Coppice Leys - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
52.60046, -0.59422
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 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Jurassic WayWalking route142 km▾
Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
Rutland RoundWalking route105 km▾
Named routeLength 105 kmRegional walking route
Hereward WayWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Rutland)Cycling route▾
National Byway in Rutland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway (Northamptonshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Rutland Water CircuitCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Wakerly Woods Red RouteMountain bike route▾
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Wildlife to spot
32,529 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
32,529 records · National Biodiversity NetworkYellow-legged Gull · Wigeon · Shoveler · Black-tailed Godwit · Ruff +2
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- PintailAnas acuta
- SwallowHirundo rustica
🦌Mammals1 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Muntjac
Glow-worm · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Green-veined White · Common Blue · Meadow Brown +10
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
Erysiphe viburni · Crown Rust
- Erysiphe viburniErysiphe viburni
- Crown RustPuccinia coronata
Groundsel · Knotgrass · Common Orache · Fat-hen · Nipplewort +25
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare
- Common OracheAtriplex patula
- Fat-henChenopodium album
- NipplewortLapsana communis
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
32,529 records · National Biodiversity NetworkYellow-legged Gull · Wigeon · Shoveler · Black-tailed Godwit · Ruff +2
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- PintailAnas acuta
- SwallowHirundo rustica
🦌Mammals1 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Muntjac
Glow-worm · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Green-veined White · Common Blue · Meadow Brown +10
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
Erysiphe viburni · Crown Rust
- Erysiphe viburniErysiphe viburni
- Crown RustPuccinia coronata
Groundsel · Knotgrass · Common Orache · Fat-hen · Nipplewort +25
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare
- Common OracheAtriplex patula
- Fat-henChenopodium album
- NipplewortLapsana communis
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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