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detecting barbecues driftwood All Ability Access to Visitor Centre Visitor to Access Ability All No metal metal No or fires No camping No No collecting collecting No No Public Access Public No 30th September 30th No dogs 1st April - - April 1st dogs No Car Park Car all times all Dogs on leads at at leads on Dogs No dogs at any time any at dogs No Visitor Centre Visitor No public access public No Bird Hide Bird No public access public No rangers for more information. more for rangers for volunteering. Please contact the the contact Please volunteering. for also provide public events and opportunities opportunities and events public provide also out studies of the reserve and its wildlife. They They wildlife. its and reserve the of studies out Visitor Centre. Visitor service for schools, colleges and groups carrying carrying groups and colleges schools, for service Sorry, there are no toilets at the the at toilets no are there Sorry, The Teignbridge rangers offer an education education an offer rangers Teignbridge The August. Please check for winter opening. winter for check Please August. Schools and groups and Schools weekday afternoons from April to the end of of end the to April from afternoons weekday Open every weekend 2pm to 5pm and some some and 5pm to 2pm weekend every Open the biggest variety. biggest the Visitor Centre Visitor number of birds, with spring or autumn providing providing autumn or spring with birds, of number access difficult. access to roosting flocks. Midwinter has the greatest greatest the has Midwinter flocks. roosting to over much of the rest of the site which makes makes which site the of rest the of much over observe signs to avoid causing disturbance disturbance causing avoid to signs observe wheelchairs and push-chairs. There is soft sand sand soft is There push-chairs. and wheelchairs the best views as the birds will be closer. Please Please closer. be will birds the as views best the and the Visitor Centre is available for those with with those for available is Centre Visitor the and visit is all important. Come close to high tide for for tide high to close Come important. all is visit A route from the main car park to the promenade promenade the to park car main the from route A For those keen to see birds, the timing of your your of timing the birds, see to keen those For All ability access ability All When to Visit Visit to When Dawlish Welcome Dawlish Warren National Nature Reserve Office address Teignbridge District Council Warren to Dawlish Warren Forde Road Offices, Forde Road National Nature Reserve Newton Abbot, TQ12 4AD Dawlish Warren Green Spaces Rangers – 01626 863980 National Nature Dawlish Warren National Nature Teignbridge District Council – 01626 361101 Reserve Reserve is an area of sand dunes, Email: [email protected] mudflats and beach that lies at the or visit www.teignbridge.gov.uk/dawlishwarren mouth of the River Exe. lin Internationally important for rare n u species and habitats found here, the D Reserve is designated and legally protected as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and a Special Area of Conservation (SAC). It also forms a key part of the Exe estuary Special Protection Area eese (SPA) and Wetland of International G nt Importance (Ramsar site). re B Plants, invertebrates and birds provide year-round interest for visitors to a site which also provides a holiday resort ury enjoyed by some 500,000 people a enta C year. The reserve is owned jointly n o by Teignbridge District Council who m Dawlish Warren fly provide the Ranger Service, Visitor m on National Nature o g a Centre and manage the public parts Reserve C r of the site, and the Devon Wildlife D Trust, which own the golf course and Postcode: EX7 0NF mudflats, to which there is no public Grid Ref: SX984789 access. If you need this information in a different format please call 01626 361101 green spaces Through the seasons at Common Summer Centaury Dawlish Warren Rainbow Palette Dawlish Warren has recorded over 600 species of plant, some, such as Southern Marsh Orchid, Marsh Helleborine, Sea Bindweed and Evening Primrose, are hard to Spring miss while others need a keener eye, such as Lesser Centaury or Strawberry Clover. Marsh Helleborine Miniature Marvels Early Forget-Me-Not In Spring look out for some Warren Crocus Songs and Sounds of Dawlish Warren’s rarest, Listen out for hard-to-see species, like Reed Warbler, and tiniest, wildlife. In late March look for Sand (or Warren) Little Grebe around the pond, Chiffchaff or the Crocus, Early Forget-Me-Not and Upright Chickweed in the short dune beautiful Blackcap song in the woods, while Common grasslands. While smaller still, the tiny, but internationally rare, Petalwort Whitethroat will sing from patches of scrub. From