Combehead Woods - Mixed woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🐴Horses
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
50.99422, -3.51706
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
- 🐴Horse riding listed as facility — is at its best in summer
- 🐕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
- 🐴Horse riding listed as facility — is at its best in summer
- 🐕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
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Horse riding listed as facility
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Exe Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef EVWRegional walking route
21 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 3Cycling route527.7 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 527.7 kmNational Cycle Network
National Cycle Network Route 344Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 344National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route32.9 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 32.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route3.3 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 3.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.4 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
4,231 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,231 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Mallard · Canada Goose · Moorhen · Mute Swan · Little Egret +36
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwiftApus apus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- MagpiePica pica
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- GadwallMareca strepera2023
- Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius2022
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Mole
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- MoleTalpa europaea2023
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
autumn
2023▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria2022
Batman Hoverfly · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Field Grasshopper · Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Dark Bush-cricket +8
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2022
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2022
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2022
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2023
- Meadow Grasshopper
Greater Western Scaly Male Fern
- Greater Western Scaly Male FernDryopteris affinis subsp. paleaceolobata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,231 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Mallard · Canada Goose · Moorhen · Mute Swan · Little Egret +36
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwiftApus apus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- MagpiePica pica
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- GadwallMareca strepera2023
- Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius2022
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Mole
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- MoleTalpa europaea2023
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
autumn
2023▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria2022
Batman Hoverfly · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Field Grasshopper · Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Dark Bush-cricket +8
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2022
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2022
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2022
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2023
- Meadow Grasshopper
Greater Western Scaly Male Fern
- Greater Western Scaly Male FernDryopteris affinis subsp. paleaceolobata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pseudochorthippus parallelus2023
Pseudochorthippus parallelus2023
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2023Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2023Green DrakeEphemera danica2023Green DrakeEphemera danica2023EristalisEristalis2022EristalisEristalis2022SyrphusSyrphus2022SyrphusSyrphus2022Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2022Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2022Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2022Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2022Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2022Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2022Events & activities nearby
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