Marlpits Coppice - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
🌿Foraging🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
52.23945, -2.40182
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
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
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Martley Circular WalkWalking route6.3 km▾
Named routeLength 6.3 kmLocal walking route
Parkland WalkWalking route2 km▾
Named routeLength 2 km
Three Choirs Way (Hereford to Worcester)Walking route▾
A route between Gloucester, Hereford and Worcester with a theme linked to the music festival celebrated annually in the three Cathedrals.
Named routeRegional walking route
Three Choirs Way (Stanford Bishop to Worcester)Walking route▾
A route between Gloucester, Hereford and Worcester with a theme linked to the music festival celebrated annually in the three Cathedrals.
Named routeRegional walking route
Worcestershire WayWalking route50 km▾
Walking route from Bewdley to Great Malvern
Named routeLength 50 kmRegional walking route
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Wildlife to spot
1,092 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,092 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwift · Kingfisher · Tufted Duck · Robin · Long-tailed Tit +22
- SwiftApus apus2023
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- JayGarrulus glandarius2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
- SiskinSpinus spinus2022
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
- Great TitParus major2022
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
- NuthatchSitta europaea2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
Hedgehog · Barbastelle · Rabbit · Mole · Grey Squirrel
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- BarbastelleBarbastella barbastellus2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2022
- MoleTalpa europaea2022
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2022
🐝Insects30 species
springsummer
2026▾
White-legged Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Banded Demoiselle · Common Blue Damselfly +25
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2025
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024
Himalayan Balsam · Greater Stitchwort · Ficaria verna subsp. verna · Garlic Mustard · Southern Wood-rush +64
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
- Ficaria verna subsp. vernaFicaria verna subsp. verna
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- Southern Wood-rushLuzula forsteri
- Three-nerved SandwortMoehringia trinervia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,092 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwift · Kingfisher · Tufted Duck · Robin · Long-tailed Tit +22
- SwiftApus apus2023
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- JayGarrulus glandarius2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
- SiskinSpinus spinus2022
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
- Great TitParus major2022
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
- NuthatchSitta europaea2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
Hedgehog · Barbastelle · Rabbit · Mole · Grey Squirrel
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- BarbastelleBarbastella barbastellus2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2022
- MoleTalpa europaea2022
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2022
🐝Insects30 species
springsummer
2026▾
White-legged Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Banded Demoiselle · Common Blue Damselfly +25
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2025
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024
Himalayan Balsam · Greater Stitchwort · Ficaria verna subsp. verna · Garlic Mustard · Southern Wood-rush +64
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
- Ficaria verna subsp. vernaFicaria verna subsp. verna
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- Southern Wood-rushLuzula forsteri
- Three-nerved SandwortMoehringia trinervia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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Euphorbia amygdaloides subsp. robbiae
Euphorbia amygdaloides subsp. robbiae
Euphorbia amygdaloides subsp. robbiae
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