Birch Coppice
✦ Ancient woodland15 ha
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🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome15 ha
Getting here
52.85055, -1.84568
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿Foraging 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
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿Foraging 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
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Ramsons · last seen 2025
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Marsh Tit, Chaffinch, Garden Warbler +46 more · last seen 2024; Birds — Marsh Tit, Chaffinch, Garden Warbler +46 more · last seen 2024
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Peacock +10 more · last seen 2020; Insects — Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Peacock +10 more · last seen 2020
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Forest WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Staffordshire Way (Rushton Spencer - Cannock Chase)Walking route76 km▾
Staffordshire Way, part Rushton Spencer - Cannock Chase
Named routeLength 76 kmRegional walking route
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Wildlife to spot
908 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
908 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds5 species
springwinter
2024▾
Red-legged Partridge · Fieldfare · Raven · Chaffinch · Great Spotted Woodpecker
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RavenCorvus corax
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Rabbit · Shrew
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- ShrewSoricidae
Ramsons · Herb-Robert · Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanum · Enchanter's-nightshade · Field Forget-me-not +107
- RamsonsAllium ursinum
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2023
- Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanum2023
- Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2023
- Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2023
- Wood Speedwell
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
908 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds5 species
springwinter
2024▾
Red-legged Partridge · Fieldfare · Raven · Chaffinch · Great Spotted Woodpecker
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RavenCorvus corax
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Rabbit · Shrew
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- ShrewSoricidae
Ramsons · Herb-Robert · Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanum · Enchanter's-nightshade · Field Forget-me-not +107
- RamsonsAllium ursinum
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2023
- Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanum2023
- Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2023
- Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2023
- Wood Speedwell
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Veronica montana2023
Veronica montana2023
Thin-spiked Wood-sedgeCarex strigosa2023Thin-spiked Wood-sedgeCarex strigosa2023BugleAjuga reptans2023BugleAjuga reptans2023Common NettleUrtica dioica2023Common NettleUrtica dioica2023Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2023Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2023Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2023Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2023Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2023Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2023Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2023Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2023Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica2023Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica2023Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2023Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2023Wood AvensGeum urbanum2023Wood AvensGeum urbanum2023Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2023Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2023Black BryonyTamus communis2023Black BryonyTamus communis2023Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2023Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2023Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2023Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2023Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2023Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2023Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica2023Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica2023Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2023Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2023Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2023Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2023Wood MelickMelica uniflora2023Wood MelickMelica uniflora2023Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2023Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2023Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2023Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2023HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2023HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2023False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2023False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2023BrackenPteridium aquilinum2023BrackenPteridium aquilinum2023Red CampionSilene dioica2023Red CampionSilene dioica2023Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2023Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2023CleaversGalium aparine2023CleaversGalium aparine2023Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2023Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2023Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa2023Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa2023Three-nerved SandwortMoehringia trinervia2023Three-nerved SandwortMoehringia trinervia2023PignutConopodium majus2023PignutConopodium majus2023False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2023False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2023Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2023Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2023Greater PlantainPlantago major2023Greater PlantainPlantago major2023WoodruffGalium odoratum2023WoodruffGalium odoratum2023Red CloverTrifolium pratense2023Red CloverTrifolium pratense2023Small-leaved LimeTilia cordata2023Small-leaved LimeTilia cordata2023Square-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterum2023Square-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterum2023Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2023Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2023Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2023Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2023Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2023Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2023BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2023BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2023Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2023Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2023Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2023Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2023Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2023Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2023Velvet BentAgrostis canina2023Velvet BentAgrostis canina2023Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2023Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2023IvyHedera helix2023IvyHedera helix2023BrambleRubus fruticosus2023BrambleRubus fruticosus2023Common Water-starwortCallitriche stagnalis2023Common Water-starwortCallitriche stagnalis2023Wood MilletMilium effusum2023Wood MilletMilium effusum2023Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2023Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2023Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2023Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2023Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2024Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2024Red FescueFestuca rubra2023Red FescueFestuca rubra2023Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2023Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2023Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2023Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2023Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2023Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2023Toad RushJuncus bufonius2023Toad RushJuncus bufonius2023Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2023Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2023Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit2023Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit2023Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2023Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2023SanicleSanicula europaea2023SanicleSanicula europaea2023Field-roseRosa arvensis2023Field-roseRosa arvensis2023Giant BellflowerCampanula latifolia2023Giant BellflowerCampanula latifolia2023Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2023Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2023ColtsfootTussilago farfara2023ColtsfootTussilago farfara2023Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2023Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2023Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2023Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2023Dryopteris borreriDryopteris borreri2023Dryopteris borreriDryopteris borreri2023Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2023Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2023Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora2023Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora2023Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2023Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2023Narrow Buckler-fernDryopteris carthusiana2023Narrow Buckler-fernDryopteris carthusiana2023Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2023Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2023Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2023Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2023Wood DockRumex sanguineus2023Wood DockRumex sanguineus2023Wall LettuceMycelis muralis2023Wall LettuceMycelis muralis2023White CloverTrifolium repens2023White CloverTrifolium repens2023TimothyPhleum pratense2023TimothyPhleum pratense2023HornbeamCarpinus betulus2023HornbeamCarpinus betulus2023Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2023Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2023Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum2023Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum2023TormentilPotentilla erecta2023TormentilPotentilla erecta2023Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2023Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2023Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2023Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2023Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2023Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2023Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2023Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2023False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae2023False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae2023NipplewortLapsana communis2023NipplewortLapsana communis2023GooseberryRibes uva-crispa2023GooseberryRibes uva-crispa2023Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2023Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2023Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2023Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2023Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2023Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2023Soft-rushJuncus effusus2023Soft-rushJuncus effusus2023Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum2023Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum2023MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2023MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2023Common Yellow-sedgeCarex demissa2023Common Yellow-sedgeCarex demissa2023Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2023Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2023Giant FescueSchedonorus giganteus2023Giant FescueSchedonorus giganteus2023RaspberryRubus idaeus2023RaspberryRubus idaeus2023Marsh HorsetailEquisetum palustre2023Marsh HorsetailEquisetum palustre2023Remote SedgeCarex remota2023Remote SedgeCarex remota2023Wavy Meadow-grassPoa flexuosa2023Wavy Meadow-grassPoa flexuosa2023Events & activities nearby
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