Map Locations

At Thurlbear Wood you can enjoy walking the woodland paths dotted with colourful flowers, such as greater butterfly and spotted orchids, wild dog violets, bluebells and primroses. This ancient [...]

Ringdown nature reserve provides a mixture of habitats at one of the headwaters of the River Culm. Parts of the site were arable and are being restored to traditional grassland. There is also [...]

Quants nature reserve is a 34-acre site on the Blackdown Hills’ northern escarpment, well known for its butterflies and bats. Roe deer, badgers and adders are also found here. In addition [...]

Gotleigh and Southey Moors are probably the best examples of valley mire in the Blackdown Hills AONB. A rich mosaic of valley mire, acid-marsh grassland and alder-birch carr spans Gotleigh Moor [...]

Jan Hobbs is a remarkably varied wildlife reserve It is a site of semi-improved neutral grassland and copse, alongside a headwater of the River Yarty. It is a fascinating site and well worth a visit.

Hense Moor is an extremely diverse site with a great variety of habitats within its 92.5 hectares. These range from acidic dry lowland heath on the steeper valley sides, through wet heath and [...]

Clayhidon Turbary is a small wildlife haven – 13 hectares of heathland, scrub and young woodland. It can be very boggy in parts, but for those willing to make the effort, it’s a place [...]

Brimley Hill Mire is a small but exceptionally rich springline mire and a Somerset Wildlife Trust nature reserve. The site represents an excellent example of

Blackdown and Sampford Commons cover a large area (155 hectares) in the north west of the Blackdown Hills AONB. They contain a range of habitats including a large area of dry heath, carr [...]

Bishopswood Meadows is a Somerset Wildlife Trust nature reserve on the site of a 19th-century lime quarry. Lime-rich grassland, marshy meadows and the River Yarty mean that this site attracts an [...]