Marlborough Coppice - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.15428, -1.45866
Open directionsv
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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Centenary WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef CWListed length 100 miRegional walking route
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
D'Arcy Dalton WayWalking route107 km▾
Follows roughly the western boundary of Oxfordshire in unspoilt countryside.
Named routeLength 107 kmRegional walking route
Battlefields TrailWalking route32 km▾
Named routeLength 32 kmLocal walking route
Centenary Way - Alternative routesWalking route▾
Named routeRef CW-A
9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Fosse2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 48National Cycle Network
Warwick-Leamington-WellesbourneCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route2.3 km▾
Named routeRef 48Length 2.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route714 m▾
Named routeRef 48Length 714 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route9.4 km▾
Named routeRef 48Length 9.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route4.6 km▾
Named routeLength 4.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Compton Verney mountain bike routeMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound trip
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Wildlife to spot
3,586 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,586 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
springautumn
2025▾
Skylark · Robin · Pied Wagtail · Grey Heron · Meadow Pipit +47
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Common GullLarus canus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Great TitParus major
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Grass Vetchling · Yellow-rattle · Crested Dog's-tail · Common Vetch · Smooth Hawk's-beard +5
- Grass VetchlingLathyrus nissolia
- Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
- Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
- Common VetchVicia sativa
- Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- Field Bindweed
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,586 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
springautumn
2025▾
Skylark · Robin · Pied Wagtail · Grey Heron · Meadow Pipit +47
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Common GullLarus canus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Great TitParus major
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Grass Vetchling · Yellow-rattle · Crested Dog's-tail · Common Vetch · Smooth Hawk's-beard +5
- Grass VetchlingLathyrus nissolia
- Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
- Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
- Common VetchVicia sativa
- Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- Field Bindweed
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Convolvulus arvensis
Convolvulus arvensis
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgareOxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgareCommon Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsiiCommon Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsiiSpiked SedgeCarex spicataSpiked SedgeCarex spicataEvents & activities nearby
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