Wotton's Moor Copse - Mixed woodland
✦ Ancient woodland1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
50.76733, -3.73994
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
- 🌿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
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Two Moors WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef MWListed length 166Regional walking route
Devonshire Heartland WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef DHWRegional walking route
Tedbury Circular WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef TEDLocal walking route
Mary Michael Pilgrims WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef MMPWRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Exeter to Okehampton LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
20,578 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
20,578 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Woodpigeon · Wren · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw +27
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great TitParus major2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2024▾
Hedgehog · Wood Mouse
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
Slow-worm
Mottled Umber · December Moth · Volucella pellucens · Harlequin Ladybird · Dock Bug +14
- Mottled UmberErannis defoliaria2019
- December MothPoecilocampa populi2019
- Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2023
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2023
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Garlic Mustard · Hybrid Black-poplar · Wild Basil · Wild Service-tree · Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum +54
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- Hybrid Black-poplarPopulus deltoides x nigra = P. x canadensis
- Wild BasilClinopodium vulgare
- Wild Service-treeSorbus torminalis
- Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,578 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Woodpigeon · Wren · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw +27
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great TitParus major2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2024▾
Hedgehog · Wood Mouse
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
Slow-worm
Mottled Umber · December Moth · Volucella pellucens · Harlequin Ladybird · Dock Bug +14
- Mottled UmberErannis defoliaria2019
- December MothPoecilocampa populi2019
- Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2023
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2023
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Garlic Mustard · Hybrid Black-poplar · Wild Basil · Wild Service-tree · Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum +54
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- Hybrid Black-poplarPopulus deltoides x nigra = P. x canadensis
- Wild BasilClinopodium vulgare
- Wild Service-treeSorbus torminalis
- Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
2023
Red Wood AntFormica rufa2023Red Wood AntFormica rufa2023Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2022Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2022Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2021Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2021Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2020Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2020Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2020Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2020Feathered ThornColotois pennaria2019Feathered ThornColotois pennaria2019Red-green CarpetChloroclysta siterata2019Red-green CarpetChloroclysta siterata2019ChestnutConistra vaccinii2019ChestnutConistra vaccinii2019SatelliteEupsilia transversa2019SatelliteEupsilia transversa2019Scarce UmberAgriopis aurantiaria2019Scarce UmberAgriopis aurantiaria2019Red-Line QuakerLeptologia lota2019Red-Line QuakerLeptologia lota2019Merveille du JourGriposia aprilina2019Merveille du JourGriposia aprilina2019Beaded ChestnutAgrochola lychnidis2019Beaded ChestnutAgrochola lychnidis2019Common Nettle
Common Nettle
Urtica dioica
Urtica dioica
Cock's-footDactylis glomerataCock's-footDactylis glomerataFalse-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticumFalse-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineRed FescueFestuca rubraRed FescueFestuca rubraWall-rueAsplenium ruta-murariaWall-rueAsplenium ruta-murariaRed CampionSilene dioicaRed CampionSilene dioicaGreater StitchwortStellaria holosteaGreater StitchwortStellaria holosteaNipplewortLapsana communisNipplewortLapsana communisGorseUlex europaeusGorseUlex europaeusWood AvensGeum urbanumWood AvensGeum urbanumHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaSoft-rushJuncus effususSoft-rushJuncus effususSnowdropGalanthus nivalisSnowdropGalanthus nivalisHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumIvy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifoliaIvy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifoliadaffodilsNarcissusdaffodilsNarcissusEnglish ElmUlmus proceraEnglish ElmUlmus proceraLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumMaidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanesMaidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanesShining Crane's-billGeranium lucidumShining Crane's-billGeranium lucidumBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusWater FigwortScrophularia auriculataWater FigwortScrophularia auriculataSoft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferumSoft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferumIntermediate PolypodyPolypodium interjectumIntermediate PolypodyPolypodium interjectumDog's MercuryMercurialis perennisDog's MercuryMercurialis perennisRough ChervilChaerophyllum temulumRough ChervilChaerophyllum temulumWilson's HoneysuckleLonicera nitidaWilson's HoneysuckleLonicera nitidaMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaCherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasusCherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasusAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisHemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocataHemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocataHairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsutaHairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsutaGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysPendulous SedgeCarex pendulaPendulous SedgeCarex pendulaElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumHyacinthHyacinthus orientalisHyacinthHyacinthus orientalisPrimrosePrimula vulgarisPrimrosePrimula vulgarisLesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaHazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaCommon WhitlowgrassErophila vernaCommon WhitlowgrassErophila vernaAshFraxinus excelsiorAshFraxinus excelsiorBlackthornPrunus spinosaBlackthornPrunus spinosaHollyIlex aquifoliumHollyIlex aquifoliumPedunculate OakQuercus roburPedunculate OakQuercus roburRemote SedgeCarex remotaRemote SedgeCarex remotaEvents & activities nearby
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