma +20 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Red Admiral, Large White, Comma +20 more · last seen 2024

Free

Heritage

Good match

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Chulmleigh Community TrailWalking route

Named routeRef CCT

Little Dart Ridge & Valley WalkWalking route

Named routeRef LDRVRegional walking route

🐴

Horse riding

1 public path nearby

Public paths

Bycott Lanebridleway · 942 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 942 mPath type: service

Wildlife to spot

2,074 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,074 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

winterspringautumn

2025

Blue Tit · Great Tit · Blackbird · House Sparrow · Robin +45

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
Great TitParus major2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2024
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
SwiftApus apus
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
RavenCorvus corax
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
DipperCinclus cinclus
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2023
Barn OwlTyto alba2023

🦌

Mammals3 species

winter

2024

Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Red Fox

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2024

Violet Oil-beetle

Violet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,074 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

winterspringautumn

2025

Blue Tit · Great Tit · Blackbird · House Sparrow · Robin +45

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
Great TitParus major2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2024
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
SwiftApus apus
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
RavenCorvus corax
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
DipperCinclus cinclus
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2023
Barn OwlTyto alba2023

🦌

Mammals3 species

winter

2024

Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Red Fox

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2024

Violet Oil-beetle

Violet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Derek Harper · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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