Beckland Wood - Woodland plantation
12 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome12 ha
Getting here
50.99856, -4.45326
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 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
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Wildlife to spot
3,453 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,453 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPheasant · Nuthatch · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Robin +29
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RavenCorvus corax
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- MagpiePica pica
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GannetMorus bassanus
🐸Amphibians1 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Speckled Wood · Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Small White · Green-veined White +21
- 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
3,453 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPheasant · Nuthatch · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Robin +29
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RavenCorvus corax
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- MagpiePica pica
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GannetMorus bassanus
🐸Amphibians1 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Speckled Wood · Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Small White · Green-veined White +21
- 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 io2024Common CockchaferMelolontha melolonthaCommon CockchaferMelolontha melolonthaRed AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Large WhitePieris brassicae2024Large WhitePieris brassicae2024Dor BeetleGeotrupesDor BeetleGeotrupesCommon EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.Leucozona glauciaLeucozona glauciaLeucozona glauciaLeucozona glauciaSericomyia silentisSericomyia silentisSericomyia silentisSericomyia silentisRutpela maculataRutpela maculataRutpela maculataRutpela maculataDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraWillow Leaf BeetleLochmaea capreaWillow Leaf BeetleLochmaea capreaDock BugCoreus marginatusDock BugCoreus marginatusGreen Tiger BeetleCicindela campestrisGreen Tiger BeetleCicindela campestrisAnoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2024Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2024Painted LadyVanessa cardui2024Painted LadyVanessa cardui2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024Sericomyia superbiensSericomyia superbiens2024Sericomyia superbiensSericomyia superbiens2024Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024Events & activities nearby
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