Acorn Coppice
✦ Ancient woodland1 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🌳Ancient🦉Wildlife
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.47670, -2.76280
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦44+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Raven and Dunnock
- 🌳Ancient woodland is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦44+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Raven and Dunnock
- 🌳Ancient woodland is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Raven, Dunnock, Coal Tit +41 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🌳Ancient woodland
Strong match
Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
Free
Birds — Raven, Dunnock, Coal Tit +41 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Herb-Robert, Tufted Hair-grass, Taraxacum agg. +216 more · last seen 2024; Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata, Platycheirus albimanus, Volucella inanis +60 more · last seen 2026
Free
💜Bluebell walks
Strong match
Ancient woodland — native bluebell habitat
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Shropshire Way - stage 05Walking route17.1 km▾
Named routeRef ShW05Length 17.1 kmLocal walking route
Corvedale Three Castles WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Heart of Wales Line TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Shropshire Way - stage 04Walking route18 km▾
Named routeRef ShW04Length 18 kmLocal walking route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Herefordshire)Cycling route▾
National Byway in Herefordshire
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Route 44Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 44National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route3.6 km▾
Named routeRef 44Length 3.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
5,764 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,764 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRed-legged Partridge · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Garden Warbler · Pied Flycatcher
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2024
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Hazel Dormouse · Grey Squirrel
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Platycheirus albimanus · Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata · Empoasca vitis · Paradromius linearis · Trichocera regelationis +22
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025
- Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigata
- Empoasca vitisEmpoasca vitis
- Paradromius linearisParadromius linearis
- Trichocera regelationisTrichocera regelationis
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Field-rose · Enchanter's-nightshade · Yellow Archangel · Honeysuckle · Lords-and-Ladies +104
- Field-roseRosa arvensis
- Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana
- Yellow ArchangelLamiastrum galeobdolon
- HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Dryopteris filix-masDryopteris filix-mas
- Rough Meadow-grass
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,764 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRed-legged Partridge · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Garden Warbler · Pied Flycatcher
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2024
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Hazel Dormouse · Grey Squirrel
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Platycheirus albimanus · Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata · Empoasca vitis · Paradromius linearis · Trichocera regelationis +22
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025
- Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigata
- Empoasca vitisEmpoasca vitis
- Paradromius linearisParadromius linearis
- Trichocera regelationisTrichocera regelationis
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Field-rose · Enchanter's-nightshade · Yellow Archangel · Honeysuckle · Lords-and-Ladies +104
- Field-roseRosa arvensis
- Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana
- Yellow ArchangelLamiastrum galeobdolon
- HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Dryopteris filix-masDryopteris filix-mas
- Rough Meadow-grass
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Poa trivialis
Poa trivialis
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RuderaliaTaraxacum sect. RuderaliaTaraxacum sect. RuderaliaTaraxacum sect. RuderaliaRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataYellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorumYellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorumYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusSilver BirchBetula pendulaSilver BirchBetula pendulaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaToothwortLathraea squamariaToothwortLathraea squamariaGreater PlantainPlantago majorGreater PlantainPlantago majorFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusYewTaxus baccataYewTaxus baccataDowny BirchBetula pubescensDowny BirchBetula pubescensHerb-ParisParis quadrifoliaHerb-ParisParis quadrifoliaGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataCompact RushJuncus conglomeratusCompact RushJuncus conglomeratusWood MilletMilium effusumWood MilletMilium effusumHeath SpeedwellVeronica officinalisHeath SpeedwellVeronica officinalisRosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifoliumRosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifoliumBlack BryonyTamus communisBlack BryonyTamus communis