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Staverton Wood

✦ Ancient woodland12 ha

📷 Derek Harper · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome12 ha

Getting here

50.45505, -3.68391

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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
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Parking· Paid

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Moorhen, Mallard, Canada Goose +66 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Moorhen, Mallard, Canada Goose +66 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Melanostoma scalare, Black Oil-beetle, Emperor Dragonfly +8 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Melanostoma scalare, Black Oil-beetle, Emperor Dragonfly +8 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Heritage

Good match

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

John Musgrave Heritage TrailWalking route

Named routeRef JMHTRegional walking route

Torbay Totnes Trail (3T)Walking route

Named routeRef TTTLocal walking route

Dart Valley TrailWalking route

Named routeRef DVTRegional walking route

Orange WayWalking route560 km

Named routeRef ORWLength 560 kmRegional walking route

Buckfastleigh to Totnes TrailWalking route

Named routeRef BTTRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

30 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 2Cycling route

National Cycle Route 2 Dawlish to Plymouth

Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network

Route 28Cycling route

Named routeRef 28National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route36 m

Named routeRef 2Length 36 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route505 m

Named routeRef 207Length 505 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route174 m

Named routeRef 207Length 174 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route10 m

Named routeRef 2Length 10 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface other

Wildlife to spot

27,977 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

27,977 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds48 species

winter

2026

Moorhen · Mallard · Teal · Canada Goose · Little Grebe +43

MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
DipperCinclus cinclus
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
MagpiePica pica2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2026

Black Oil-beetle

Black Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

27,977 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds48 species

winter

2026

Moorhen · Mallard · Teal · Canada Goose · Little Grebe +43

MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
DipperCinclus cinclus
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
MagpiePica pica2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2026

Black Oil-beetle

Black Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Derek Harper · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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