Coppice Wood - Broadleaved woodland
5 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
53.51929, -2.70927
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
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
- £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 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Rainford Linear ParkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
GM Ringway Stage 15Walking route16.2 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 15 - Blackrod to Wigan
Named routeLength 16.2 kmRegional walking route
GM Ringway Stage 16Walking route16.3 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 16 - Wigan to Leigh
Named routeLength 16.3 kmRegional walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pier to Pier cycle routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef 562National Cycle Network
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
Photos
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Wildlife to spot
30,013 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
30,013 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Willow Tit · Woodpigeon · Blackcap · Magpie · Great Crested Grebe +41
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Brown Long-eared Bat · Natterer's Bat
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Marsh Snipefly · Alder Leaf Beetle · Western Honey Bee · Cantharis rufa · Lime Aphid +1
- Marsh SnipeflyRhagio tringarius
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Cantharis rufaCantharis rufa
- Lime AphidEucallipterus tiliae
- Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata
Hawthorn · Broad Bean · Hazel · Red Clover · Wood Anemone +26
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
- Broad BeanVicia faba2025
- HazelCorylus avellana2025
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- ChicoryCichorium intybus2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
30,013 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Willow Tit · Woodpigeon · Blackcap · Magpie · Great Crested Grebe +41
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Brown Long-eared Bat · Natterer's Bat
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Marsh Snipefly · Alder Leaf Beetle · Western Honey Bee · Cantharis rufa · Lime Aphid +1
- Marsh SnipeflyRhagio tringarius
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Cantharis rufaCantharis rufa
- Lime AphidEucallipterus tiliae
- Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata
Hawthorn · Broad Bean · Hazel · Red Clover · Wood Anemone +26
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
- Broad BeanVicia faba2025
- HazelCorylus avellana2025
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- ChicoryCichorium intybus2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas