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Sandford Cricket Club

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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
⚽Playing fields 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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, House Sparrow, Swift +67 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, House Sparrow, Swift +67 more · last seen 2025

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Common Carder Bee, Green Shieldbug +110 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Common Carder Bee, Green Shieldbug +110 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Hiking

Good match

Named hiking route nearby: Mary Michael Pilgrims Way

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Devonshire Heartland WayWalking route

Named routeRef DHWRegional walking route

Mary Michael Pilgrims WayWalking route

Named routeRef MMPWRegional walking route

Crediton History TrailWalking route

Named routeRef CHT

Redvers RambleWalking route

Named routeRef RR

Wildlife to spot

11,738 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

11,738 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds45 species

winter

2025

Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Great Tit · House Sparrow · Jackdaw +40

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Great TitParus major
House SparrowPasser domesticus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
RobinErithacus rubecula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
DunnockPrunella modularis
MagpiePica pica
Herring GullLarus argentatus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RookCorvus frugilegus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
SwiftApus apus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Stock DoveColumba oenas
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
RavenCorvus corax2024
Apus apus apusApus apus apus2024
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2026

Hazel Dormouse

Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2025

Slow-worm

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis

🐸

Amphibians5 species

winterautumn

2026

Common Toad · Palmate Newt · Frog · Common Frog · Smooth Newt

Common ToadBufo bufo
Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
FrogRana2024
Common FrogRana temporaria2023
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2023

🐝

Insects61 species

summerautumn

2026

Harlequin Ladybird · Common Carder Bee · Sericomyia silentis · Halesus radiatus · Vine Weevil +56

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2024
Halesus radiatusHalesus radiatus2025
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
SarcophagaSarcophaga2024
Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2024
White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2023
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2025
Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2025
Heterotoma planicornisHeterotoma planicornis2025
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2025
Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus2025
Empis luteaEmpis lutea2025
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025
Issus coleoptratusIssus coleoptratus2025
Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2025
Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2025
Common Yellow-face BeeHylaeus communis2025
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilineaDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea2025
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025
Banded ClubhornAbia fasciata2025
Fever FlyDilophus febrilis2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Indet. MothflyPsychodidae2025
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2025
Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
SyrphusSyrphus2024
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024
Dolichovespula mediaDolichovespula media2024
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2024
Mystacides azureaMystacides azurea2024
Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis2024
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber2024
Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2024
Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2024
Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2024
Limonia nubeculosaLimonia nubeculosa2024
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2023
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2023
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023
Tipula confusaTipula confusa2023
Tipula paludosaTipula paludosa2023
Yellow-legged CenturionSargus flavipes2023
PolleniaPollenia2023
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2023
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2023
Tachina feraTachina fera2023
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2023
Face FlyMusca autumnalis2023
Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

11,738 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds45 species

winter

2025

Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Great Tit · House Sparrow · Jackdaw +40

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Great TitParus major
House SparrowPasser domesticus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
RobinErithacus rubecula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
DunnockPrunella modularis
MagpiePica pica
Herring GullLarus argentatus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RookCorvus frugilegus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
SwiftApus apus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Stock DoveColumba oenas
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
RavenCorvus corax2024
Apus apus apusApus apus apus2024
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2026

Hazel Dormouse

Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2025

Slow-worm

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis

🐸

Amphibians5 species

winterautumn

2026

Common Toad · Palmate Newt · Frog · Common Frog · Smooth Newt

Common ToadBufo bufo
Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
FrogRana2024
Common FrogRana temporaria2023
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2023

🐝

Insects61 species

summerautumn

2026

Harlequin Ladybird · Common Carder Bee · Sericomyia silentis · Halesus radiatus · Vine Weevil +56

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2024
Halesus radiatusHalesus radiatus2025
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
SarcophagaSarcophaga2024
Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2024
White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2023
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2025
Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2025
Heterotoma planicornisHeterotoma planicornis2025
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2025
Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus2025
Empis luteaEmpis lutea2025
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025
Issus coleoptratusIssus coleoptratus2025
Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2025
Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2025
Common Yellow-face BeeHylaeus communis2025
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilineaDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea2025
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025
Banded ClubhornAbia fasciata2025
Fever FlyDilophus febrilis2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Indet. MothflyPsychodidae2025
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2025
Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
SyrphusSyrphus2024
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024
Dolichovespula mediaDolichovespula media2024
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2024
Mystacides azureaMystacides azurea2024
Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis2024
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber2024
Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2024
Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2024
Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2024
Limonia nubeculosaLimonia nubeculosa2024
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2023
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2023
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023
Tipula confusaTipula confusa2023
Tipula paludosaTipula paludosa2023
Yellow-legged CenturionSargus flavipes2023
PolleniaPollenia2023
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2023
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2023
Tachina feraTachina fera2023
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2023
Face FlyMusca autumnalis2023
Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 David Smith · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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