Butcher's Coppice - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🦋Insects🦅Birds🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
50.74912, -1.92931
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
- 🅿️Parking 216m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Parking 216m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Lowland heathland — Dartford warblers, nightjars and stonechats
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Lowland heathland priority habitat
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ferndown, Stour and Forest TrailWalking route▾
Castleman TrailwayWalking route26.5 km▾
Named routeRef CTLength 26.5 kmLocal walking route
Stour Valley WayWalking route100 km▾
Named routeRef SVWLength 100 kmRegional walking route
Poole Coast PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Bourne Valley Greenway walkWalking route▾
Named routeRef BVGLocal walking route
178 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycleway Poole to WarehamCycling route▾
Named routeRef C3Local cycle route
Stour Valley CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 2Cycling route▾
National Cycle Route 2 Christchurch to Axminster
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Poole Harbour Trails - CCycling route▾
Named routeRef pht-cLocal cycle route
Poole to FerndownCycling route▾
Named routeRef S5Local cycle route
C7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C7Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
24,210 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
24,210 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSpecies observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
24,210 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSpecies observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2025Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola2025Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola2025Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025Gymnosoma rotundatumGymnosoma rotundatum2025Gymnosoma rotundatumGymnosoma rotundatum2025Microlophium carnosumMicrolophium carnosum2025Microlophium carnosumMicrolophium carnosum2025Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus2025Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus2025Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025Harpocera thoracicaHarpocera thoracica2025Harpocera thoracicaHarpocera thoracica2025HoverflySyrphidae2025HoverflySyrphidae2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2025Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2025Nimbus contaminatusNimbus contaminatus2024Nimbus contaminatusNimbus contaminatus202424-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata202424-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2024Leopoldius signatusLeopoldius signatus2024Leopoldius signatusLeopoldius signatus2024Xylota segnisXylota segnis2024Xylota segnisXylota segnis2024Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2024Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2024Small WhitePieris rapae2024Small WhitePieris rapae2024GraylingHipparchia semele2024GraylingHipparchia semele2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024ElderSambucus nigra2024ElderSambucus nigra2024Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2024Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2024Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2024Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2024DandelionTaraxacum2024DandelionTaraxacum2024Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare2024Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare2024Himalayan CotoneasterCotoneaster simonsii2024Himalayan CotoneasterCotoneaster simonsii2024Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2024Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2024Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium2024Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium2024American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2024American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2024Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2024Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2024Common NettleUrtica dioica2024Common NettleUrtica dioica2024Curled DockRumex crispus2024Curled DockRumex 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repens2024White CloverTrifolium repens2024RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2024RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2024Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2024Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2024HazelCorylus avellana2024HazelCorylus avellana2024Virginia-creeperParthenocissus quinquefolia2024Virginia-creeperParthenocissus quinquefolia2024BrackenPteridium aquilinum2024BrackenPteridium aquilinum2024Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2024Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2024False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2024False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2024Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2024Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2024Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024TutsanHypericum androsaemum2024TutsanHypericum androsaemum2024Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2024Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2024Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024Hedera helixHedera helix2024Hedera helixHedera helix2024Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2024Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2024RowanSorbus aucuparia2024RowanSorbus aucuparia2024Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae2024False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae2024Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2024Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2024CleaversGalium aparine2024CleaversGalium aparine2024Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2024Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2024Wall BarleyHordeum murinum2024Wall BarleyHordeum murinum2024Greater PlantainPlantago major2024Greater PlantainPlantago major2024Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2024Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2024False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2024False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2024SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024HollyIlex aquifolium2024HollyIlex aquifolium2024Events & activities nearby
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