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Snapdown Wood

10 ha

📷 Robert Bowen · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome10 ha

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50.98254, -3.90707

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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
🌿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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +55 more · last seen 2024; Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +55 more · last seen 2024

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Pedunculate Oak, Common Chickweed, Rowan +26 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Peacock, Gatekeeper, Small White +73 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Peacock, Gatekeeper, Small White +73 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Red Clover, Bugle, Bracken +313 more · last seen 2019; Plants — Red Clover, Bugle, Bracken +313 more · last seen 2019

Free

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby · 3 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

South Molton Community TrailWalking route

Named routeRef SMCTLocal walking route

🐴

Horse riding

2 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

2,606 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,606 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds24 species

autumn

2024

Swift · Spotted Flycatcher · Pied Wagtail · Nuthatch · Goldcrest +19

SwiftApus apus2023
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2020
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
NuthatchSitta europaea
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2021
Great TitParus major2021
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
MagpiePica pica2021
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2021
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
House SparrowPasser domesticus2021
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2021
RobinErithacus rubecula2021
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2021
Coal TitPeriparus ater2021
RookCorvus frugilegus2021
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2021
BlackbirdTurdus merula2021
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
JayGarrulus glandarius2021
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
JackdawColoeus monedula2021

🦌

Mammals4 species

springsummerautumn

2023

Hedgehog · Otter · Mole · Grey Squirrel

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
OtterLutra lutra2022
MoleTalpa europaea2021
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2021

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2024

Palmate Newt

Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus

🐝

Insects18 species

summer

2025

Small White · Peacock · Small Tortoiseshell · Red Admiral · Gatekeeper +13

Small WhitePieris rapae2019
PeacockAglais io2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
Leptura aurulentaLeptura aurulenta
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2024
Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2019
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019

🌿

Plants89 species

spring

2019

Red Clover · Wood Anemone · Cut-leaved Crane's-bill · Cuckooflower · Common Smoothcap +84

Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula
BugleAjuga reptans
Welsh Pocket-mossFissidens celticus
Notched PouchwortCalypogeia arguta
Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum
Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum
Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus
Variable Forklet-mossDicranella varia
Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius
Long-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioides
Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
Crimson-tuber Thread-mossBryum rubens
Tender Feather-mossRhynchostegiella tenella
Endive PelliaPellia endiviifolia
Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum
River Feather-mossBrachythecium rivulare
Jagged GermanderwortRiccardia chamedryfolia
Cypress-leaved Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme
Little Shaggy-mossRhytidiadelphus loreus
Lesser Yoke-mossZygodon conoideus
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Appleyard's Feather-mossScleropodium cespitans
Wood-rustCephalozia curvifolia
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Elegant Bristle-mossOrthotrichum pulchellum
Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare
Fairy BeadsMicrolejeunea ulicina
Micheli's Least PouncewortLejeunea cavifolia
Cow-horn Bog-mossSphagnum auriculatum
Big Shaggy-mossHylocomiadelphus triquetrus
Glittering Wood-mossHylocomium splendens
Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum
Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum
Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata
Creeping FingerwortLepidozia reptans
Wall Thread-mossBryum radiculosum
Common PouchwortCalypogeia fissa
Green Yoke-mossZygodon viridissimus
Chiloscyphus polyanthosChiloscyphus polyanthos
Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata
Lustrous Bog-mossSphagnum subnitens
Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
Fissidens bryoides var. bryoidesFissidens bryoides var. bryoides
Bruch's PincushionUlota bruchii
Fallacious Beard-mossDidymodon fallax
Dwarf NeckeraNeckera pumila
Clustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertum
Blunt Feather-mossHomalia trichomanoides
Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata
Waved Silk-mossPlagiothecium undulatum
Frizzled PincushionPlenogemma phyllantha
Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum
Tozer's Thread-mossEpipterygium tozeri
Matchstick FlapwortOdontoschisma denudatum
Dotted Thyme-mossRhizomnium punctatum
Nicholson's Beard-mossDidymodon nicholsonii
Yellow Thread-mossPohlia lutescens
Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
Dwarf Swan-neck MossCampylopus pyriformis
Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum
Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum
Silky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromalla
Flat NeckeraNeckera complanata
Bird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculata
Flagellate Feather-mossHyocomium armoricum
Blueish VeilwortMetzgeria violacea
Tamarisk ScalewortFrullania tamarisci
Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla
Smaller White-mossLeucobryum juniperoideum
Pellucid Four-tooth MossTetraphis pellucida
Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
Overleaf PelliaPellia epiphylla
Woodsy Silk-mossPlagiothecium nemorale
Shaw's Bristle-mossLewinskya striata
Shining HookeriaHookeria lucens
Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
Two-horned PincerwortCephalozia bicuspidata
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
Cylindric DitrichumTrichodon cylindricus
Cylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanus
Variable-leaved CrestwortLophocolea heterophylla
Aloe HaircapPogonatum aloides
Ulota crispa s.str.Ulota crispa s.str.

