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Wittaburrow Cairn

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Dogs welcome

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50.56283, -3.78952

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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
✦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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦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

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

4 activities

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 — Blackbird, Stonechat, Meadow Pipit +76 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Stonechat, Meadow Pipit +76 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Eristalis tenax, Tipula fulvipennis, Sericomyia silentis +121 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Eristalis tenax, Tipula fulvipennis, Sericomyia silentis +121 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Two Moors WayWalking route

Named routeRef MWListed length 166Regional walking route

Templer WayWalking route

Named routeRef TWRegional walking route

Dartmoor WayWalking route

Named routeRef DWRegional walking route

Yarner Wood Nature TrailWalking route

Named routeRef YWLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

8 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN272Cycling route

Named routeRef 272National Cycle Network

Dartmoor Way (Cycle)Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Main RouteCycling route546 m

Named routeRef 272Length 546 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route5.5 km

Named routeRef 272Length 5.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route565 m

Named routeRef 272Length 565 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route447 m

Named routeRef 272Length 447 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

14,873 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

14,873 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds42 species

autumn

2025

Meadow Pipit · Magpie · Fieldfare · Carrion Crow · Blackbird +37

Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
MagpiePica pica
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RavenCorvus corax
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
JackdawColoeus monedula
RobinErithacus rubecula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Herring GullLarus argentatus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Great TitParus major
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
NuthatchSitta europaea
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RookCorvus frugilegus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
DunnockPrunella modularis
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Barn OwlTyto alba
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
JayGarrulus glandarius
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

14,873 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds42 species

autumn

2025

Meadow Pipit · Magpie · Fieldfare · Carrion Crow · Blackbird +37

Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
MagpiePica pica
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RavenCorvus corax
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
JackdawColoeus monedula
RobinErithacus rubecula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Herring GullLarus argentatus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Great TitParus major
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
NuthatchSitta europaea
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RookCorvus frugilegus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
DunnockPrunella modularis
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Barn OwlTyto alba
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
JayGarrulus glandarius
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Guy Wareham · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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