Alder Grove - Woodland plantation
17 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🌲Walks🥾Hiking
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome17 ha
Getting here
50.81345, -3.30367
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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Named hiking route nearby: Cullompton Honiton Walk
Free
Conifer plantation — limited but present wildlife
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Otter Valley WalkWalking route20 km▾
Named routeRef OVWLength 20 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Broadhembury Circular WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef BCW1Local walking route
Exeter to Honiton WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef EXHONRegional walking route
Cullompton Honiton WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef CHWRegional walking route
7 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Photos
Green lane to Haskins Cross
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Wildlife to spot
18,313 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
18,313 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWigeon · Shoveler · Chaffinch · Swift · Cirl Bunting +20
- WigeonMareca penelope2022
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- SwiftApus apus2022
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus2024
- WryneckJynx torquilla2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2023
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2023
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2022
- GarganeySpatula querquedula2020
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Hazel Dormouse · Pine Marten · Water Vole · Rabbit
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2024
- Pine MartenMartes martes
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius2023
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2020
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2021▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Common Marbled Carpet · Silver Y · Large Yellow Underwing · Pink-barred Sallow · Beaded Chestnut +49
- Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata2019
- Silver YAutographa gamma2019
- Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2019
- Pink-barred SallowXanthia togata2019
- Beaded ChestnutAgrochola lychnidis2019
- Setaceous Hebrew Character
Porcelain Fungus · Torth Felen · Deceiver · Stump Puffball · Hairy Curtain Crust +11
- Porcelain FungusMucidula mucida
- Torth FelenHypholoma fasciculare
- DeceiverLaccaria laccata
- Stump PuffballApioperdon pyriforme
- Hairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutum
- Beech TarcrustBiscogniauxia nummularia
- Smoky BracketBjerkandera adusta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
18,313 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWigeon · Shoveler · Chaffinch · Swift · Cirl Bunting +20
- WigeonMareca penelope2022
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- SwiftApus apus2022
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus2024
- WryneckJynx torquilla2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2023
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2023
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2022
- GarganeySpatula querquedula2020
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Hazel Dormouse · Pine Marten · Water Vole · Rabbit
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2024
- Pine MartenMartes martes
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius2023
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2020
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2021▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Common Marbled Carpet · Silver Y · Large Yellow Underwing · Pink-barred Sallow · Beaded Chestnut +49
- Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata2019
- Silver YAutographa gamma2019
- Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2019
- Pink-barred SallowXanthia togata2019
- Beaded ChestnutAgrochola lychnidis2019
- Setaceous Hebrew Character
Porcelain Fungus · Torth Felen · Deceiver · Stump Puffball · Hairy Curtain Crust +11
- Porcelain FungusMucidula mucida
- Torth FelenHypholoma fasciculare
- DeceiverLaccaria laccata
- Stump PuffballApioperdon pyriforme
- Hairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutum
- Beech TarcrustBiscogniauxia nummularia
- Smoky BracketBjerkandera adusta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Xestia c-nigrum2019
Xestia c-nigrum2019
Barred SallowTiliacea aurago2019Barred SallowTiliacea aurago2019Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa2019Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa2019SallowCirrhia icteritia2019SallowCirrhia icteritia2019Light EmeraldCampaea margaritaria2019Light EmeraldCampaea margaritaria2019Lunar UnderwingAnchoscelis lunosa2019Lunar UnderwingAnchoscelis lunosa2019November Moth agg.Epirrita dilutata agg.2019November Moth agg.Epirrita dilutata agg.2019Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata2019Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata2019Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2019Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2019SnoutHypena proboscidalis2019SnoutHypena proboscidalis2019Black RusticAporophyla nigra2019Black RusticAporophyla nigra2019Uncertain/RusticHoplodrina octogenaria/blanda2019Uncertain/RusticHoplodrina octogenaria/blanda2019Common WainscotMythimna pallens2019Common WainscotMythimna pallens2019Smoky WainscotMythimna impura2019Smoky WainscotMythimna impura2019Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2019Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2019Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe2019Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe2019Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2019Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2019Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta2019Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta2019Red-Line QuakerLeptologia lota2019Red-Line QuakerLeptologia lota2019LychnisHadena bicruris2019LychnisHadena bicruris2019Small Dusty WaveIdaea seriata2019Small Dusty WaveIdaea seriata2019Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea2019Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea2019Centre-barred SallowAtethmia centrago2019Centre-barred SallowAtethmia centrago2019Pale Mottled WillowCaradrina clavipalpis2019Pale Mottled WillowCaradrina clavipalpis2019Vine's RusticHoplodrina ambigua2019Vine's RusticHoplodrina ambigua2019Canary-shouldered ThornEnnomos alniaria2019Canary-shouldered ThornEnnomos alniaria2019Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria2019Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria2019Dusky ThornEnnomos fuscantaria2019Dusky ThornEnnomos fuscantaria2019Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinumOak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinumBlack Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus2021Black Oil-beetleMeloe proscarabaeus2021Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa2020Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa2020Grey Shoulder-knotLithophane ornitopus2019Grey Shoulder-knotLithophane ornitopus2019ChestnutConistra vaccinii2019ChestnutConistra vaccinii2019Red-green CarpetChloroclysta siterata2019Red-green CarpetChloroclysta siterata2019Small Fan-footed WaveIdaea biselata2019Small Fan-footed WaveIdaea biselata2019Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2019Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2019DelicateMythimna vitellina2019DelicateMythimna vitellina2019Double-striped PugGymnoscelis rufifasciata2019Double-striped PugGymnoscelis rufifasciata2019Cypress CarpetThera cupressata2019Cypress CarpetThera cupressata2019Clifden NonpareilCatocala fraxini2019Clifden NonpareilCatocala fraxini2019Frosted OrangeGortyna flavago2019Frosted OrangeGortyna flavago2019Red UnderwingCatocala nupta2019Red UnderwingCatocala nupta2019Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata2019Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata2019Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria2019Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria2019Svensson's Copper UnderwingAmphipyra berbera2019Svensson's Copper UnderwingAmphipyra berbera2019SpectacleAbrostola tripartita2019SpectacleAbrostola tripartita2019Early ThornSelenia dentaria2019Early ThornSelenia dentaria2019Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.2019Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.2019Single-dotted WaveIdaea dimidiata2019Single-dotted WaveIdaea dimidiata2019Bitter OysterlingPanellus stipticusBitter OysterlingPanellus stipticusYew DusterAmylostereum laevigatumYew DusterAmylostereum laevigatumWarlock's ButterExidia planaWarlock's ButterExidia planaTurkeytailTrametes versicolorTurkeytailTrametes versicolorCommon EarthballScleroderma citrinumCommon EarthballScleroderma citrinumGanoderma adspersumGanoderma adspersumGanoderma adspersumGanoderma adspersumCandlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylonCandlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylonBeech WoodwartHypoxylon fragiformeBeech WoodwartHypoxylon fragiformeBrittle CinderKretzschmaria deustaBrittle CinderKretzschmaria deusta