Round cairn on Cosdon Hill, 1010m north of Cosdon Beacon
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Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
50.71578, -3.93657
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wren and Blackbird
- ✦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
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wren and Blackbird
- ✦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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Wren, Blackbird, Magpie +65 more · last seen 2025; Upland heathland — red grouse, merlin and short-eared owl
Free
Birds — Wren, Blackbird, Magpie +65 more · last seen 2025; Upland heathland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Violet Oil-beetle, Bloody-nosed Beetle, Broad-bodied Chaser +57 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Good match
Historic site with public access
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Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Two Moors WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef MWListed length 166Regional walking route
Tarka TrailWalking route▾
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Devonshire Heartland WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef DHWRegional walking route
Dartmoor WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef DWRegional walking route
West Devon WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef WDERegional walking route
33 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Exeter to Okehampton LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Granite WayCycling route▾
Route 27Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 27National Cycle Network
Route 28Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 28National Cycle Network
Dartmoor Way (Cycle)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
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Moorland near Cosdon Hill
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Wildlife to spot
10,956 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,956 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWren · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Chaffinch · Swallow +36
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SwiftApus apus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Domestic Cattle · Feral Sheep · Rabbit · Pipistrelle Bat species · Hazel Dormouse
- Domestic CattleBos taurus
- Feral SheepOvis aries
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Coenosia femoralis · Coenosia tigrina · Spilogona denigrata · Bloody-nosed Beetle +22
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025
- Coenosia femoralisCoenosia femoralis2025
- Coenosia tigrinaCoenosia tigrina2025
- Spilogona denigrataSpilogona denigrata2025
- Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa
- Emperor Dragonfly
Tormentil
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,956 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWren · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Chaffinch · Swallow +36
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SwiftApus apus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Domestic Cattle · Feral Sheep · Rabbit · Pipistrelle Bat species · Hazel Dormouse
- Domestic CattleBos taurus
- Feral SheepOvis aries
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Coenosia femoralis · Coenosia tigrina · Spilogona denigrata · Bloody-nosed Beetle +22
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025
- Coenosia femoralisCoenosia femoralis2025
- Coenosia tigrinaCoenosia tigrina2025
- Spilogona denigrataSpilogona denigrata2025
- Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa
- Emperor Dragonfly
Tormentil
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Anax imperator2025
Anax imperator2025
Common HawkerAeshna juncea2025Common HawkerAeshna juncea2025Helina allotallaHelina allotalla2025Helina allotallaHelina allotalla2025Sepsis cynipseaSepsis cynipsea2025Sepsis cynipseaSepsis cynipsea2025Hybos culiciformisHybos culiciformis2025Hybos culiciformisHybos culiciformis2025Phylidorea squalensPhylidorea squalens2025Phylidorea squalensPhylidorea squalens2025Tipula lateralisTipula lateralis2025Tipula lateralisTipula lateralis2025Sepsis fulgensSepsis fulgens2025Sepsis fulgensSepsis fulgens2025Pseudocoenosia abnormisPseudocoenosia abnormis2025Pseudocoenosia abnormisPseudocoenosia abnormis2025Hybos femoratusHybos femoratus2025Hybos femoratusHybos femoratus2025Helina reversioHelina reversio2025Helina reversioHelina reversio2025Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2025Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2025Green GemMicrochrysa flavicornis2025Green GemMicrochrysa flavicornis2025Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2025Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2025Spanochaeta dorsalisSpanochaeta dorsalis2025Spanochaeta dorsalisSpanochaeta dorsalis2025Phaonia signataPhaonia signata2025Phaonia signataPhaonia signata2025Sepsis orthocnemisSepsis orthocnemis2025Sepsis orthocnemisSepsis orthocnemis2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Black Carrion BeetlePhosphuga atrata2025Black Carrion BeetlePhosphuga atrata2025Coenosia agromyzinaCoenosia agromyzina2025Coenosia agromyzinaCoenosia agromyzina2025Helina impunctaHelina impuncta2025Helina impunctaHelina impuncta2025