Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome15 ha
Getting here
51.02493, -3.83458
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pheasant and Woodpigeon
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pheasant and Woodpigeon
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🐕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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Pheasant, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +54 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Pheasant, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +54 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Large White, Red Admiral +56 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bluebell, American Skunk-cabbage, Japanese Knotweed +149 more · last seen 2022
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 13 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Tarka TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef TTRegional walking route
South Molton Community TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef SMCTLocal walking route
Macmillan Way WestWalking route▾
Named routeRef MWWRegional walking route
Parsonage Lanepublic footpath · 11 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 11 mSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified
Deerhill Lanepublic footpath · 186 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 186 mPath type: track
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
South Molton : Community Woodland
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
5,137 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,137 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Swift · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Pheasant · Nuthatch +37
- SwiftApus apus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- Erithacus rubecula rubeculaErithacus rubecula rubecula2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Hedgehog · Hazel Dormouse
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
🦎Reptiles2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Grass Snake · Common Lizard
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects20 species
springsummer
2025▾
Small Garden Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · Early Bumblebee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers +15
- Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2024
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
- Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
- White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,137 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Swift · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Pheasant · Nuthatch +37
- SwiftApus apus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- Erithacus rubecula rubeculaErithacus rubecula rubecula2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Hedgehog · Hazel Dormouse
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
🦎Reptiles2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Grass Snake · Common Lizard
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects20 species
springsummer
2025▾
Small Garden Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · Early Bumblebee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers +15
- Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2024
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
- Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
- White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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