Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
50.55012, -4.14174
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Jackdaw
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Poppy's Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Jackdaw
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Poppy's Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Jackdaw, Blue Tit +65 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Jackdaw, Blue Tit +65 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Oil Beetle, Harlequin Ladybird, Black Oil-beetle +58 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Dartmoor WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef DWRegional walking route
West Devon WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef WDERegional walking route
Tamar Valley Discovery TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef TDTRegional walking route
Abbot's WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef AWRegional walking route
71 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 27Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 27National Cycle Network
Route 270Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 270National Cycle Network
Dartmoor Way (Cycle)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Network Route 327Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 327National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route40 m▾
Named routeRef 27Length 40 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
33,496 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
33,496 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGoldcrest · Jackdaw · Nuthatch · Mallard · Dipper +38
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Common Pipistrelle · Daubenton's Bat · Eurasian Serotine · Pipistrelle Bat species · Grey Squirrel +5
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2024
- Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus2024
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- Soprano Pipistrelle
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2024▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
🐝Insects19 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Trioza centranthi · Corizus hyoscyami · Pine Weevil +14
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi
- Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
- Pine WeevilHylobius abietis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
33,496 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGoldcrest · Jackdaw · Nuthatch · Mallard · Dipper +38
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Common Pipistrelle · Daubenton's Bat · Eurasian Serotine · Pipistrelle Bat species · Grey Squirrel +5
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2024
- Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus2024
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- Soprano Pipistrelle
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2024▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
🐝Insects19 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Trioza centranthi · Corizus hyoscyami · Pine Weevil +14
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi
- Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
- Pine WeevilHylobius abietis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pipistrellus pygmaeus2024
Pipistrellus pygmaeus2024
BatChiroptera2024BatChiroptera2024NoctuleNyctalus noctula2024NoctuleNyctalus noctula2024Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanariusHazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanariusNyctalus/Eptesicus agg.Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.2024Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.2024Cuckoo-Spit Insect
Cuckoo-Spit Insect
Philaenus spumarius
Philaenus spumarius
Tanner BeetlePrionus coriariusTanner BeetlePrionus coriariusHornet HoverflyVolucella zonariaHornet HoverflyVolucella zonariaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaOak Mining SawflyProfenusa pygmaeaOak Mining SawflyProfenusa pygmaeaLiophloeus tessulatusLiophloeus tessulatusLiophloeus tessulatusLiophloeus tessulatusHazel Leaf-rollerApoderus coryliHazel Leaf-rollerApoderus coryliOil BeetleMeloeOil BeetleMeloeOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2024Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2024Xylota segnisXylota segnis2024Xylota segnisXylota segnis2024Confused Flour BeetleTribolium confusum2024Confused Flour BeetleTribolium confusum2024Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis2024Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis2024Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2024Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2024Events & activities nearby
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