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Oxenpark Copse

8 ha

📷 Roger Cornfoot · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha

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50.87117, -3.56050

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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
🌿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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Walking trails

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Robin, Great Tit, Blackbird +48 more · last seen 2022; Birds — Robin, Great Tit, Blackbird +48 more · last seen 2022

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Beech, Hazel, Dandelion +25 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Beech, Ash, Holly +247 more · last seen 2022; Plants — Beech, Ash, Holly +247 more · last seen 2022

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Peacock, Small White, Red Admiral +32 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Peacock, Small White, Red Admiral +32 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Two Counties WayWalking route90 km

A long distance walk of 56 miles (90km) from Taunton to Starcross on the Exe estuary.

Named routeRef TCWLength 90 kmRegional walking route

Exe Valley WayWalking route

Named routeRef EVWRegional walking route

Mary Michael Pilgrims WayWalking route

Named routeRef MMPWRegional walking route

Tiverton Tree TrailWalking route

Named routeRef TTTLocal walking route

Tiverton & Cullompton CircularWalking route

Named routeRef TCCRegional walking route

Busland Lanepublic footpath · 899 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 899 mPath type: footway

Wildlife to spot

1,216 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,216 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds22 species

winterspringautumn

2022

Swift · Great Tit · Buzzard · Wren · Robin +17

SwiftApus apus
Great TitParus major
BuzzardButeo buteo
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RobinErithacus rubecula
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
NuthatchSitta europaea
JayGarrulus glandarius
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2020
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
RookCorvus frugilegus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2020

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2025

Grass Snake

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica

🐝

Insects18 species

summer

2025

Painted Lady · Small White · Peacock · Small Tortoiseshell · Gatekeeper +13

Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2019
PeacockAglais io2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2023
Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2019
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019

🌿

Plants78 species

summer

2022

Blackthorn · Common Dog-violet · Hazel · Creeping Buttercup · Dog's Mercury +73

BlackthornPrunus spinosa2019
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2019
HazelCorylus avellana2019
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2019
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2019
AshFraxinus excelsior2019
BrambleRubus fruticosus2019
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2019
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2019
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2019
HollyIlex aquifolium2019
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2019
Field MapleAcer campestre2019
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2019
ElderSambucus nigra2019
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2019
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula2019
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2019
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2019
Rosa caninaRosa canina2019
Water MintMentha aquatica2019
Common NettleUrtica dioica2019
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2019
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2019
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2019
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2019
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2019
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2019
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2019
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2019
BeechFagus sylvatica2019
CleaversGalium aparine2019
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2019
Black BryonyTamus communis2019
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2019
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2019
Red CampionSilene dioica2019
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2019
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2019
Lesser BurdockArctium minus2019
GorseUlex europaeus2019
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2019
DaisyBellis perennis2019
Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus2019
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2019
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2019
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2019
Water-pepperPersicaria hydropiper2019
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2019
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2019
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2019
DandelionTaraxacum2019
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2019
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2019
YarrowAchillea millefolium2019
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2019
White CloverTrifolium repens2019
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2019
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2019
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2019
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2019
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2019
Red FescueFestuca rubra2019
Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum2019
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2019
Wood DockRumex sanguineus2019
Common SallowSalix cinerea2019
Hedera helixHedera helix2019
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2019
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2019
Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus2019
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2019
Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans2019
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2019
Greater PlantainPlantago major2019
Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum2019
NavelwortUmbilicus rupestris2019

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,216 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds22 species

winterspringautumn

2022

Swift · Great Tit · Buzzard · Wren · Robin +17

SwiftApus apus
Great TitParus major
BuzzardButeo buteo
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RobinErithacus rubecula
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
NuthatchSitta europaea
JayGarrulus glandarius
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2020
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
RookCorvus frugilegus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2020

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2025

Grass Snake

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica

🐝

Insects18 species

summer

2025

Painted Lady · Small White · Peacock · Small Tortoiseshell · Gatekeeper +13

Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2019
PeacockAglais io2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2023
Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2019
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019

🌿

Plants78 species

summer

2022

Blackthorn · Common Dog-violet · Hazel · Creeping Buttercup · Dog's Mercury +73

BlackthornPrunus spinosa2019
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2019
HazelCorylus avellana2019
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2019
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2019
AshFraxinus excelsior2019
BrambleRubus fruticosus2019
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2019
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2019
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2019
HollyIlex aquifolium2019
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2019
Field MapleAcer campestre2019
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2019
ElderSambucus nigra2019
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2019
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula2019
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2019
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2019
Rosa caninaRosa canina2019
Water MintMentha aquatica2019
Common NettleUrtica dioica2019
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2019
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2019
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2019
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2019
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2019
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2019
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2019
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2019
BeechFagus sylvatica2019
CleaversGalium aparine2019
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2019
Black BryonyTamus communis2019
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2019
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2019
Red CampionSilene dioica2019
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2019
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2019
Lesser BurdockArctium minus2019
GorseUlex europaeus2019
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2019
DaisyBellis perennis2019
Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus2019
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2019
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2019
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2019
Water-pepperPersicaria hydropiper2019
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2019
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2019
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2019
DandelionTaraxacum2019
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2019
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2019
YarrowAchillea millefolium2019
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2019
White CloverTrifolium repens2019
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2019
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2019
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2019
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2019
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2019
Red FescueFestuca rubra2019
Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum2019
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2019
Wood DockRumex sanguineus2019
Common SallowSalix cinerea2019
Hedera helixHedera helix2019
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2019
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2019
Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus2019
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2019
Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans2019
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2019
Greater PlantainPlantago major2019
Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum2019
NavelwortUmbilicus rupestris2019

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Roger Cornfoot · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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