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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
50.34676, -4.00143
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Herring Gull +63 more · last seen 2024; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Herring Gull +63 more · last seen 2024; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Red Admiral, Gatekeeper +45 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 35 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
South West Coast Path (Section 36: Plymouth to Wembury Point)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
South West Coast Path (section 37 Newton Ferrers to Bigbury on Sea)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
Erme-Plym TrailWalking route27 km▾
Named routeRef EPTLength 27 kmRegional walking route
Church Lanepublic footpath · 44 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 44 mSurface compactedPath type: residential
Boldventurepublic footpath · 325 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 325 mPath type: residential
Waltacrepublic footpath · 186 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 186 mSurface compactedPath type: residential
48 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 route651 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 651 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route85 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 85 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route527 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 527 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 2Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
5,910 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,910 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
springautumn
2024▾
Great Spotted Woodpecker · Blue Tit · Wren · Carrion Crow · Pied Wagtail +43
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- RavenCorvus corax
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MagpiePica pica
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- DipperCinclus cinclus2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- CurlewNumenius arquata2023
Daubenton's Bat · Bat · Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
- BatChiroptera
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo2023
Glow-worm · Harlequin Ladybird · Violet Oil-beetle · Oak Bush-cricket · Orange Ladybird +5
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Violet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceus
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Speckled Bush-cricket
Himalayan Balsam · Himalayan Knotweed
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Himalayan KnotweedKoenigia polystachya
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,910 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
springautumn
2024▾
Great Spotted Woodpecker · Blue Tit · Wren · Carrion Crow · Pied Wagtail +43
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- RavenCorvus corax
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MagpiePica pica
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- DipperCinclus cinclus2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- CurlewNumenius arquata2023
Daubenton's Bat · Bat · Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
- BatChiroptera
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo2023
Glow-worm · Harlequin Ladybird · Violet Oil-beetle · Oak Bush-cricket · Orange Ladybird +5
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Violet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceus
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Speckled Bush-cricket
Himalayan Balsam · Himalayan Knotweed
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Himalayan KnotweedKoenigia polystachya
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Leptophyes punctatissima
Leptophyes punctatissima
Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa2024Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa2024Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024Harmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilis2024Harmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilis2024