Warren Hill Copse
✦ Ancient woodland25 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome25 ha
Getting here
50.73793, -3.16425
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿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
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿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 — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Wren +57 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Wren +57 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Bluebell, Red Campion, Lady-fern +175 more · last seen 2019
Free
Plants — Wood-sorrel, Rowan, Bramble +22 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Peacock, Green-veined White +189 more · last seen 2025; Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
East Devon WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef EDWListed length 61kmRegional walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 45: Sidmouth to Seaton)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
Orange WayWalking route560 km▾
Named routeRef ORWLength 560 kmRegional walking route
Exeter to Honiton WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef EXHONRegional walking route
Channel to ChannelWalking route▾
Named routeRef CCRegional walking route
14 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 2 Axminster to DawlishCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route212 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 212 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route322 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 322 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route203 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 203 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route300 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 300 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.7 km▾
Named routeRef 2Length 1.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
3 public paths nearby
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
2,970 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
2,970 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
winterspring
2025▾
Chaffinch · Woodpigeon · Pheasant · Blackbird · Robin +42
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RavenCorvus corax
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MagpiePica pica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2021
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2021
Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Greater Horseshoe Bat · Soprano Pipistrelle +2
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2023
- Greater Horseshoe BatRhinolophus ferrumequinum2023
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2023
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
🦎Reptiles2 species
winterspring
2024▾
Grass Snake · Common Lizard
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2023
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Meadow Grasshopper · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Oil Beetle · Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird +3
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024
- Oil BeetleMeloe2024
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2023
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023
- Rhagium bifasciatumRhagium bifasciatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,970 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
winterspring
2025▾
Chaffinch · Woodpigeon · Pheasant · Blackbird · Robin +42
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RavenCorvus corax
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MagpiePica pica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2021
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2021
Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Greater Horseshoe Bat · Soprano Pipistrelle +2
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2023
- Greater Horseshoe BatRhinolophus ferrumequinum2023
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2023
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
🦎Reptiles2 species
winterspring
2024▾
Grass Snake · Common Lizard
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2023
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Meadow Grasshopper · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Oil Beetle · Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird +3
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024
- Oil BeetleMeloe2024
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2023
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023
- Rhagium bifasciatumRhagium bifasciatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
2023
Nathusius's PipistrellePipistrellus nathusii2023Nathusius's PipistrellePipistrellus nathusii20232023
2023
Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2022Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2022Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021