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Brockhurst Coppice

✦ Ancient woodland3 ha

WildlifeSeasonalBirds

Free entryDogs welcome3 ha

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52.70770, -2.26124

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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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Sweet Vernal-grass, Yorkshire-fog, Festuca rubra +97 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Sweet Vernal-grass, Yorkshire-fog, Festuca rubra +97 more · last seen 2025

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Wren, Long-tailed Tit, Nuthatch +44 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Wren, Long-tailed Tit, Nuthatch +44 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Dandelion, Common Sorrel, Meadowsweet +5 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Xylota segnis, Stripe-legged Robberfly +3 more · last seen 2025; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Xylota segnis, Stripe-legged Robberfly +3 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Good match

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Monarch's WayWalking route990 km

approximate route of Charles II's escape

Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route

Staffordshire Way (Cannock Chase South)Walking route

Staffordshire Way, part Cannock Chase - south

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Route 81Cycling route

Named routeRef 81National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

3,629 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,629 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds46 species

springwinter

2025

Wren · Long-tailed Tit · Great Tit · Blackbird · Robin +41

WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Great TitParus major
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
DunnockPrunella modularis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
GadwallMareca strepera
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
CootFulica atra
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
NuthatchSitta europaea
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
JackdawColoeus monedula
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
House MartinDelichon urbicum
TealAnas crecca2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
MagpiePica pica2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2022
SwiftApus apus2022

🦌

Mammals7 species

summer

2025

Mole · Brown Hare · Rabbit · Polecat · Hedgehog +2

MoleTalpa europaea
Brown HareLepus europaeus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
PolecatMustela putorius2024
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Brown RatRattus norvegicus
BadgerMeles meles

🐝

Insects6 species

springsummer

2025

7-spot Ladybird · Xylota segnis · Stripe-legged Robberfly · Ctenicera pectinicornis · Leucozona lucorum +1

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2024
Stripe-legged RobberflyDioctria baumhaueri2024
Ctenicera pectinicornisCtenicera pectinicornis2024
Leucozona lucorumLeucozona lucorum2024
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2024

🌿

Plants48 species

summer

2025

Festuca rubra · Common Bent · Yorkshire-fog · Selfheal · Sharp-flowered Rush +43

Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2022
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2022
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2022
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2022
Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus2022
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2022
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2022
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2022
Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis
DandelionTaraxacum2022
Carnation SedgeCarex panicea2022
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2022
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2022
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2022
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2022
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2022
Meadow ThistleCirsium dissectum
Meadow FescueSchedonorus pratensis2022
Lesser Pond-sedgeCarex acutiformis2022
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2022
Phleum pratensePhleum pratense2022
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2022
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2022
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2022
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2022
Pale SedgeCarex pallescens2022
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Tufted VetchVicia cracca
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula
Juncus effusus var. subglomeratusJuncus effusus var. subglomeratus2022
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2022
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2022
Oval SedgeCarex leporina2022
Southern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza praetermissa2022
Marsh HorsetailEquisetum palustre2022
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2022
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2022
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2022
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2022
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2022
Smooth BromeBromus racemosus2022
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2022
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2022
Black BentAgrostis gigantea2022
Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2022
Juncus effusus var. effususJuncus effusus var. effusus2022
Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2022
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,629 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds46 species

springwinter

2025

Wren · Long-tailed Tit · Great Tit · Blackbird · Robin +41

WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Great TitParus major
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
DunnockPrunella modularis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
GadwallMareca strepera
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
CootFulica atra
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
NuthatchSitta europaea
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
JackdawColoeus monedula
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
House MartinDelichon urbicum
TealAnas crecca2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
MagpiePica pica2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2022
SwiftApus apus2022

🦌

Mammals7 species

summer

2025

Mole · Brown Hare · Rabbit · Polecat · Hedgehog +2

MoleTalpa europaea
Brown HareLepus europaeus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
PolecatMustela putorius2024
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Brown RatRattus norvegicus
BadgerMeles meles

🐝

Insects6 species

springsummer

2025

7-spot Ladybird · Xylota segnis · Stripe-legged Robberfly · Ctenicera pectinicornis · Leucozona lucorum +1

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2024
Stripe-legged RobberflyDioctria baumhaueri2024
Ctenicera pectinicornisCtenicera pectinicornis2024
Leucozona lucorumLeucozona lucorum2024
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2024

🌿

Plants48 species

summer

2025

Festuca rubra · Common Bent · Yorkshire-fog · Selfheal · Sharp-flowered Rush +43

Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2022
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2022
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2022
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2022
Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus2022
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2022
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2022
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2022
Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis
DandelionTaraxacum2022
Carnation SedgeCarex panicea2022
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2022
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2022
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2022
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2022
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2022
Meadow ThistleCirsium dissectum
Meadow FescueSchedonorus pratensis2022
Lesser Pond-sedgeCarex acutiformis2022
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2022
Phleum pratensePhleum pratense2022
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2022
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2022
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2022
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2022
Pale SedgeCarex pallescens2022
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Tufted VetchVicia cracca
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula
Juncus effusus var. subglomeratusJuncus effusus var. subglomeratus2022
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2022
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2022
Oval SedgeCarex leporina2022
Southern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza praetermissa2022
Marsh HorsetailEquisetum palustre2022
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2022
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2022
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2022
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2022
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2022
Smooth BromeBromus racemosus2022
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2022
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2022
Black BentAgrostis gigantea2022
Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2022
Juncus effusus var. effususJuncus effusus var. effusus2022
Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2022
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 JThomas · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Brockhurst Road beside Brockhurst Coppice

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🌱Weston ParkUrban park2.9 km→🌱Bishops Wood ParkUrban park2.6 km→⛪St Andrew's ChurchReligious grounds2.4 km→✦Weston ParkHistoric site2.9 km→✦White Ladies (St Leonard's) PrioryHistoric site4.6 km→⛪St Mary's ChurchReligious grounds1.6 km→

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