Farm Accommodation in North Devon with stabling for horses & bird watching

The Farm
The farm is a working farm, where beef and cereals are the main enterprises and we also have a horse livery. Half the farm is owned by the Gaia Trust and is farmed with conservation and encouraging wildlife in mind.

Home Farm Marsh - owned by the Gaia Trust and is farmed with conservation and encouraging wildlife in mind

Isley Marsh R.S.P.B. The RSPB nature reserve at Isley Marsh adjoins the farm, and the Tarka Trail, part of the coastal foot and cycle path, runs through the farm. Bicycles can be hired on the farm.

Taw Estuary, from Lower Yelland Farm

The Tarka Trail, part of the South West Coastal foot and cycle path, runs through the farm. Bicycles can be hired on the farm.

Isley Marsh  Taw Estuary

Birds Observed on the Marsh at Lower Yelland

Summer Birds: Warblers SkyLark Kingfisher Barn Owl Swallow House Martin Swan Coot Moorhen

Winter Birds: Bittern, Cormorant, Lapwing, Golden Plover, Great Snipe, Jack Snipe, Meadoe Pipit, Curlew, Mallard, Knot, Tern, Shoveler, Pochard, Teal, Pintail, Wigeon, Geese, Heron, Oyster Catcher, Dunlin, Shelduck, Egrets, Winter Rail

The footpath round the western edge of the marsh provides the best views over the river and the marsh. It also allows views over the more interesting areas of the ashbeds, including some small areas of carr and freshwater wetland. To maximise the bird spectacle, Isley should be visited about one to two hours before high water, so that the observer can watch the tide pushing the feeding ducks and waders out of the deep creeks and onto the open water and roosting areas.