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Ferny Piece Copse

9 ha

📷 Martin Bodman · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome9 ha

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50.89826, -3.16388

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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

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Golden Plover, Blackbird, Pied Wagtail +71 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Golden Plover, Blackbird, Pied Wagtail +71 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Hazel, Common Hemp-Nettle agg., Rowan +26 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Marsh Fritillary, Black Snipefly, Peacock +219 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Marsh Fritillary, Black Snipefly, Peacock +219 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Smooth-stalked Sedge, Marsh Violet +238 more · last seen 2018; Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Smooth-stalked Sedge, Marsh Violet +238 more · last seen 2018

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Channel to ChannelWalking route

Named routeRef CCRegional walking route

Herepath Trail - Blagdon HillWalking route

Named routeRef HTbLocal walking route

Herepath Trail - OtterfordWalking route

Named routeRef HToLocal walking route

Herepath Trail - ChurchstantonWalking route

Named routeRef HTcLocal walking route

🐴

Horse riding

4 public paths nearby

Public paths

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

Wildlife to spot

4,443 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,443 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds19 species

spring

2025

Stonechat · Linnet · Blackbird · Robin · Dunnock +14

StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
DunnockPrunella modularis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
BuzzardButeo buteo
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Great TitParus major
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2022
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2022

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2025

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐝

Insects46 species

summer

2025

Black Snipefly · Phylidorea ferruginea · Erioptera fusculenta · Phylidorea fulvonervosa · Empis bicuspidata +41

Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus
Phylidorea ferrugineaPhylidorea ferruginea
Erioptera fusculentaErioptera fusculenta
Phylidorea fulvonervosaPhylidorea fulvonervosa
Empis bicuspidataEmpis bicuspidata
Hybos femoratusHybos femoratus
Lasiomma picipesLasiomma picipes
Ragas unicaRagas unica
Tipula fulvipennisTipula fulvipennis
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Parydra coarctataParydra coarctata
Schoenomyza litorellaSchoenomyza litorella
Rivellia syngenesiaeRivellia syngenesiae
Pilaria discicollisPilaria discicollis
Polietes domitorPolietes domitor
Spanochaeta dorsalisSpanochaeta dorsalis
Empis pennipesEmpis pennipes
Phylidorea squalensPhylidorea squalens
Empis nigripesEmpis nigripes
Pseudolyciella pallidiventrisPseudolyciella pallidiventris
Pegoplata infirmaPegoplata infirma
Scathophaga suillaScathophaga suilla
Hydrellia griseolaHydrellia griseola
Gonomyia absconditaGonomyia abscondita
Helina impunctaHelina impuncta
Pseudolimnophila lucorumPseudolimnophila lucorum
Tipula pruinosaTipula pruinosa
Face FlyMusca autumnalis
Short-horned Black LegionnaireBeris fuscipes
Delia platuraDelia platura
Erioptera flavataErioptera flavata
Notiphila nigricornisNotiphila nigricornis
Tipula marginellaTipula marginella
Platypalpus notatusPlatypalpus notatus
Hydrellia subalbicepsHydrellia subalbiceps
Notch-horned ClegHaematopota pluvialis
Coenosia molliculaCoenosia mollicula
Pegoplata aestivaPegoplata aestiva
Mantis FlyOchthera mantis
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
White-tailed BumblebeeBombus lucorum2022

🌿

Plants81 species

autumn

2020

Alder · Common Fleabane · Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil · Bracken · Bramble +76

AlderAlnus glutinosa
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum
White CloverTrifolium repens
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina
HollyIlex aquifolium
Water DockRumex hydrolapathum
Dryopteris affinisDryopteris affinis
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
DandelionTaraxacum
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
IvyHedera helix
Downy BirchBetula pubescens
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Rusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifolia
BogbeanMenyanthes trifoliata
Canadian WaterweedElodea canadensis
Bifid Hemp-nettleGaleopsis bifida
RowanSorbus aucuparia
Green-ribbed SedgeCarex binervis
Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum
TutsanHypericum androsaemum
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis
Common VetchVicia sativa
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Fringed Water-lilyNymphoides peltata
CleaversGalium aparine
Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
Yellow Water-lilyNuphar lutea
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
ElderSambucus nigra
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Common SallowSalix cinerea
Common BentAgrostis capillaris
BulrushTypha latifolia
Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
BeechFagus sylvatica
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Wood Club-rushScirpus sylvaticus
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Remote SedgeCarex remota
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Water MintMentha aquatica
GorseUlex europaeus
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Hairy Wood-rushLuzula pilosa
Alder BuckthornFrangula alnus
AshFraxinus excelsior
Goat WillowSalix caprea
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre
GalingaleCyperus longus
Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,443 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds19 species

