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🦅Birds✦Heritage🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
50.51061, -3.82679
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pied Flycatcher and Blue Tit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Holne Community Tearoom — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pied Flycatcher and Blue Tit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Holne Community Tearoom — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Pied Flycatcher, Blue Tit, Great Tit +69 more · last seen 2025
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café
Free
Birds — Pied Flycatcher, Blue Tit, Great Tit +69 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Violet Oil-beetle, Eristalis pertinax +134 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Two Moors WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef MWListed length 166Regional walking route
Dartmoor WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef DWRegional walking route
Abbot's WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef AWRegional walking route
Buckfastleigh to Totnes TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef BTTRegional walking route
24 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN272Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 272National Cycle Network
Dartmoor Way (Cycle)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route329 m▾
Named routeRef 272Length 329 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route222 m▾
Named routeRef 272Length 222 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route42 m▾
Named routeRef 272Length 42 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route2.2 km▾
Named routeRef 272Length 2.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
6,009 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,009 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
springsummer
2025▾
Robin · Chaffinch · Woodpigeon · Wren · Chiffchaff +46
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RavenCorvus corax
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Water Shrew
- Water ShrewNeomys fodiens
🦎Reptiles1 species
springsummer
2026▾
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Common Toad · Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- FrogRana
🐝Insects38 species
springsummer
2026▾
Violet Oil-beetle · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Green Tiger Beetle · Rutpela maculata +33
- Violet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceus
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris
- Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2025
- Beautiful Demoiselle
🌿Plants1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Forked Spleenwort
- Forked SpleenwortAsplenium septentrionale
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,009 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
springsummer
2025▾
Robin · Chaffinch · Woodpigeon · Wren · Chiffchaff +46
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RavenCorvus corax
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Water Shrew
- Water ShrewNeomys fodiens
🦎Reptiles1 species
springsummer
2026▾
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Common Toad · Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- FrogRana
🐝Insects38 species
springsummer
2026▾
Violet Oil-beetle · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Green Tiger Beetle · Rutpela maculata +33
- Violet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceus
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris
- Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2025
- Beautiful Demoiselle
🌿Plants1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Forked Spleenwort
- Forked SpleenwortAsplenium septentrionale
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Calopteryx virgo2025
Calopteryx virgo2025
Pycnomerus fuliginosusPycnomerus fuliginosusPycnomerus fuliginosusPycnomerus fuliginosusCommon EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Common HawkerAeshna juncea2025Common HawkerAeshna juncea2025Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2025Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2025Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2025Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2025Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2025Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis2025Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2025Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2025Black Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus2025Black Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus2025Parydra coarctataParydra coarctata2025Parydra coarctataParydra coarctata2025Dicranota claripennisDicranota claripennis2025Dicranota claripennisDicranota claripennis2025Fever FlyDilophus febrilis2025Fever FlyDilophus febrilis2025Phylidorea ferrugineaPhylidorea ferruginea2025Phylidorea ferrugineaPhylidorea ferruginea2025Mantis FlyOchthera mantis2025Mantis FlyOchthera mantis2025Phylidorea squalensPhylidorea squalens2025Phylidorea squalensPhylidorea squalens2025Hebecnema umbraticaHebecnema umbratica2025Hebecnema umbraticaHebecnema umbratica2025Rhamphomyia stigmosaRhamphomyia stigmosa2025Rhamphomyia stigmosaRhamphomyia stigmosa2025Bibio varipesBibio varipes2025Bibio varipesBibio varipes2025Scathophaga furcataScathophaga furcata2025Scathophaga furcataScathophaga furcata2025Empis longipesEmpis longipes2025Empis longipesEmpis longipes2025Glyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidus2024Glyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidus2024Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2024Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2024Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2024Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2024Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2024Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2024Kite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillus2024Kite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillus2024Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024Xylota segnisXylota segnis2024Xylota segnisXylota segnis2024Mycomya annulataMycomya annulata2024Mycomya annulataMycomya annulata2024Events & activities nearby
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