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Fire Beacon Hill and Core Hill Wood

Devon  >  United Kingdom

Fire Beacon Hill is North of the seaside town of Sidmouth in South East Devon.

Adicionado* por Baz Willmott
Ultima atualização 8 fevereiro 2022
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Descrição

Fire Beacon Hill is part of the East Devon Pebblebed Heath. Whilst the Pebblebed Heath once covered a vaste area now this site is a bit of an 'island', with the land around it having been turned to agriculture and forestry many years ago. It's nearest heathland 'neighbour' is Mutter's Moor (see seperate entry) further South. The main East Devon Pebblebed Heath is further West that includes Aylesbeare Common and Hawkerland Valley/Venn Ottery Common/Bystock Pools Nature Reserve and Squabmoor Reservoir/Colaton Raleigh Common/Woodbury Common and Bicton Common (see seperate entries).

Fire Beacon Hill gets its name from the Fire Beacon that warned Elizabethan London of the approach of the Spanish Armada. BE AWARE Grazing animals may be present on site, recently Vitual Fencing Technology has been tried at this site, with animals fitted with GPS collars to keep them on site without physical fences.

Depending on season some birds you can see are Cartaxo-comum, Gavião da Europa, Esmerilhão, Águia-d'asa-redonda, Petinha-das-árvores, Felosa-malhada, Estrelinha-de-poupa and the sites speciality Noitibó da Europa. The area is reasonably well wooded with both deciduous and conifers, with more open heathland at it's centre, it has some of the best views of the English Channel and Lyme Bay to the South.

Detalhes

Acesso

The A3052 Exeter to Lyme Regis road runs West to East on the Northern edge of the town of Sidmouth, near the Sidmouth Waitrose Supermarket is a turning (unsigned) that runs North called Core Hill Road that takes you to a small (7 spaces) parking area, that leads you to Core Hill Woodland and eventually uphill to Fire Beacon Hill heathland. There is a further small road side verge (2 spaces) parking area on the West side of Fire Beacon Hill (see P on map) on Fire Beacon Lane.

Terreno e Habitat

Floresta , Árvores e arbustos dispersos , Campina , Zonas húmidas , Agricultura

Condições

Montanhoso , Paisagem aberta

Caminho circular

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Boa temporada de observação de aves

Durante todo o ano

Melhor hora para visitar

Verão , Migração da primavera , Primavera , Outono , Migração de outono

Rota

Estrada pavimentada , Estrada não pavimentada , Caminho estreito , Caminho largo

Caminho dificil

Extenuante

Acessível por

Pé , Bicicleta , Carro

Abrigo/plataforma deobservação de aves

Não

Informação extra

Because of the elevation of this site there is a possibility of migrating raptors. A telescope is a must.

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