Thorn Coppice - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🐶Dogs🌿Foraging🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.99100, -1.91288
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Named hiking route nearby: Cotswold Way
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Diamond WayWalking route106 km▾
Named routeRef DIALength 106 kmRegional walking route
Donnington WayWalking route100 km▾
Named routeLength 100 kmLocal walking route
Cotswold WayWalking route164 km▾
Named routeRef CWLength 164 kmNational walking route
Wychavon WayWalking route67 km▾
A route from Holt Fleet on the River Severn to Winchcombe in the Cotswolds.
Named routeRef WyWLength 67 kmRegional walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Oxon and Glos)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Cotswold CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef CCRegional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
2,666 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
2,666 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds54 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Jackdaw · Jay · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Blackbird +49
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RavenCorvus corax
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- SwiftApus apus
- MagpiePica pica
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
- DunnockPrunella modularis2021
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2022
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2021
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2021
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2021
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2021
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2021
- Rock DoveColumba livia2021
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2021
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2021
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2021
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2021
🦌Mammals11 species
wintersummer
2024▾
Lesser Horseshoe Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Roe Deer +6
- Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2022
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2022
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2022
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2022
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects11 species
springsummer
2025▾
Blue-tailed Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly · Harlequin Ladybird · Common Blue Damselfly · Apple Fruit Rhynchites +6
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
- Apple Fruit RhynchitesTatianaerhynchites aequatus2023
🌿Plants2 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Rubus ulmifolius · Squinancywort
- Rubus ulmifoliusRubus ulmifolius
- SquinancywortAsperula cynanchica2021
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,666 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds54 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Jackdaw · Jay · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Blackbird +49
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RavenCorvus corax
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- SwiftApus apus
- MagpiePica pica
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
- DunnockPrunella modularis2021
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2022
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2021
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2021
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2021
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2021
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2021
- Rock DoveColumba livia2021
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2021
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2021
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2021
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2021
🦌Mammals11 species
wintersummer
2024▾
Lesser Horseshoe Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Roe Deer +6
- Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2022
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2022
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2022
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2022
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects11 species
springsummer
2025▾
Blue-tailed Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly · Harlequin Ladybird · Common Blue Damselfly · Apple Fruit Rhynchites +6
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
- Apple Fruit RhynchitesTatianaerhynchites aequatus2023
🌿Plants2 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Rubus ulmifolius · Squinancywort
- Rubus ulmifoliusRubus ulmifolius
- SquinancywortAsperula cynanchica2021
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Mole
Mole
Talpa europaea2022
Talpa europaea2022
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2022Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2022Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2022Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2022Brandt's BatMyotis brandtii2022Brandt's BatMyotis brandtii2022Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus2022Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus2022Gorse Shieldbug
Gorse Shieldbug
Piezodorus lituratus2023
Piezodorus lituratus2023
Orange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoa2023Orange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoa2023Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2021Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2021Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2021Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2021Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2020Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2020Butterflies & mothsLepidoptera2020Butterflies & mothsLepidoptera2020Events & activities nearby
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