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50.61778, -3.64349

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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
🛝Playground 110m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground 110m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Great Tit +56 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Great Tit +56 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Violet Oil-beetle, Broad-bodied Chaser, Bloody-nosed Beetle +95 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Violet Oil-beetle, Broad-bodied Chaser, Bloody-nosed Beetle +95 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Weissia controversa var. controversa, Fox-tail Feather-moss, Short-beaked Wood-moss +25 more · last seen 2019; Plants — Weissia controversa var. controversa, Fox-tail Feather-moss, Short-beaked Wood-moss +25 more · last seen 2019

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Wood-rust, Beech, Hazel +2 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

9 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Templer WayWalking route

Named routeRef TWRegional walking route

Dartmoor WayWalking route

Named routeRef DWRegional walking route

Orange WayWalking route560 km

Named routeRef ORWLength 560 kmRegional walking route

Raptor TrailWalking route

Named routeRef RTLocal walking route

Butterfly TrailWalking route

Named routeRef BTLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

28 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN272Cycling route

Named routeRef 272National Cycle Network

Route 28Cycling route

Named routeRef 28National Cycle Network

Dartmoor Way (Cycle)Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wray Valley TrailCycling route

Named routeRef WVTLocal cycle route

Main RouteCycling route637 m

Named routeRef 272Length 637 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.5 km

Named routeRef 272Length 1.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

🚵

Mountain biking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Ridge Ride Trail (Red - Difficult)Mountain bike route

Named routeRef Ridge Ride Red

Discovery Trail (Green - Easy)Mountain bike route

Named routeRef Discovery - green easy

Spicers Trail (Blue - moderate)Mountain bike route

Named routeRef Spicers - blue moderate

Kiddens Trail (Blue - moderate)Mountain bike route

Named routeRef Kiddens Trail (Blue - moderate)

Wildlife to spot

12,632 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

12,632 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

winterspringsummer

2025

Robin · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Chaffinch +44

RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Coal TitPeriparus ater
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
SwallowHirundo rustica
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
DunnockPrunella modularis
Great TitParus major2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
NuthatchSitta europaea
MagpiePica pica
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
House MartinDelichon urbicum
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2023
JackdawColoeus monedula
Herring GullLarus argentatus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
RavenCorvus corax2024
Common GullLarus canus
RookCorvus frugilegus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
SwiftApus apus2023

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2023

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects22 species

summer

2025

Broad-bodied Chaser · Black Oil-beetle · Azure Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly +17

Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024
Black Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024
Violet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceus2024
Oil BeetleMeloe2023
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
Tanner BeetlePrionus coriarius
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024
Tansy MothDichrorampha sedatana2024
Common Water-BoatmanNotonecta (Notonecta) glauca2024
Fleabane Tortoise BeetleCassida murraea2023
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2023
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023
Great Green Bush-cricketTettigonia viridissima2023
Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2023
Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

12,632 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

winterspringsummer

2025

Robin · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Chaffinch +44

RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Coal TitPeriparus ater
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
SwallowHirundo rustica
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
DunnockPrunella modularis
Great TitParus major2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
NuthatchSitta europaea
MagpiePica pica
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
House MartinDelichon urbicum
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2023
JackdawColoeus monedula
Herring GullLarus argentatus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
RavenCorvus corax2024
Common GullLarus canus
RookCorvus frugilegus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
SwiftApus apus2023

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2023

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects22 species

summer

2025

Broad-bodied Chaser · Black Oil-beetle · Azure Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly +17

Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024
Black Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024
Violet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceus2024
Oil BeetleMeloe2023
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
Tanner BeetlePrionus coriarius
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024
Tansy MothDichrorampha sedatana2024
Common Water-BoatmanNotonecta (Notonecta) glauca2024
Fleabane Tortoise BeetleCassida murraea2023
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2023
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023
Great Green Bush-cricketTettigonia viridissima2023
Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2023
Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 David Gearing · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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