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Burn Coppice

✦ Ancient woodland22 ha

📷 Jonathan Thacker · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome22 ha

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Chaffinch
🐕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

🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Chaffinch
🐕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

Good to know

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

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Chaffinch, Skylark +77 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Chaffinch, Skylark +77 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Good match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby · 6 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Jurassic WayWalking route142 km

Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

National Byway (Northamptonshire)Cycling route

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

🐴

Horse riding

2 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

3,599 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,599 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants148 species

autumn

2025

Scented Mayweed · Creeping Thistle · Dandelion · Blackthorn · White Dead-nettle +143

Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
DandelionTaraxacum
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
ElderSambucus nigra
AshFraxinus excelsior
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
BrambleRubus fruticosus
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
NipplewortLapsana communis
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Goat WillowSalix caprea
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
HemlockConium maculatum
DaisyBellis perennis
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
White CloverTrifolium repens
Field MapleAcer campestre
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Dwarf MallowMalva neglecta
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
Greater PlantainPlantago major
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
BindweedCalystegia
Hedge BedstrawGalium album
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Wood Small-reedCalamagrostis epigejos
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia
Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Black BryonyTamus communis
Wall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis
Stone ParsleySison amomum
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Cornus sanguinea subsp. sanguineaCornus sanguinea subsp. sanguinea
SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris
WalnutJuglans regia
YewTaxus baccata
Lamb's-earStachys byzantina
Greater BurdockArctium lappa
White StonecropSedum album
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
TutsanHypericum androsaemum
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Spear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrata
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
Wild PlumPrunus domestica
Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum
CowslipPrimula veris
Wild BasilClinopodium vulgare
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
Field-roseRosa arvensis
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum
Sweet VioletViola odorata
Indet. ComfreySymphytum
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense
IvyHedera helix
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
Creeping ComfreySymphytum grandiflorum
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
CleaversGalium aparine
Fat-henChenopodium album
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Black HorehoundBallota nigra
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Wood SpurgeEuphorbia amygdaloides
Rosa caninaRosa canina
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
ElmUlmus
Greater PeriwinkleVinca major
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
OsierSalix viminalis
Swine-cressLepidium coronopus
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
ChicoryCichorium intybus
Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus
CharlockSinapis arvensis
OatAvena sativa
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
Broad BeanVicia faba
Curled DockRumex crispus
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
LucerneMedicago sativa subsp. sativa
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
White CampionSilene latifolia
Red CampionSilene dioica
TimothyPhleum pratense
WeldReseda luteola
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Oil-seed RapeBrassica napus subsp. oleifera
BulrushTypha latifolia
Wall BarleyHordeum murinum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,599 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants148 species

autumn

2025

Scented Mayweed · Creeping Thistle · Dandelion · Blackthorn · White Dead-nettle +143

Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
DandelionTaraxacum
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
ElderSambucus nigra
AshFraxinus excelsior
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
BrambleRubus fruticosus
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
NipplewortLapsana communis
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Goat WillowSalix caprea
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
HemlockConium maculatum
DaisyBellis perennis
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
White CloverTrifolium repens
Field MapleAcer campestre
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Dwarf MallowMalva neglecta
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
Greater PlantainPlantago major
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
BindweedCalystegia
Hedge BedstrawGalium album
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Wood Small-reedCalamagrostis epigejos
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia
Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Black BryonyTamus communis
Wall CotoneasterCotoneaster horizontalis
Stone ParsleySison amomum
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Cornus sanguinea subsp. sanguineaCornus sanguinea subsp. sanguinea
SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris
WalnutJuglans regia
YewTaxus baccata
Lamb's-earStachys byzantina
Greater BurdockArctium lappa
White StonecropSedum album
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
TutsanHypericum androsaemum
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Spear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrata
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
Wild PlumPrunus domestica
Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum
CowslipPrimula veris
Wild BasilClinopodium vulgare
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
Field-roseRosa arvensis
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum
Sweet VioletViola odorata
Indet. ComfreySymphytum
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense
IvyHedera helix
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
Creeping ComfreySymphytum grandiflorum
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
CleaversGalium aparine
Fat-henChenopodium album
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Black HorehoundBallota nigra
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Wood SpurgeEuphorbia amygdaloides
Rosa caninaRosa canina
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
ElmUlmus
Greater PeriwinkleVinca major
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
OsierSalix viminalis
Swine-cressLepidium coronopus
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
ChicoryCichorium intybus
Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus
CharlockSinapis arvensis
OatAvena sativa
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
Broad BeanVicia faba
Curled DockRumex crispus
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
LucerneMedicago sativa subsp. sativa
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
White CampionSilene latifolia
Red CampionSilene dioica
TimothyPhleum pratense
WeldReseda luteola
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Oil-seed RapeBrassica napus subsp. oleifera
BulrushTypha latifolia
Wall BarleyHordeum murinum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Jonathan Thacker · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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