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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.

Aggiunto* da Baz Willmott
Ultimo aggiornamento 8 febbraio 2022
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Descrizione

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 Saltimpalo, Sparviere, Smeriglio, Poiana, Prispolone, Forapaglie macchiettato, Regolo and the sites speciality Succiacapre. 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.

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Accesso

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

Foresta , Alberi e cespugli sparsi , Prateria/pascolo , Brughiere/lande , Terreni coltivati

Caratteristiche dell’area

Collinoso , Paesaggio aperto

Percorso ad anello

Si

È utile un cannocchiale?

Si

Buona stagione per il BW

Tutto l'anno

Miglior periodo per visitare

Estate , Migrazione primaverile , Primavera , Autunno , Migrazione autunnale

Percorso

Strada asfaltata , Strada sterrata , Sentiero stretto , Sentiero ampio

Grado di difficoltà del percorso a piedi

Faticoso

Modalità di accesso

A piedi , Bicicletta , Macchina

Capanno/torretta di osservazione

No

Informazioni aggiuntive

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

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