Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessDogs welcome192 ha
Getting here
50.58143, -3.50096
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, House Sparrow +66 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHAPEL OF ST ALBAN LUSCOMBE CASTLE INCLUDING ATTACHED STABLES AND OTHER OUTBUILDINGS; Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, House Sparrow +66 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Gatekeeper, Red Admiral +227 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 13 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Templer WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef TWRegional walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 43: Babbacombe to Exmouth)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
Teignmouth & Dawlish WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef TDWLocal walking route
Orange WayWalking route560 km▾
Named routeRef ORWLength 560 kmRegional walking route
Kenton Starcross CircularWalking route▾
Named routeRef KSC
Barton Lanepublic footpath · 232 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 232 mPath type: footway
22 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 2 Axminster to DawlishCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route345 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 345 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route85 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 85 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route175 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 175 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route610 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 610 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route471 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 471 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
5,738 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,738 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds53 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Wren · Blackbird · Song Thrush · Chiffchaff +48
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- SwiftApus apus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black SwanCygnus atratus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba2023
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🦎Reptiles1 species
springautumn
2025▾
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad · Edible Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Edible FrogPelophylax esculentus2023
🐝Insects42 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Roesel's Bush-cricket · Meadow Grasshopper · Bog Bush-cricket · Field Grasshopper · Bishop's Mitre +37
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
- Bog Bush-cricketMetrioptera brachyptera
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,738 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds53 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Wren · Blackbird · Song Thrush · Chiffchaff +48
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- SwiftApus apus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black SwanCygnus atratus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba2023
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🦎Reptiles1 species
springautumn
2025▾
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad · Edible Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Edible FrogPelophylax esculentus2023
🐝Insects42 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Roesel's Bush-cricket · Meadow Grasshopper · Bog Bush-cricket · Field Grasshopper · Bishop's Mitre +37
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
- Bog Bush-cricketMetrioptera brachyptera
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
