Mammals
Otters
Dormice
Lesser Horseshoe Bats
Brown Hares
Roe Deer
Badgers

Birds
Migrant Species
River Species
Raptors
Woodland Species

Other Animals
Butterflies
Dragonflies
Reptiles
Amphibians

Habitats
Woodlands
Marshland
Wildflower Meadow
River Dart
Hedgerows/field margins

The dipper (Cinclus cinclus) is easily identified by its white throat and dark chestnut body plumage - and by its characteristic bobbing movement and tail flicking.

Breeding pairs are regularly observed on the Staverton section of the River Dart and nest in the banks at the edge of Dartington’s North Wood.

Dippers tend to use the same nest sites year after year; one site in Britain is said to have been occupied continuously for 123 years.A lack of disturbance is obviously essential here.

Another enigmatic species is the kingfisher, which patrols up and down along the river in its search for small fish.