Rushy Bottom Plantation
50 ha
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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome50 ha
Getting here
50.94258, -3.78852
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿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
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Chaffinch, Robin +63 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Chaffinch, Robin +63 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Large White +28 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Large White +28 more · last seen 2024
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Moderate match
Plants — Japanese Knotweed · last seen 2022; Plants — Japanese Knotweed · last seen 2022
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Chulmleigh Community TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef CCT
Little Dart Ridge & Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef LDRVRegional walking route
Photos
Small clearing in Great Odam Moor Plantation
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Wildlife to spot
9,126 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,126 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Great Tit · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Coal Tit · House Sparrow +46
- Great TitParus major2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2024▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Red Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Red DeerCervus elaphus
Mint Leaf Beetle · Mycomya annulata · Macrocera angulata · Phronia conformis · Macrocera centralis +7
- Mint Leaf BeetleChrysolina herbacea
- Mycomya annulataMycomya annulata
- Macrocera angulataMacrocera angulata
- Phronia conformisPhronia conformis
- Macrocera centralisMacrocera centralis
- Sceptonia nigraSceptonia nigra
- Macrocera stigmoides
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,126 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Great Tit · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Coal Tit · House Sparrow +46
- Great TitParus major2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2024▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Red Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Red DeerCervus elaphus
Mint Leaf Beetle · Mycomya annulata · Macrocera angulata · Phronia conformis · Macrocera centralis +7
- Mint Leaf BeetleChrysolina herbacea
- Mycomya annulataMycomya annulata
- Macrocera angulataMacrocera angulata
- Phronia conformisPhronia conformis
- Macrocera centralisMacrocera centralis
- Sceptonia nigraSceptonia nigra
- Macrocera stigmoides
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Macrocera stigmoides
Macrocera stigmoides
Acnemia nitidicollisAcnemia nitidicollisAcnemia nitidicollisAcnemia nitidicollisNeoplatyura modestaNeoplatyura modestaNeoplatyura modestaNeoplatyura modestaBrevicornu sericomaBrevicornu sericomaBrevicornu sericomaBrevicornu sericomaZygomyia semifuscaZygomyia semifuscaZygomyia semifuscaZygomyia semifuscaOil BeetleMeloeOil BeetleMeloe