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Stonechat
A bird found on open moorland, with a very distinctive call - like two stones being clinked together |
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Blackcap
A melodious songbird, whose rich song can be heard in woodland undergrowth in spring |
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Wood Warbler
Another particularly melodious song bird, often heard in oak woods |
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Sparrowhawk
The Sparrowhawk operates at low level, cruising the hedge-tops, and pouncing on small birds like finches, tits and sparrows |
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Gorse
The acid soils of Dartmoor give rise to plenty of spiky yellow gorse, particularly during the summer months |
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Stinking Iris
The stinking Iris is so called because that is just what it does, stinks when its leaves or roots are crushed. It is perhaps just as well that it warns you, since it is beautiful, but deadly - it is poisonous. |
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| Otters
The streams of Devon are one of the last strongholds of the Otter |
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| Red Deer
Found on Exmoor. In autumn, during the rut, you hear the bellowings echoing across the moors |
