Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
50.44352, -3.55727
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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 Herring Gull and Carrion Crow
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Bayside Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦84+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Carrion Crow
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Bayside Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Herring Gull, Carrion Crow, Black-headed Gull +81 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Herring Gull, Carrion Crow, Black-headed Gull +81 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Eristalis pertinax, Field Grasshopper +30 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
John Musgrave Heritage TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef JMHTRegional walking route
Torbay Totnes Trail (3T)Walking route▾
Named routeRef TTTLocal walking route
Greenway WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef GWLocal walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 41: Dartmouth to Brixham)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 42: Brixham to Babbacombe)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Geopark Cycle LoopCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
17,367 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,367 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Mallard · Turnstone · Moorhen · Black-headed Gull · Robin +44
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Regulus ignicapilla ignicapillaRegulus ignicapilla ignicapilla2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
🦎Reptiles1 species
springautumn
2025▾
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
🐝Insects23 species
springsummer
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Eristalis pertinax · Field Grasshopper · Xylota segnis · Melanostoma scalare +18
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
- Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,367 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Mallard · Turnstone · Moorhen · Black-headed Gull · Robin +44
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Regulus ignicapilla ignicapillaRegulus ignicapilla ignicapilla2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
🦎Reptiles1 species
springautumn
2025▾
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
🐝Insects23 species
springsummer
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Eristalis pertinax · Field Grasshopper · Xylota segnis · Melanostoma scalare +18
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
- Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Grammoptera ruficornis
Grammoptera ruficornis
Grammoptera ruficornis2025
Grammoptera ruficornis2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2025Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2025Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosusCramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosusSouthern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes2025Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes2025Chrysolina banksiiChrysolina banksii2025Chrysolina banksiiChrysolina banksii2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2025Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2025Epistrophe grossulariaeEpistrophe grossulariae2025Epistrophe grossulariaeEpistrophe grossulariae2025Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2025Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025