Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
50.95131, -4.08939
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Carrion Crow
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 111m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Carrion Crow
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 111m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch +59 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Robin, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch +59 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Lecidella elaeochroma f. elaeochroma, Phaeographis smithii, Parmotrema perlatum +31 more · last seen 2015
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Brimstone, Harlequin Ladybird, Red Admiral +16 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Slender St John's-wort, Jacobaea, Bluebell +265 more · last seen 2017
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Tarka TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef TTRegional walking route
Great Torrington CircularWalking route▾
Named routeRef GTC
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 3Cycling route527.7 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 527.7 kmNational Cycle Network
Route 27Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 27National Cycle Network
Tarka TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.3 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 1.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route1.9 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 1.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Photos
St. Giles in the Wood, St. Giles Church, eastern aspect
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
2,645 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,645 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Great Tit · Wren · Nuthatch · Song Thrush +25
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- RavenCorvus corax
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
🦌Mammals5 species
springautumn
2024▾
Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Roe Deer · Rabbit · Otter
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- OtterLutra lutra2022
🦎Reptiles2 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Slow-worm · Grass Snake
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2023
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2024▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Harlequin Ladybird
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Remote Sedge · Primrose · Cherry Laurel · Lesser Stitchwort · Oxeye Daisy +93
- Remote SedgeCarex remota2019
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2019
- Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2019
- Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2019
- Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2019
- Darwin's BarberryBerberis darwinii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,645 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Great Tit · Wren · Nuthatch · Song Thrush +25
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- RavenCorvus corax
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
🦌Mammals5 species
springautumn
2024▾
Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Roe Deer · Rabbit · Otter
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- OtterLutra lutra2022
🦎Reptiles2 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Slow-worm · Grass Snake
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2023
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2024▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Harlequin Ladybird
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Remote Sedge · Primrose · Cherry Laurel · Lesser Stitchwort · Oxeye Daisy +93
- Remote SedgeCarex remota2019
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2019
- Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2019
- Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2019
- Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2019
- Darwin's BarberryBerberis darwinii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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