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Highlights: The area has largely recovered from a serious fire which swept through the Down in 1997 and bird-life - including nightjars, linnets, stonechats and skylarks - has returned to the area. Butterfly populations, including the pearl-bordered fritillary, have also recovered. The woods are also home to a number of rare butterflies and are a breeding and wintering site for birds. The River Bovey provides an important habitat for otters, dippers, grey wagtails and dragonflies. Location: The NNR is approximately 10 km north west of Newton Abbot, situated to the west of the A382 and north of the B3387. There is public car park at Yarner Wood and another on Trendlebere Down adjacent to the road to Manaton village.
Grid reference:SX770796
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East Dartmoor Woods and Heaths National Nature Reserve
East Dartmoor Woods and Heaths consists of three adjacent sites: Yarner Wood, Trendlebere Down and the Bovey Valley Woodlands. Together they provide an excellent example of internationally important western oakwood with its associated bird and lower plant communities. The heathlands at Yarner Wood and Trendlebere Down help provide further diversity whilst the Bovey Valley Woodlands has a boulder strewn valley with steep rocky tree covered slopes.Highlights: The area has largely recovered from a serious fire which swept through the Down in 1997 and bird-life - including nightjars, linnets, stonechats and skylarks - has returned to the area. Butterfly populations, including the pearl-bordered fritillary, have also recovered. The woods are also home to a number of rare butterflies and are a breeding and wintering site for birds. The River Bovey provides an important habitat for otters, dippers, grey wagtails and dragonflies. Location: The NNR is approximately 10 km north west of Newton Abbot, situated to the west of the A382 and north of the B3387. There is public car park at Yarner Wood and another on Trendlebere Down adjacent to the road to Manaton village.
Grid reference:SX770796
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Courtesy of English Nature.
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