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📷 Sandy Gerrard · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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50.46330, -4.01012

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Meadow Pipit
✦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

🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Meadow Pipit
✦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

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

4 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Carrion Crow, Meadow Pipit, Raven +68 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Carrion Crow, Meadow Pipit, Raven +68 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Keeled Skimmer +6 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Keeled Skimmer +6 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

West Devon WayWalking route

Named routeRef WDERegional walking route

Drakes TrailWalking route

Named routeRef DTRegional walking route

Abbot's WayWalking route

Named routeRef AWRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

34 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 272Cycling route

Named routeRef 272National Cycle Network

Route 27Cycling route

Named routeRef 27National 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

N/ACycling route87 m

Named routeRef 27Length 87 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route43 m

Named routeRef 27Length 43 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Granite & GearsMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

8,887 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

8,887 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

autumn

2025

Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Mistle Thrush · Magpie · Meadow Pipit +44

BlackbirdTurdus merula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
MagpiePica pica
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
RavenCorvus corax
RobinErithacus rubecula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
LinnetLinaria cannabina
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Great TitParus major
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
DunnockPrunella modularis
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
TealAnas crecca
GoosanderMergus merganser
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
RookCorvus frugilegus
SiskinSpinus spinus
JayGarrulus glandarius
JackdawColoeus monedula
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

8,887 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

autumn

2025

Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Mistle Thrush · Magpie · Meadow Pipit +44

BlackbirdTurdus merula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
MagpiePica pica
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
RavenCorvus corax
RobinErithacus rubecula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
LinnetLinaria cannabina
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Great TitParus major
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
DunnockPrunella modularis
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
TealAnas crecca
GoosanderMergus merganser
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
RookCorvus frugilegus
SiskinSpinus spinus
JayGarrulus glandarius
JackdawColoeus monedula
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Sandy Gerrard · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Vermin Trap and Prehistoric Enclosure Wall at Trowlesworthy

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✦Eylesbarrow Tin Mine and associated remainsHistoric site4.2 km→✦Pounds and hut circles N of SaddlesboroughHistoric site2 km→✦EnclosureHistoric site2.8 km→✦Narrator (ruins)Historic site4.3 km→💧Burrator ReservoirReservoir4.4 km→💧Burrator ReservoirReservoir4.4 km→

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