Aller Copse - Woodland plantation
23 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome23 ha
Getting here
50.64270, -3.65537
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 393m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 393m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Dartmoor WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef DWRegional walking route
Yarner Wood Nature TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef YWLocal walking route
Orange WayWalking route560 km▾
Named routeRef ORWLength 560 kmRegional walking route
Dunsford to Moretonhampstead TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef DMTRegional walking route
Raptor TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef RTLocal walking route
6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 28Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 28National Cycle Network
Dartmoor Way (Cycle)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Wray Valley TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef WVTLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route6.1 km▾
Named routeRef 28Length 6.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealed firm
Main RouteCycling route1.8 km▾
Named routeRef 28Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface unsealed firm
Main RouteCycling route2.8 km▾
Named routeRef 28Length 2.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealed firm
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ridge Ride Trail (Red - Difficult)Mountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Ridge Ride Red
Discovery Trail (Green - Easy)Mountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Discovery - green easy
Kiddens Trail (Blue - moderate)Mountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Kiddens Trail (Blue - moderate)
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
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Wildlife to spot
7,442 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,442 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Carrion Crow · Cormorant · Woodpigeon · Blackbird +47
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RavenCorvus corax
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Turdus iliacus iliacusTurdus iliacus iliacus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Common GullLarus canus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- RedshankTringa totanus
🦎Reptiles1 species
springsummer
2026▾
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects12 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Dark Bush-cricket · Red-legged Shieldbug · Scathophaga stercoraria · Violet Oil-beetle · Anoplotrupes stercorosus +7
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Violet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceus
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2025
Eyebright
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,442 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Carrion Crow · Cormorant · Woodpigeon · Blackbird +47
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RavenCorvus corax
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Turdus iliacus iliacusTurdus iliacus iliacus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Common GullLarus canus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- RedshankTringa totanus
🦎Reptiles1 species
springsummer
2026▾
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects12 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Dark Bush-cricket · Red-legged Shieldbug · Scathophaga stercoraria · Violet Oil-beetle · Anoplotrupes stercorosus +7
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Violet Oil-beetleMeloe violaceus
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2025
Eyebright
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Oedemera femoralis
Oedemera femoralis
Oedemera femoralis2025
Oedemera femoralis2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025Great Green Bush-cricketTettigonia viridissima2025Great Green Bush-cricketTettigonia viridissima2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Tanner BeetlePrionus coriarius2025Tanner BeetlePrionus coriarius2025Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025Events & activities nearby
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