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Brick-kiln Coppice

✦ Ancient woodland60 ha

📷 Fabian Musto · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome60 ha

Getting here

52.31704, -2.89345

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Chaffinch, Blackbird, Robin +72 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Chaffinch, Blackbird, Robin +72 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Bee Orchid, Common Spotted-orchid, Black Bryony +9 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Rhyzobius litura, Volucella inanis +10 more · last seen 2025; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Rhyzobius litura, Volucella inanis +10 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Heritage

Good match

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Mortimer TrailWalking route48 km

Named routeLength 48 kmRegional walking route

Herefordshire TrailWalking route246.5 km

Named routeLength 246.5 kmRegional walking route

Wigmore LoopWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Heart of Wales Line TrailWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Pokehouse wood walkWalking route8.8 km

Named routeLength 8.8 kmRound trip

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

National Byway (Wales & border)Cycling route

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

9,791 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

9,791 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

spring

2025

Chiffchaff · Woodpigeon · Chaffinch · Merlin · Blackbird +45

ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
MerlinFalco columbarius
BlackbirdTurdus merula
JackdawColoeus monedula
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Great TitParus major
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RobinErithacus rubecula
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
SwallowHirundo rustica
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
DunnockPrunella modularis
NuthatchSitta europaea
SwiftApus apus
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
SiskinSpinus spinus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
LinnetLinaria cannabina
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
House MartinDelichon urbicum
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
RavenCorvus corax
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
JayGarrulus glandarius
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos

🦌

Mammals5 species

summerautumn

2025

Roe Deer · Hazel Dormouse · Muntjac · Water Shrew · Fallow Deer

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Water ShrewNeomys fodiens
Fallow DeerDama dama

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Palmate Newt

Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus

🐝

Insects9 species

autumn

2025

7-spot Ladybird · Rhyzobius litura · Volucella inanis · Conomelus anceps · 16-spot Ladybird +4

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis
Conomelus ancepsConomelus anceps
16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Gorse Shieldbug

🌿

Plants2 species

summer

2025

Black Bryony · Bee Orchid

Black BryonyTamus communis
Bee OrchidOphrys apifera

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

9,791 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

spring

2025

Chiffchaff · Woodpigeon · Chaffinch · Merlin · Blackbird +45

ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
MerlinFalco columbarius
BlackbirdTurdus merula
JackdawColoeus monedula
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Great TitParus major
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RobinErithacus rubecula
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
SwallowHirundo rustica
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
DunnockPrunella modularis
NuthatchSitta europaea
SwiftApus apus
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
SiskinSpinus spinus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
LinnetLinaria cannabina
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
House MartinDelichon urbicum
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
RavenCorvus corax
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
JayGarrulus glandarius
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos

🦌

Mammals5 species

summerautumn

2025

Roe Deer · Hazel Dormouse · Muntjac · Water Shrew · Fallow Deer

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Water ShrewNeomys fodiens
Fallow DeerDama dama

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Palmate Newt

Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus

🐝

Insects9 species

autumn

2025

7-spot Ladybird · Rhyzobius litura · Volucella inanis · Conomelus anceps · 16-spot Ladybird +4

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis
Conomelus ancepsConomelus anceps
16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Gorse Shieldbug

🌿

Plants2 species

summer

2025

Black Bryony · Bee Orchid

Black BryonyTamus communis
Bee OrchidOphrys apifera

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Fabian Musto · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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