← Back🌳 Broadleaved woodland

Newgarden Plantation

5 ha

📷 Anthony Vosper · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha

Getting here

50.35136, -3.85095

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

8 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, Great Tit, Robin +64 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin +64 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Goat Willow, Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil, Ash +29 more · last seen 2016; Plants — Goat Willow, Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil, Ash +29 more · last seen 2016

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Red Admiral, Meadow Brown, Peacock +39 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Red Admiral, Meadow Brown, Peacock +39 more · last seen 2024

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Hogweed, Meadowsweet, Blackthorn +3 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Two Moors WayWalking route

Named routeRef MWListed length 166Regional walking route

Erme-Plym TrailWalking route27 km

Named routeRef EPTLength 27 kmRegional walking route

Avon Estuary WalkWalking route

Named routeRef AEWLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

50 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 2Cycling route

National Cycle Route 2 Dawlish to Plymouth

Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network

Route 272Cycling route

Named routeRef 272National Cycle Network

Route 28Cycling route

Named routeRef 28National Cycle Network

Dartmoor Way (Cycle)Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

N/ACycling route363 m

Named routeLength 363 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route127 m

Named routeLength 127 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

2,701 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,701 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds69 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2025

Blue Tit · Great Tit · Robin · Woodpigeon · Blackbird +64

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
RobinErithacus rubecula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MagpiePica pica
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
DunnockPrunella modularis
JackdawColoeus monedula
Coal TitPeriparus ater
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
NuthatchSitta europaea
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
RookCorvus frugilegus
JayGarrulus glandarius
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
BuzzardButeo buteo
GreenfinchChloris chloris
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
RedwingTurdus iliacus
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
RavenCorvus corax
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2023
SwiftApus apus2019
Rock DoveColumba livia2019
Willow TitPoecile montanus2023
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2022
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2022
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2022
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2022
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2022
Mute SwanCygnus olor2022
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2021
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2021
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2020
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2020
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2020
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2020
Barn OwlTyto alba2019
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2018

🦌

Mammals8 species

springautumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Rabbit · Otter · Common Pipistrelle +3

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2021
OtterLutra lutra2020
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2020
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2017

🐸

Amphibians2 species

springautumn

2020

Common Toad · Common Frog

Common ToadBufo bufo
Common FrogRana temporaria2016

🐝

Insects42 species

summer

2024

Red Admiral · Meadow Brown · Peacock · Speckled Wood · Orange-tip +37

Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
PeacockAglais io2017
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2015
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2015
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2017
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2017
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019
CommaPolygonia c-album2017
Large WhitePieris brassicae2015
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2020
Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria2019
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2018
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2017
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2017
Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata2016
WallLasiommata megera2015
Fern WeevilSyagrius intrudens2021
HornetVespa crabro2018
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2016
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2016
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2016
Oleander Hawk-mothDaphnis nerii2016
EngrailedEctropis crepuscularia2016
Scalloped HazelOdontopera bidentata2016
White ErmineSpilosoma lubricipeda2016
StreamerAnticlea derivata2016
Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata2016
Pale TussockCalliteara pudibunda2016
Broken-barred CarpetElectrophaes corylata2016
Peach BlossomThyatira batis2016
Clouded SilverLomographa temerata2016
Silver-ground CarpetXanthorhoe montanata2016
Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria2016
Brown Silver-linePetrophora chlorosata2016
Muslin MothDiaphora mendica2016
Purple BarCosmorhoe ocellata2016
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2014
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2014
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2014

🌿

Plants32 species

autumn

2016

Yorkshire-fog · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Creeping Buttercup · Ash · Bluebell +27

Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
AshFraxinus excelsior
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus
Goat WillowSalix caprea
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
YarrowAchillea millefolium
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
Field MapleAcer campestre
White CloverTrifolium repens
IvyHedera helix
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
Crack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilis
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Red CampionSilene dioica
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Water MintMentha aquatica
Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula2015

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,701 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds69 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2025

Blue Tit · Great Tit · Robin · Woodpigeon · Blackbird +64

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
RobinErithacus rubecula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MagpiePica pica
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
DunnockPrunella modularis
JackdawColoeus monedula
Coal TitPeriparus ater
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
NuthatchSitta europaea
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
RookCorvus frugilegus
JayGarrulus glandarius
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
BuzzardButeo buteo
GreenfinchChloris chloris
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
RedwingTurdus iliacus
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
RavenCorvus corax
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2023
SwiftApus apus2019
Rock DoveColumba livia2019
Willow TitPoecile montanus2023
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2022
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2022
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2022
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2022
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2022
Mute SwanCygnus olor2022
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2021
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2021
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2020
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2020
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2020
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2020
Barn OwlTyto alba2019
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2018

🦌

Mammals8 species

springautumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Rabbit · Otter · Common Pipistrelle +3

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2021
OtterLutra lutra2020
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2020
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2017

🐸

Amphibians2 species

springautumn

2020

Common Toad · Common Frog

Common ToadBufo bufo
Common FrogRana temporaria2016

🐝

Insects42 species

summer

2024

Red Admiral · Meadow Brown · Peacock · Speckled Wood · Orange-tip +37

Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
PeacockAglais io2017
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2015
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2015
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2017
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2017
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019
CommaPolygonia c-album2017
Large WhitePieris brassicae2015
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2020
Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria2019
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2018
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2017
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2017
Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata2016
WallLasiommata megera2015
Fern WeevilSyagrius intrudens2021
HornetVespa crabro2018
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2016
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2016
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2016
Oleander Hawk-mothDaphnis nerii2016
EngrailedEctropis crepuscularia2016
Scalloped HazelOdontopera bidentata2016
White ErmineSpilosoma lubricipeda2016
StreamerAnticlea derivata2016
Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata2016
Pale TussockCalliteara pudibunda2016
Broken-barred CarpetElectrophaes corylata2016
Peach BlossomThyatira batis2016
Clouded SilverLomographa temerata2016
Silver-ground CarpetXanthorhoe montanata2016
Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria2016
Brown Silver-linePetrophora chlorosata2016
Muslin MothDiaphora mendica2016
Purple BarCosmorhoe ocellata2016
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2014
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2014
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2014

🌿

Plants32 species

autumn

2016

Yorkshire-fog · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Creeping Buttercup · Ash · Bluebell +27

Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
AshFraxinus excelsior
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus
Goat WillowSalix caprea
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
YarrowAchillea millefolium
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
Field MapleAcer campestre
White CloverTrifolium repens
IvyHedera helix
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
Crack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilis
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Red CampionSilene dioica
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Water MintMentha aquatica
Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula2015

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Anthony Vosper · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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