Long Coppice - Conifer woodland
3 ha
🦅Birds🐶Dogs🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
50.75896, -1.96918
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
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Lowland heathland — Dartford warblers, nightjars and stonechats
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies
Free
Lowland heathland priority habitat
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Longfleet Drive - C5
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ferndown, Stour and Forest TrailWalking route▾
Walk at Eye Bridge and Pamphill, Kingston LacyWalking route5.4 km▾
Grass, undulating and rough in parts, gravel tracks, easy ascents and descents.
Named routeLength 5.4 kmDuration 02:00Round tripLocal walking route
Walk at Pamphill Green and Moor, Kingston LacyWalking route2.8 km▾
Grass, gravel tracks and a short stretch on a path, undulating and rough in parts, with easy ascents and descents. The walk may be wet in winter.
Named routeLength 2.8 kmDuration 01:00Round tripLocal walking route
Walk at Pamphill and Cowgrove, Kingston LacyWalking route4.5 km▾
Gravel and grass tracks with a short distance on a country lane. Undulating going down into the valley and back. Ground can become very wet in winter.
Named routeLength 4.5 kmDuration 01:30Round tripLocal walking route
Bourne Valley Greenway walkWalking route▾
Named routeRef BVGLocal walking route
199 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 25Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 25National Cycle Network
Poole Harbour Trails - ACycling route▾
Named routeRef pht-aLocal cycle route
Canford Heath Quiet CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
University to AlderneyCycling route▾
Named routeRef C8Local cycle route
Bourne Valley GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Bourne Valley GreenwayLocal cycle route
Francis Avenue to BroadstoneCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
22,968 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
22,968 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds23 species
springautumn
2026▾
Mute Swan · Green Woodpecker · Tufted Duck · Great Crested Grebe · Grey Heron +18
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CootFulica atra
- MagpiePica pica2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Great TitParus major
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
Red Fox · Roe Deer
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🦎Reptiles3 species
springautumn
2026▾
Yellow-bellied Slider · Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Yellow-bellied SliderTrachemys scripta subsp. scripta
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2025
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2025
Eristalis tenax · Helophilus pendulus · Eristalis pertinax · Common Darter · Syrphus +16
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
22,968 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds23 species
springautumn
2026▾
Mute Swan · Green Woodpecker · Tufted Duck · Great Crested Grebe · Grey Heron +18
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CootFulica atra
- MagpiePica pica2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Great TitParus major
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
Red Fox · Roe Deer
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🦎Reptiles3 species
springautumn
2026▾
Yellow-bellied Slider · Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Yellow-bellied SliderTrachemys scripta subsp. scripta
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2025
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2025
Eristalis tenax · Helophilus pendulus · Eristalis pertinax · Common Darter · Syrphus +16
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusEupeodesEupeodesEupeodesEupeodesMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMinotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2025Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2025Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025Cheilosia paganaCheilosia pagana2025Cheilosia paganaCheilosia pagana2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2025Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025