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,606 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds24 species

autumn

2024

Swift · Spotted Flycatcher · Pied Wagtail · Nuthatch · Goldcrest +19

SwiftApus apus2023
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2020
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
NuthatchSitta europaea
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2021
Great TitParus major2021
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
MagpiePica pica2021
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2021
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
House SparrowPasser domesticus2021
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2021
RobinErithacus rubecula2021
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2021
Coal TitPeriparus ater2021
RookCorvus frugilegus2021
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2021
BlackbirdTurdus merula2021
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
JayGarrulus glandarius2021
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
JackdawColoeus monedula2021

🦌

Mammals4 species

springsummerautumn

2023

Hedgehog · Otter · Mole · Grey Squirrel

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
OtterLutra lutra2022
MoleTalpa europaea2021
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2021

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2024

Palmate Newt

Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus

🐝

Insects18 species

summer

2025

Small White · Peacock · Small Tortoiseshell · Red Admiral · Gatekeeper +13

Small WhitePieris rapae2019
PeacockAglais io2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
Leptura aurulentaLeptura aurulenta
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2024
Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2019
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019

🌿

Plants89 species

spring

2019

Red Clover · Wood Anemone · Cut-leaved Crane's-bill · Cuckooflower · Common Smoothcap +84

Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula
BugleAjuga reptans
Welsh Pocket-mossFissidens celticus
Notched PouchwortCalypogeia arguta
Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum
Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum
Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus
Variable Forklet-mossDicranella varia
Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius
Long-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioides
Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
Crimson-tuber Thread-mossBryum rubens
Tender Feather-mossRhynchostegiella tenella
Endive PelliaPellia endiviifolia
Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum
River Feather-mossBrachythecium rivulare
Jagged GermanderwortRiccardia chamedryfolia
Cypress-leaved Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme
Little Shaggy-mossRhytidiadelphus loreus
Lesser Yoke-mossZygodon conoideus
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Appleyard's Feather-mossScleropodium cespitans
Wood-rustCephalozia curvifolia
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Elegant Bristle-mossOrthotrichum pulchellum
Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare
Fairy BeadsMicrolejeunea ulicina
Micheli's Least PouncewortLejeunea cavifolia
Cow-horn Bog-mossSphagnum auriculatum
Big Shaggy-mossHylocomiadelphus triquetrus
Glittering Wood-mossHylocomium splendens
Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum
Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum
Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata
Creeping FingerwortLepidozia reptans
Wall Thread-mossBryum radiculosum
Common PouchwortCalypogeia fissa
Green Yoke-mossZygodon viridissimus
Chiloscyphus polyanthosChiloscyphus polyanthos
Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata
Lustrous Bog-mossSphagnum subnitens
Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
Fissidens bryoides var. bryoidesFissidens bryoides var. bryoides
Bruch's PincushionUlota bruchii
Fallacious Beard-mossDidymodon fallax
Dwarf NeckeraNeckera pumila
Clustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertum
Blunt Feather-mossHomalia trichomanoides
Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata
Waved Silk-mossPlagiothecium undulatum
Frizzled PincushionPlenogemma phyllantha
Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum
Tozer's Thread-mossEpipterygium tozeri
Matchstick FlapwortOdontoschisma denudatum
Dotted Thyme-mossRhizomnium punctatum
Nicholson's Beard-mossDidymodon nicholsonii
Yellow Thread-mossPohlia lutescens
Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
Dwarf Swan-neck MossCampylopus pyriformis
Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum
Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum
Silky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromalla
Flat NeckeraNeckera complanata
Bird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculata
Flagellate Feather-mossHyocomium armoricum
Blueish VeilwortMetzgeria violacea
Tamarisk ScalewortFrullania tamarisci
Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla
Smaller White-mossLeucobryum juniperoideum
Pellucid Four-tooth MossTetraphis pellucida
Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
Overleaf PelliaPellia epiphylla
Woodsy Silk-mossPlagiothecium nemorale
Shaw's Bristle-mossLewinskya striata
Shining HookeriaHookeria lucens
Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
Two-horned PincerwortCephalozia bicuspidata
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
Cylindric DitrichumTrichodon cylindricus
Cylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanus
Variable-leaved CrestwortLophocolea heterophylla
Aloe HaircapPogonatum aloides
Ulota crispa s.str.Ulota crispa s.str.

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

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📷 Robert Bowen · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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