Minerva Country Park 16 ha
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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 16 ha
Places › England › South West › East Devon Getting here
50.73887, -3.45415
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 ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 255m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 255m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ 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 — Woodpigeon, House Sparrow, Herring Gull +58 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, House Sparrow, Herring Gull +58 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Rosemary Beetle, Violet Ground Beetle, Harlequin Ladybird +112 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Rosemary Beetle, Violet Ground Beetle, Harlequin Ladybird +112 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 16 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Two Counties Way Walking route 90 km ▾
A long distance walk of 56 miles (90km) from Taunton to Starcross on the Exe estuary.
Named route Ref TCW Length 90 km Regional walking route
Show on map Exeter Green Circle Walking route ▾
Named route Ref EGC Local walking route
Show on map Exe Valley Way Walking route ▾
Named route Ref EVW Regional walking route
Show on map Devonshire Heartland Way Walking route ▾
Named route Ref DHW Regional walking route
Show on map Pinhoe to Exeter Way Walking route ▾
Named route Ref PEW Local walking route
Show on map Mosshayne Lane public footpath · 24 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 24 m Surface asphalt Path type: service
Show on map Mosshayne Lane public footpath · 144 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 144 m Surface asphalt Path type: service
Show on map Mosshayne Lane public footpath · 228 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 228 m Surface asphalt Path type: service
Show on map 29 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Exeter LCN E1 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref E1 Local cycle route
Show on map Route E9 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref E9 Local cycle route
Show on map Exeter LCN E2 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref E2 Local cycle route
Show on map National Cycle Route 2 Axminster to Dawlish Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 2 National Cycle Network
Show on map Exeter LCN E12 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref E12 Local cycle route
Show on map Killerton to Clyston Mill Cycling route ▾
Devonshire Countryside, Sparrow Park, Estate Farms, Clyston Mill, River Clyst
Named route Ref KBFCT Point-to-point Local cycle route
Show on map Photos Quern Rise, Minerva housing estate
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Wildlife to spot
9,609 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 9,609 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 39 species
spring summer autumn winter
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · House Sparrow · Robin · Blackbird · Herring Gull +34
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Robin Erithacus rubecula Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 🦌 Mammals 5 species
winter spring summer
2025 ▾
Hazel Dormouse · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Rabbit · Roe Deer
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2025 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Violet Ground Beetle · Black Clock · Dark Bush-cricket · Rhombic Leatherbug · Physiphora alceae +18
Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus Black Clock Pterostichus madidus Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera Rhombic Leatherbug Syromastus rhombeus Physiphora alceae Physiphora alceae Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator Common Darter Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 9,609 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 39 species
spring summer autumn winter
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · House Sparrow · Robin · Blackbird · Herring Gull +34
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Robin Erithacus rubecula Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 🦌 Mammals 5 species
winter spring summer
2025 ▾
Hazel Dormouse · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Rabbit · Roe Deer
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2025 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Violet Ground Beetle · Black Clock · Dark Bush-cricket · Rhombic Leatherbug · Physiphora alceae +18
Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus Black Clock Pterostichus madidus Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera Rhombic Leatherbug Syromastus rhombeus Physiphora alceae Physiphora alceae Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator Common Darter Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Sympetrum striolatum
Sympetrum striolatum
Small Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma viridulum
Small Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma viridulum
Common Burying Beetle Nicrophorus vespillo
Common Burying Beetle Nicrophorus vespillo
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca
Melangyna umbellatarum Melangyna umbellatarum
Melangyna umbellatarum Melangyna umbellatarum
Chrysotoxum festivum Chrysotoxum festivum
Chrysotoxum festivum Chrysotoxum festivum
Rutpela maculata Rutpela maculata
Rutpela maculata Rutpela maculata
Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus
Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Metoecus paradoxus Metoecus paradoxus
Metoecus paradoxus Metoecus paradoxus
White-legged Damselfly Platycnemis pennipes
White-legged Damselfly Platycnemis pennipes
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo 