Holtsbank Coppice - Broadleaved woodland
5 ha
🐶Dogs🌿Foraging🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
52.31307, -2.49138
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
- 🐕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
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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 public paths nearby
Public paths
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2 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
5,326 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,326 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
winterspringsummer
2024▾
Carrion Crow · Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Wren · Blackbird +39
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- MagpiePica pica
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- DipperCinclus cinclus2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- SwiftApus apus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- RavenCorvus corax
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2022
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2020
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2020
🦌Mammals5 species
wintersummer
2024▾
Lesser Horseshoe Bat · Mole · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Badger
- Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
- BadgerMeles meles2020
Brown Hawker · Banded Demoiselle · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly · White-legged Damselfly +11
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2023
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2020
Turkeytail
- TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
Himalayan Balsam · Japanese Knotweed · Montbretia · American Skunk-cabbage
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2023
- MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora2023
- American Skunk-cabbageLysichiton americanus2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,326 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
winterspringsummer
2024▾
Carrion Crow · Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Wren · Blackbird +39
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- MagpiePica pica
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- DipperCinclus cinclus2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- SwiftApus apus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- RavenCorvus corax
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2022
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2020
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2020
🦌Mammals5 species
wintersummer
2024▾
Lesser Horseshoe Bat · Mole · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Badger
- Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
- BadgerMeles meles2020
Brown Hawker · Banded Demoiselle · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly · White-legged Damselfly +11
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2023
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2020
Turkeytail
- TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
Himalayan Balsam · Japanese Knotweed · Montbretia · American Skunk-cabbage
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2023
- MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora2023
- American Skunk-cabbageLysichiton americanus2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Azure Damselfly
Azure Damselfly
Coenagrion puella
Coenagrion puella
Rhamphus oxyacanthaeRhamphus oxyacanthae2023Rhamphus oxyacanthaeRhamphus oxyacanthae2023Yellow-legged Water-snipeflyAtherix ibis2023Yellow-legged Water-snipeflyAtherix ibis2023Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2023Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2023Green DrakeEphemera danica2023Green DrakeEphemera danica2023Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2022Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2022Dock BugCoreus marginatus2022Dock BugCoreus marginatus2022Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2020Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2020Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum2020Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum2020Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2020Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2020