Birch Coppice - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
52.60126, -1.59998
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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
- 🐕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
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
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Semi-improved grassland — butterflies and wildflowers
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Heart of England WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 161kmRegional walking route
E2 hiking trail BirminghamWalking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Northern Warwickshire CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Northern Warwickshire CyclewayRound tripRegional cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Pooley Country Park mountain bike routeMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound trip
Photos
Footpath in field near Dordon
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Wildlife to spot
10,233 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,233 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds19 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Shoveler · Wigeon · Garganey · Pochard · Ruff +14
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- GarganeySpatula querquedula2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- RuffCalidris pugnax2025
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
- PintailAnas acuta2025
- BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MerlinFalco columbarius2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus2024
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
Bat
Banded Demoiselle · Large Red Damselfly · Brown Hawker · Broad-bodied Chaser · Migrant Hawker +5
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Common Blue Damselfly
Blinks · Selfheal · Crested Dog's-tail · White Clover · Common Club-rush +30
- BlinksMontia fontana
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024
- Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2024
- White CloverTrifolium repens2024
- Common Club-rushSchoenoplectus lacustris2024
- Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,233 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds19 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Shoveler · Wigeon · Garganey · Pochard · Ruff +14
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- GarganeySpatula querquedula2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- RuffCalidris pugnax2025
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
- PintailAnas acuta2025
- BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MerlinFalco columbarius2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus2024
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
Bat
Banded Demoiselle · Large Red Damselfly · Brown Hawker · Broad-bodied Chaser · Migrant Hawker +5
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Common Blue Damselfly
Blinks · Selfheal · Crested Dog's-tail · White Clover · Common Club-rush +30
- BlinksMontia fontana
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024
- Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2024
- White CloverTrifolium repens2024
- Common Club-rushSchoenoplectus lacustris2024
- Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Enallagma cyathigerum
Enallagma cyathigerum
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alniAlder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alniSympetrum depressiusculumSympetrum depressiusculumSympetrum depressiusculumSympetrum depressiusculumFour-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataFour-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2024
2024
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2024Tufted VetchVicia cracca2024Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024BulrushTypha latifolia2024BulrushTypha latifolia2024Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2024Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2024Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2024Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2024Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2024Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2024Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2024Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2024Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2024Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2024False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2024False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2024GypsywortLycopus europaeus2024GypsywortLycopus europaeus2024Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2024Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2024HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024Water-plantainAlisma plantago-aquatica2024Water-plantainAlisma plantago-aquatica2024TimothyPhleum pratense2024TimothyPhleum pratense2024Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea2024Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea2024Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2024Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2024Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2024Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2024Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2024Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2024GalingaleCyperus longus2024GalingaleCyperus longus2024Broad-leaved PondweedPotamogeton natans2024Broad-leaved PondweedPotamogeton natans2024Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2024Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2024Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa2024Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa2024Yellow Water-lilyNuphar lutea2024Yellow Water-lilyNuphar lutea2024Common SallowSalix cinerea2024Common SallowSalix cinerea2024Common BentAgrostis capillaris2024Common BentAgrostis capillaris2024FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024Soft-rushJuncus effusus2024Soft-rushJuncus effusus2024Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024