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About Occombe Farm Children looking through binoculars in the bird hide

Mother pushing pram on the nature trail

Nature trail boardwalk
 
Nature Trail
The Nature Trail runs for 2km meandering through the SSSI at the heart of the farm. It starts from and returns to the entrance to the farm and the new Centre building. The trail utilises boardwalk where the ground is wet and stone elsewhere. The boardwalk was constructed from timber felled from the Trust estate, with larch used for the posts and cross members and sweet chestnut for the planks. This makes it a very sustainable form of construction as these woodlands are replanted. There is a slide show about this on the Timber Story Page.

The trail forms a rough figure of eight which means you don't have to walk the whole length of it every time. Along the trail are numbers which link to an Audio-trail commentary delivered through special handsets available at the Visitor Centre.

We have also installed a network of wildlife cameras placed in bird boxes and around the farm to beam pictures back to the Education Centre for visitors and school groups to see.