Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessDogs welcome
Getting here
50.69684, -3.94398
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Meadow Pipit and Stonechat
- ✦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
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Meadow Pipit and Stonechat
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Meadow Pipit, Stonechat, Skylark +61 more · last seen 2025; Upland heathland — red grouse, merlin and short-eared owl
Free
Birds — Meadow Pipit, Stonechat, Skylark +61 more · last seen 2025; Upland heathland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Phylidorea squalens, Euphylidorea meigenii, Small Heath +68 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Purple Moor-grass, Bog Asphodel, Bog Orchid +73 more · last seen 2023
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
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▾
Named routeRef TTRegional walking route
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
28 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
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
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Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
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Wildlife to spot
1,136 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,136 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springsummer
2025▾
Wren · Carrion Crow · Stonechat · Meadow Pipit · Swallow +35
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- RavenCorvus corax
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Great TitParus major
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummer
2024▾
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Phylidorea abdominalis · Coenosia femoralis · Mantis Fly · Coenosia tigrina · Scathophaga furcata +11
- Phylidorea abdominalisPhylidorea abdominalis
- Coenosia femoralisCoenosia femoralis
- Mantis FlyOchthera mantis
- Coenosia tigrinaCoenosia tigrina
- Scathophaga furcataScathophaga furcata
- Prionocera turcicaPrionocera turcica
- Rhamphomyia hybotina
Bog Orchid
- Bog OrchidHammarbya paludosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,136 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springsummer
2025▾
Wren · Carrion Crow · Stonechat · Meadow Pipit · Swallow +35
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- RavenCorvus corax
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Great TitParus major
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummer
2024▾
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Phylidorea abdominalis · Coenosia femoralis · Mantis Fly · Coenosia tigrina · Scathophaga furcata +11
- Phylidorea abdominalisPhylidorea abdominalis
- Coenosia femoralisCoenosia femoralis
- Mantis FlyOchthera mantis
- Coenosia tigrinaCoenosia tigrina
- Scathophaga furcataScathophaga furcata
- Prionocera turcicaPrionocera turcica
- Rhamphomyia hybotina
Bog Orchid
- Bog OrchidHammarbya paludosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Rhamphomyia hybotina
Rhamphomyia hybotina
Pogonota barbataPogonota barbataPogonota barbataPogonota barbataPhylidorea ferrugineaPhylidorea ferrugineaPhylidorea ferrugineaPhylidorea ferrugineaEuphylidorea meigeniiEuphylidorea meigeniiEuphylidorea meigeniiEuphylidorea meigeniiDiastata adustaDiastata adustaDiastata adustaDiastata adustaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaHilara choricaHilara choricaHilara choricaHilara choricaNotiphila venustaNotiphila venustaNotiphila venustaNotiphila venustaGarden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola2024Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola2024Violet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceus2023Violet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceus2023Events & activities nearby
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