Rough Grey Plantation
15 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome15 ha
Getting here
50.85658, -3.20995
Open directionsv
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 129m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 129m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Rook, Robin, Woodpigeon +39 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Rook, Robin, Woodpigeon +39 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Red Admiral, Small White +184 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Large White, Red Admiral, Small White +184 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Broadhembury Circular WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef BCW1Local walking route
Rhododendron Walkpublic footpath · 877 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 877 mPath type: footway
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Wildlife to spot
6,063 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,063 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRook · Robin · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Jackdaw +37
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Hazel Dormouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
Eristalis nemorum · Green Shieldbug · Red-legged Shieldbug · Field Grasshopper · Harlequin Ladybird +5
- Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Oak Bush-cricket
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,063 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRook · Robin · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Jackdaw +37
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Hazel Dormouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
Eristalis nemorum · Green Shieldbug · Red-legged Shieldbug · Field Grasshopper · Harlequin Ladybird +5
- Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Oak Bush-cricket
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Meconema thalassinum
Meconema thalassinum
Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosusCramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosusHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleGlow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024Events & activities nearby
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