Nature Trail

A wonderful Nature Trail weaves it's way around Dart Raffe Farm and is available for Educational Visits and pre-arranged, group visits.

The trail lasts about 1 and a half hours and there is a detailed guide to help you get the most out of it.

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Below is a map of the Nature Trail. Click on it for an enlarged image.

Depending on the time of day and year, there is a wide variety of flowers, trees and wildlife to see. Occasionally you will see hares and wild deer on the farm and will often see buzzards fying high above. There are streams and hedgerows to explore. All in all a wonderful day out for people of all ages.

River and streams:
The farm is bounded to the South by the Little Dart River and to the East by a tributary of the Little Dart. The river and stream are used by trout and salmon for migration and spawning, and two otter holts have been built along the stream to encourage the visiting otters.

Woodland & Hedgerows: The farm has 35 acres of woodland, some ancient woodland but mostly created in the last 12 years, with a wide variety of native tree species. The woodland and hedges support many nesting birds, and the glades and hedgerows are rich in flower and plant species, attracting a wide range of insects and butterflies. The traditional Devon hedge banks are in some cases many hundreds of years old.

Tree and bush species include hazel, willow, birch, ash, oak, horse chestnut, sweet chestnut, crab apple, aspen, beech, field maple, Scots pine, rowan, hawthorn, blackthorn, holly, hornbeam.

Birds include tawny owls, little owls, finches, thrushes, dunnock, yellowhammer, tits including willow tit and, in winter, field fares and redwing.

Animals include hares, dormice (see nature trail pages), red deer, roe deer and badgers.

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