Lutsford Wood - Woodland plantation
15 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome15 ha
Getting here
50.96033, -4.47241
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
- 🌿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
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿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
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
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
South West Coast Path (Section 10: Hartland Quay to Bude)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
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
Photos
Cattle grid at Tosberry Moor
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Wildlife to spot
3,732 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,732 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Snipe · Stonechat · Blackbird · Robin +37
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- RavenCorvus corax
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
- RedpollAcanthis flammea2020
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2020
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2020
🦌Mammals8 species
springsummer
2025▾
Red Deer · Common Pipistrelle · Roe Deer · Hedgehog · Soprano Pipistrelle +3
- Red DeerCervus elaphus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
Common Carder Bee · Field Grasshopper · Common Green Grasshopper · Rutpela maculata · Sericomyia silentis +26
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2022
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
- Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata
- Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2022
Yellow-rattle
- Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,732 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Snipe · Stonechat · Blackbird · Robin +37
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- RavenCorvus corax
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
- RedpollAcanthis flammea2020
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2020
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2020
🦌Mammals8 species
springsummer
2025▾
Red Deer · Common Pipistrelle · Roe Deer · Hedgehog · Soprano Pipistrelle +3
- Red DeerCervus elaphus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
Common Carder Bee · Field Grasshopper · Common Green Grasshopper · Rutpela maculata · Sericomyia silentis +26
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2022
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
- Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata
- Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2022
Yellow-rattle
- Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Small Garden Bumblebee
Small Garden Bumblebee
Bombus hortorum2022
Bombus hortorum2022
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2022Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2022Pachytodes cerambyciformisPachytodes cerambyciformis2021Pachytodes cerambyciformisPachytodes cerambyciformis2021Rhagium bifasciatumRhagium bifasciatum2021Rhagium bifasciatumRhagium bifasciatum2021Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2020Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2020Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraCicadella viridisCicadella viridisCicadella viridisCicadella viridisCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaNotch-horned ClegHaematopota pluvialisNotch-horned ClegHaematopota pluvialisXylota segnisXylota segnisXylota segnisXylota segnisBibio lanigerusBibio lanigerusBibio lanigerusBibio lanigerusMycomya cinerascensMycomya cinerascens2023Mycomya cinerascensMycomya cinerascens2023Meloe proscarabaeus/violaceusMeloe proscarabaeus/violaceus2023Meloe proscarabaeus/violaceusMeloe proscarabaeus/violaceus2023Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2022Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2022Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2021Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2021Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2021Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2021Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2021Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2021Dock BugCoreus marginatus2021Dock BugCoreus marginatus2021Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2021Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2021Wayward SawflyTenthredo temula2021Wayward SawflyTenthredo temula2021Graphomya maculataGraphomya maculata2021Graphomya maculataGraphomya maculata2021Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2021Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2021Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2021Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2021Tree HopperCentrotus cornutus2020Tree HopperCentrotus cornutus2020Dorytomus taeniatusDorytomus taeniatus2020Dorytomus taeniatusDorytomus taeniatus2020