Tonyfield Wood
✦ Ancient woodland42 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome42 ha
Getting here
50.87129, -3.82242
Open directionsv
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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Robin +59 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Robin +59 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Bluebell, Pignut, Wild Cherry +117 more · last seen 2025
Free
Plants — Wood-sorrel, Common Hemp-nettle, Thyme-leaved Speedwell +12 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red Admiral, Large White, Small White +56 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Red Admiral, Large White, Small White +56 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Two Moors WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef MWListed length 166Regional walking route
Tarka TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef TTRegional walking route
Devonshire Heartland WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef DHWRegional walking route
Chulmleigh Community TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef CCT
Little Dart Ridge & Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef LDRVRegional walking route
7 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
7,495 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,495 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Goldfinch · Woodpigeon · House Sparrow · Chaffinch · Robin +41
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- SwiftApus apus2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2022
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2021
- Periparus ater britannicusPeriparus ater britannicus2021
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2018
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2018
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2018
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2018
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Hedgehog · Mole · Grey Squirrel · Otter · Roe Deer +1
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- OtterLutra lutra2022
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Slow-worm · Grass Snake
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2023
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Large White · Small White · Chrysolina banksii · Beautiful Demoiselle · Lesser Stag Beetle +6
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Chrysolina banksiiChrysolina banksii
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2024
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
🌿Plants5 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Common Toadflax · Perennial Sow-thistle · Meadow Crane's-bill · Wood Anemone · Snowdrop
- Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris
- Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2020
- Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2019
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2019
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2019
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,495 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Goldfinch · Woodpigeon · House Sparrow · Chaffinch · Robin +41
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- SwiftApus apus2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2022
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2021
- Periparus ater britannicusPeriparus ater britannicus2021
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2018
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2018
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2018
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2018
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Hedgehog · Mole · Grey Squirrel · Otter · Roe Deer +1
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- OtterLutra lutra2022
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Slow-worm · Grass Snake
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2023
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Large White · Small White · Chrysolina banksii · Beautiful Demoiselle · Lesser Stag Beetle +6
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Chrysolina banksiiChrysolina banksii
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2024
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
🌿Plants5 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Common Toadflax · Perennial Sow-thistle · Meadow Crane's-bill · Wood Anemone · Snowdrop
- Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris
- Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2020
- Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2019
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2019
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2019
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2020
2020
Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus2018Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus20182024
2024
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2021Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2021Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus2021Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus2021Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019Events & activities nearby
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