Three bowl barrows and one bell barrow on Bursdon Moor situated 670m north east of Lutsford Cross 1 ha
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50.95544, -4.47724
Open directionsv ✦ Scheduled Ancient Monument — Nationally protected archaeological site on the National Heritage List for England (NHLE). Scheduled monuments represent the best surviving examples of England's irreplaceable archaeological heritage.
Bowl barrow scheduled monument
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Kestrel 🌿 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
🐦 78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Kestrel 🌿 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 £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Carrion Crow, Kestrel, Stonechat +75 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Carrion Crow, Kestrel, Stonechat +75 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies; Insects — Small White, Red Admiral, Large White +49 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Wood Sage, Soft-rush, Cross-leaved Heath +284 more · last seen 2021; Plants — Wood Sage, Soft-rush, Cross-leaved Heath +284 more · last seen 2021
Free
Plants — Dandelion, Bramble, Common Sorrel +23 more foraging species
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
South West Coast Path (Section 10: Hartland Quay to Bude) Walking route ▾
Named route Ref SWCP National walking route
Show on map South West Coast Path (Section 9: Clovelly to Hartland Quay) Walking route ▾
Named route Ref SWCP National walking route
Show on map Photos Bursdon Moor south-east of Hartland, Devon
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Wildlife to spot
2,679 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 2,679 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 42 species
winter spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Carrion Crow · Snipe · Stonechat · Blackbird · Robin +37
Carrion Crow Corvus corone Snipe Gallinago gallinago Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Blackbird Turdus merula Robin Erithacus rubecula Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Linnet Linaria cannabina Skylark Alauda arvensis Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Herring Gull Larus argentatus Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Magpie Pica pica Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2024 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Dunnock Prunella modularis Barn Owl Tyto alba Raven Corvus corax Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 White Stork Ciconia ciconia Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Whitethroat Curruca communis Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Swallow Hirundo rustica Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2022 Redpoll Acanthis flammea2020 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis2020 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus2020 🦌 Mammals 8 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Red Deer · Common Pipistrelle · Roe Deer · Hedgehog · Soprano Pipistrelle +3
Red Deer Cervus elaphus Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2022 Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Noctule Nyctalus noctula Common Carder Bee · Field Grasshopper · Common Green Grasshopper · Rutpela maculata · Cicadella viridis +26
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum2022 Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus Common Green Grasshopper Omocestus viridulus Rutpela maculata Rutpela maculata Cicadella viridis Cicadella viridis Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis Yellow-rattle
Yellow-rattle Rhinanthus minor Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 2,679 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 42 species
winter spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Carrion Crow · Snipe · Stonechat · Blackbird · Robin +37
Carrion Crow Corvus corone Snipe Gallinago gallinago Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Blackbird Turdus merula Robin Erithacus rubecula Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Linnet Linaria cannabina Skylark Alauda arvensis Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Herring Gull Larus argentatus Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Magpie Pica pica Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2024 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Dunnock Prunella modularis Barn Owl Tyto alba Raven Corvus corax Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 White Stork Ciconia ciconia Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Whitethroat Curruca communis Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Swallow Hirundo rustica Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2022 Redpoll Acanthis flammea2020 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis2020 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus2020 🦌 Mammals 8 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Red Deer · Common Pipistrelle · Roe Deer · Hedgehog · Soprano Pipistrelle +3
Red Deer Cervus elaphus Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2022 Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Noctule Nyctalus noctula Common Carder Bee · Field Grasshopper · Common Green Grasshopper · Rutpela maculata · Cicadella viridis +26
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum2022 Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus Common Green Grasshopper Omocestus viridulus Rutpela maculata Rutpela maculata Cicadella viridis Cicadella viridis Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis Yellow-rattle
Yellow-rattle Rhinanthus minor Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Harvest Mouse Micromys minutus2023
Harvest Mouse Micromys minutus2023
Mole Talpa europaea2021
Mole Talpa europaea2021 Red-tailed Bumblebee
Red-tailed Bumblebee
Bombus lapidarius2022
Bombus lapidarius2022
Small Garden Bumblebee Bombus hortorum2022
Small Garden Bumblebee Bombus hortorum2022
Broad Centurion Chloromyia formosa2022
Broad Centurion Chloromyia formosa2022
Pachytodes cerambyciformis Pachytodes cerambyciformis2021
Pachytodes cerambyciformis Pachytodes cerambyciformis2021
Rhagium bifasciatum Rhagium bifasciatum2021
Rhagium bifasciatum Rhagium bifasciatum2021
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva
Notch-horned Cleg Haematopota pluvialis
Notch-horned Cleg Haematopota pluvialis
Xylota segnis Xylota segnis
Xylota segnis Xylota segnis
Bibio lanigerus Bibio lanigerus
Bibio lanigerus Bibio lanigerus
Mycomya cinerascens Mycomya cinerascens2023
Mycomya cinerascens Mycomya cinerascens2023
Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum2022
Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum2022
Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis2021
Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis2021
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus2021
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus2021
Helophilus trivittatus Helophilus trivittatus2021
Helophilus trivittatus Helophilus trivittatus2021
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2021
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2021
Bombus lucorum Bombus lucorum2021
Bombus lucorum Bombus lucorum2021
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2021
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2021
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria2021
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria2021
Wayward Sawfly Tenthredo temula2021
Wayward Sawfly Tenthredo temula2021
Graphomya maculata Graphomya maculata2021
Graphomya maculata Graphomya maculata2021
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2021
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2021
Wasp Beetle Clytus arietis2021
Wasp Beetle Clytus arietis2021
Tree Hopper Centrotus cornutus2020
Tree Hopper Centrotus cornutus2020
Dorytomus taeniatus Dorytomus taeniatus2020
Dorytomus taeniatus Dorytomus taeniatus2020 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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