spring

2025

Stonechat · Linnet · Blackbird · Robin · Dunnock +14

StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
DunnockPrunella modularis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
BuzzardButeo buteo
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Great TitParus major
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2022
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2022

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2025

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐝

Insects46 species

summer

2025

Black Snipefly · Phylidorea ferruginea · Erioptera fusculenta · Phylidorea fulvonervosa · Empis bicuspidata +41

Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus
Phylidorea ferrugineaPhylidorea ferruginea
Erioptera fusculentaErioptera fusculenta
Phylidorea fulvonervosaPhylidorea fulvonervosa
Empis bicuspidataEmpis bicuspidata
Hybos femoratusHybos femoratus
Lasiomma picipesLasiomma picipes
Ragas unicaRagas unica
Tipula fulvipennisTipula fulvipennis
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Parydra coarctataParydra coarctata
Schoenomyza litorellaSchoenomyza litorella
Rivellia syngenesiaeRivellia syngenesiae
Pilaria discicollisPilaria discicollis
Polietes domitorPolietes domitor
Spanochaeta dorsalisSpanochaeta dorsalis
Empis pennipesEmpis pennipes
Phylidorea squalensPhylidorea squalens
Empis nigripesEmpis nigripes
Pseudolyciella pallidiventrisPseudolyciella pallidiventris
Pegoplata infirmaPegoplata infirma
Scathophaga suillaScathophaga suilla
Hydrellia griseolaHydrellia griseola
Gonomyia absconditaGonomyia abscondita
Helina impunctaHelina impuncta
Pseudolimnophila lucorumPseudolimnophila lucorum
Tipula pruinosaTipula pruinosa
Face FlyMusca autumnalis
Short-horned Black LegionnaireBeris fuscipes
Delia platuraDelia platura
Erioptera flavataErioptera flavata
Notiphila nigricornisNotiphila nigricornis
Tipula marginellaTipula marginella
Platypalpus notatusPlatypalpus notatus
Hydrellia subalbicepsHydrellia subalbiceps
Notch-horned ClegHaematopota pluvialis
Coenosia molliculaCoenosia mollicula
Pegoplata aestivaPegoplata aestiva
Mantis FlyOchthera mantis
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
White-tailed BumblebeeBombus lucorum2022

🌿

Plants81 species

autumn

2020

Alder · Common Fleabane · Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil · Bracken · Bramble +76

AlderAlnus glutinosa
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum
White CloverTrifolium repens
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina
HollyIlex aquifolium
Water DockRumex hydrolapathum
Dryopteris affinisDryopteris affinis
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
DandelionTaraxacum
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
IvyHedera helix
Downy BirchBetula pubescens
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Rusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifolia
BogbeanMenyanthes trifoliata
Canadian WaterweedElodea canadensis
Bifid Hemp-nettleGaleopsis bifida
RowanSorbus aucuparia
Green-ribbed SedgeCarex binervis
Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum
TutsanHypericum androsaemum
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis
Common VetchVicia sativa
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Fringed Water-lilyNymphoides peltata
CleaversGalium aparine
Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
Yellow Water-lilyNuphar lutea
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
ElderSambucus nigra
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Common SallowSalix cinerea
Common BentAgrostis capillaris
BulrushTypha latifolia
Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
BeechFagus sylvatica
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Wood Club-rushScirpus sylvaticus
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Remote SedgeCarex remota
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Water MintMentha aquatica
GorseUlex europaeus
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Hairy Wood-rushLuzula pilosa
Alder BuckthornFrangula alnus
AshFraxinus excelsior
Goat WillowSalix caprea
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre
GalingaleCyperus longus
Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

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Photos

📷 Martin Bodman · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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