Dartmoor National Park Authority

Dartmoor Wildlife Information

You can find out more about Dartmoor’s wildlife from the following sources:

We have a number of Dartmoor Natural History Pocket Guides (flexi-cards which illustrate range of typical Dartmoor species), for sale from our online shop.

You can also look at our Dartmoor National Park Fact Sheets, in the Learning About section of the website:

• Wildlife and habitats
• Bogs and wetlands
• Climate and weather
• Geology and Landforms
• Tor formation
• Junior Factsheets (suitable for primary aged children)

Other publications include;

• Action for Wildlife: The Dartmoor Biodiversity Action Plan - Dartmoor National Park Authority on behalf of the Dartmoor Biodiversity Steering Group (2001)
• Dartmoor - Harvey L. A. and St Leger-Gordon D. Collins New Naturalist (1974) (out of print but look out for second-hand copies).
• Dartmoor a special place for moorland birds
• DNPA Guide to householders: Wildlife in Buildings
• Nature on the Web (external site, opens new window) – an English nature web site which includes SSSIs on Dartmoor
• The Birds of Dartmoor - Roger Smaldon. Isabelline Books (2005)
• The Nature of Dartmoor: A Biodiversity Profile – English Nature and Dartmoor National Park Authority. Dartmoor National Park Authority (1997 revised 2001)
• The Wildlife of Dartmoor - Norman Baldock and John Walters (2008)

The Wealth of Wildlife project (WoW) contains information on Dartmoor's main habitats and sites of nature conservation interest.

You might also like to take part in a wildlife or geological guided walk or special event organised by the Dartmoor National Park Authority and led by local experts. See our guided walks section.

Page updated 27 July 2009