July can be found in some dune slacks, but you will need a hand lens and luck! the harsh tones of Sandwich Terns or more tuneful Sandwich Tern calls of Whimbrel or Curlew may draw your attention. New Arrivals A time for arrivals, departures and those just visiting. Great Green Bush Cricket Legs & Co Wading birds and wildfowl will depart, heading north Striking invertebrates during March, but Wheatears, Chiffchaffs, Common Common Whitethroat such as Tiger Moths, Great Whitethroat and terns will arrive, either on their way Green Bush Crickets, Wasp to breeding grounds elsewhere or to summer at the Spiders and Dragon and Damsel yuenadr .r.o. u Warren. rllo n A flies bring colour while Sand rA dl Wasps can be seen hunting or a .l.. e Oystercatcher y carrying prey if you are lucky. Just Awake y e Warmer days will see ll a r Wasp Spider the emergence of both A r Common Lizard and Sand Lizard o the rarer Sand Lizard which can be seen 12 u from as early as late February. Butterflies n Winter . like Small Copper or Small Tortoiseshell . Stonechat d . take to the wing in April adding colour to the . d Oystercatchers, Bottlenose Dolphin, . grasslands. n Gannet, Stonechat, Groundhopper, u Marram grass A o l r l r y Brent Geese a e Mud Walkers Wigeon e a y Autumn r In winter flocks of wading birds and wildfowl increase with l r l Bottlenose Dolphin o A u thousands of birds such as Dunlin, Oystercatchers, Wigeon, n . d . Dunlin . Teal and Brent Geese to be seen, particularly in a period of 2 to Amazing Journeys 3 hours either side of high water. These birds are joined by smaller Autumn marks the start of some numbers of Sanderling and Turnstone around the Warren’s shores, incredible journeys as birds move from while out to sea or in the estuary look for Grebes, Common Scoter, breeding to wintering grounds. Some, such Whimbrel Red-breasted Merganser and Divers. as Arctic Terns move from one end of the earth to the other each spring and autumn, Late Colour & Surprises Redshank Late season butterflies like Beach Wrecks others have come from above the Arctic Winter storms can result Red Admiral and Peacock Circle and are looking for somewhere in ‘wrecks’ of Starfish, can be seen surprisingly late warmer to spend the winter be that at the Mermaids Purses, into the year, before they look Warren or further south. Cuttlefish, Sea Mice, for somewhere to hibernate. In September look for Curlew Heart Urchins and a range Autumn Lady’s Tresses, a small Sanderling Sandpipers or Little Stints of shells like Pelican’s at high tide alongside other orchid whose white flowers Foot, Common, Netted Eco Mowers wading birds like Dunlin, Ringed spiral around a central and Dog Whelk, Helping to keep the grasslands in and Grey Plover, Knot and spike, are common Otter Shells, and shape, Dartmoor ponies are used in Bar-tailed Godwit which are during September in the Scallops. The egg mass the winter months to help produce likely to spend the whole winter dune grasslands. of Common Whelk is a ideal conditions for rare flowers and here. A passing Osprey will Migration time Pelican’s Foot Shell common find along the invertebrates. These cause excitement for birds for birds can Ringed Plover foreshore. are ‘working’, wild and birders alike: watch and listen for large lead to surprise animals, so DO numbers of birds taking to the air at once. finds of rare birds, NOT feed them or Remember autumn bird watching can so with luck a really try to stroke them. be confusing, with birds in breeding unusual bird could be Tower Shell plumage, wintering plumage, about, so expect the Dartmoor pony somewhere in between and unexpected! youngsters all together! Red Admiral Formation and History Made of estuary sediments and sand, the Warren These changes have, at times, produced tidal Dune systems are, by their nature, dynamic and has been in existence for 7,000 years. Its creeks and islands as well as the sand spit we the Warren we know today is likely to continue to shape and form has changed repeatedly under see today. There is evidence that a civil war fort evolve in the years to come. the influence of storms, currents and available existed here, as well as houses that were used sediment, with periods of erosion and rebuilding until the 1930s, on parts of Warren Point that (accretion) occurring. have since been lost to the sea. Yellow Dune Dune Embryo Fixed Dune Woodland Dune Grassland Beach Dune Grassland Salt Marsh Slack Estuary Copyright - Bird photos - all John Lee, Bottlenose Dolphins - Mark Darlaston, Tower shell and Pelicans Foot shell - Ella Chambers Dartmoor Pony, front cover, Common Centaury, Marsh Helleborine, Wasp Spider - Matt Twydell Sand (Warren) Crocus, Early forget-me-knot and Sand Lizard - TDC Great Green Bush Cricket - Simon Thurgood.

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