War Cleave Wood
✦ Ancient woodland46 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome46 ha
Getting here
50.67210, -3.86343
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 — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Carrion Crow +56 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Carrion Crow +56 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Rhododendron, Sycamore, Beech +159 more · last seen 2024
Free
Plants — Beech, Hazel, Hawthorn +11 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Meadow Brown, Large White +99 more · last seen 2025; Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Two Moors WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef MWListed length 166Regional walking route
Dartmoor WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef DWRegional walking route
Taw Teign LinkWalking route▾
Named routeRef TTLRegional walking route
Mary Michael Pilgrims WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef MMPWRegional walking route
River Teign WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef RTWRegional walking route
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Exeter to Okehampton LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Route 28Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 28National Cycle Network
Dartmoor Way (Cycle)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route17.1 km▾
Named routeRef 28Length 17.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-road
7 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Photos
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Wildlife to spot
2,478 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,478 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
winterspring
2025▾
Swift · Blackbird · Robin · Swallow · Carrion Crow +35
- SwiftApus apus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- RavenCorvus corax2022
- Black-bellied DipperCinclus cinclus cinclus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2022
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2021
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2021
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2021
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2022▾
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2019
Grass Snake · Adder
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- AdderVipera berus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winterspring
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Violet Oil-beetle · Bloody-nosed Beetle · Small Tortoiseshell · Meadow Brown · Peacock +45
- Violet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceus2024
- Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa2021
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
Himalayan Balsam · Japanese Knotweed · Sycamore · Beech · Conifer +6
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2020
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2020
- BeechFagus sylvatica2020
- ConiferPinophyta2020
- HollyIlex aquifolium2020
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,478 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
winterspring
2025▾
Swift · Blackbird · Robin · Swallow · Carrion Crow +35
- SwiftApus apus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- RavenCorvus corax2022
- Black-bellied DipperCinclus cinclus cinclus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2022
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2021
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2021
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2021
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2022▾
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2019
Grass Snake · Adder
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- AdderVipera berus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winterspring
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Violet Oil-beetle · Bloody-nosed Beetle · Small Tortoiseshell · Meadow Brown · Peacock +45
- Violet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceus2024
- Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa2021
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
Himalayan Balsam · Japanese Knotweed · Sycamore · Beech · Conifer +6
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2020
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2020
- BeechFagus sylvatica2020
- ConiferPinophyta2020
- HollyIlex aquifolium2020
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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