Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessDogs welcome
Getting here
50.65031, -3.73981
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦84+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦84+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Blackbird +81 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Blackbird +81 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Ochrolechia subviridis, Scytinium lichenoides, Lecanactis abietina +101 more · last seen 2013
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Orange-tip, Red Admiral +54 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bluebell, Hazel, Ash +148 more · last seen 2020
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Two Moors WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef MWListed length 166Regional walking route
Dartmoor WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef DWRegional walking route
Dunsford to Exeter WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef DEWRegional walking route
Dunsford to Moretonhampstead TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef DMTRegional walking route
Mary Michael Pilgrims WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef MMPWRegional walking route
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 28Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 28National Cycle Network
Dartmoor Way (Cycle)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Wray Valley TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef WVTLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route6.1 km▾
Named routeRef 28Length 6.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealed firm
Main RouteCycling route17.1 km▾
Named routeRef 28Length 17.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-road
Main RouteCycling route279 m▾
Named routeRef 28Length 279 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface unsealed firm
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
1,616 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,616 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Great Tit · Mistle Thrush · Blackbird · Wren +41
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- SwiftApus apus2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects8 species
springsummer
2025▾
Bloody-nosed Beetle · Violet Oil-beetle · Hornet Hoverfly · Glow-worm · Western Bee-fly +3
- Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa
- Violet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceus2023
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Western Bee-flyBombylius canescens
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,616 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Great Tit · Mistle Thrush · Blackbird · Wren +41
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- SwiftApus apus2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects8 species
springsummer
2025▾
Bloody-nosed Beetle · Violet Oil-beetle · Hornet Hoverfly · Glow-worm · Western Bee-fly +3
- Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa
- Violet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceus2023
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Western Bee-flyBombylius canescens
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
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