Birches Copse - Broadleaved woodland
27 ha
Plan your visit
🌿Foraging🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome27 ha
Getting here
50.80213, -4.13275
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 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Tarka TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef TTRegional walking route
Hatherleigh Community TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef HTCLocal walking route
Hatherleigh CircularWalking route▾
Named routeRef HC
23 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 3 Link RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Route 3Cycling route527.7 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 527.7 kmNational Cycle Network
Route 27Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 27National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route552 m▾
Named routeRef 27Length 552 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route513 m▾
Named routeRef 27Length 513 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Field boundary near Birchen
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Wildlife to spot
4,217 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,217 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds6 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Swallow · Starling · Chaffinch · Barn Owl · Fieldfare +1
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2021
Otter
Eristalis tenax · Helophilus pendulus · Common Carder Bee · Common Marbled Carpet · Dusky Thorn +40
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata2019
- Dusky ThornEnnomos fuscantaria2019
- Canary-shouldered ThornEnnomos alniaria2019
Cow Parsley · Glaucous Sedge · Marsh Thistle · Crested Dog's-tail · Greater Plantain +125
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
- Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
- Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
- Sherard's Downy-roseRosa sherardii
- Field-roseRosa arvensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,217 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds6 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Swallow · Starling · Chaffinch · Barn Owl · Fieldfare +1
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2021
Otter
Eristalis tenax · Helophilus pendulus · Common Carder Bee · Common Marbled Carpet · Dusky Thorn +40
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata2019
- Dusky ThornEnnomos fuscantaria2019
- Canary-shouldered ThornEnnomos alniaria2019
Cow Parsley · Glaucous Sedge · Marsh Thistle · Crested Dog's-tail · Greater Plantain +125
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
- Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
- Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
- Sherard's Downy-roseRosa sherardii
- Field-roseRosa arvensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas