Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
51.01341, -4.44425
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦54+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pheasant and Nuthatch
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦54+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pheasant and Nuthatch
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕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 — Pheasant, Nuthatch, Wren +51 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Pheasant, Nuthatch, Wren +51 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Speckled Wood, Gatekeeper +41 more · last seen 2026; Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bramble, Ivy, Wood Sage +43 more · last seen 2025
Free
Named hiking route nearby: South West Coast Path (Section 9: Clovelly to Hartland Quay)
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 33 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
South West Coast Path (Section 8: Westward Ho! to Clovelly)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 9: Clovelly to Hartland Quay)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
3,370 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,370 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPheasant · Nuthatch · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Robin +28
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RavenCorvus corax
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- MagpiePica pica
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- GannetMorus bassanus
🐸Amphibians1 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Speckled Wood · Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Small White · Green-veined White +24
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia
Wood Avens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,370 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPheasant · Nuthatch · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Robin +28
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RavenCorvus corax
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- MagpiePica pica
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- GannetMorus bassanus
🐸Amphibians1 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Speckled Wood · Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Small White · Green-veined White +24
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia
Wood Avens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024PeacockAglais io2024PeacockAglais io2024Gorse WeevilExapion ulicisGorse WeevilExapion ulicisRed AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Large WhitePieris brassicae2024Large WhitePieris brassicae2024Black Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeusBlack Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeusDor BeetleGeotrupes2025Dor BeetleGeotrupes2025Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025Leucozona glauciaLeucozona glaucia2025Leucozona glauciaLeucozona glaucia2025Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2025Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2025Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2025Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2025Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025Willow Leaf BeetleLochmaea caprea2025Willow Leaf BeetleLochmaea caprea2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris2025Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris2025Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2024Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2024Painted LadyVanessa cardui2024Painted LadyVanessa cardui2024Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus2024Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024Sericomyia superbiensSericomyia superbiens2024Sericomyia superbiensSericomyia superbiens2024Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024