Island Coppice - Conifer woodland
✦ Ancient woodland8 ha
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🌿Foraging
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
52.27780, -2.53064
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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
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 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Herefordshire TrailWalking route246.5 km▾
Named routeLength 246.5 kmRegional walking route
16 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
2,819 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,819 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds27 species
springsummer
2024▾
Mute Swan · Raven · Blackbird · House Sparrow · Moorhen +22
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
- CootFulica atra2022
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2022
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- SwiftApus apus2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2022
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
Brown Hare · Rabbit
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2022
Brown Hawker · Small Red-eyed Damselfly · Migrant Hawker · Ruddy Darter · Common Darter +16
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Common Blue Damselfly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,819 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds27 species
springsummer
2024▾
Mute Swan · Raven · Blackbird · House Sparrow · Moorhen +22
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
- CootFulica atra2022
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2022
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- SwiftApus apus2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2022
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
Brown Hare · Rabbit
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2022
Brown Hawker · Small Red-eyed Damselfly · Migrant Hawker · Ruddy Darter · Common Darter +16
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Common Blue Damselfly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Enallagma cyathigerum
Enallagma cyathigerum
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperatorEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaWhite-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipesWhite-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipesRed-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2023Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2023Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataFour-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaPine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2024Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2024Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2024Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2024Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2023Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2023Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2023Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2023Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2022Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2022Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2022Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2022