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Longcroft Coppice

20 ha

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome20 ha

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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
🐕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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Linnet, Tree Pipit +55 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Linnet, Tree Pipit +55 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies; Insects — Silver-studded Blue, Small Heath, Meadow Brown +185 more · last seen 2024

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Bluebell, Bristly Haircap, Water-pepper +17 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Bluebell, Bristly Haircap, Water-pepper +17 more · last seen 2024

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Jubilee Trail (Dorset)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

The Hardy WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Frome Valley WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

7 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 2Cycling route

National Cycle Route 2 Christchurch to Axminster

Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network

Lawrence RideCycling route

Named routeRef 4Local cycle route

Purbeck RideCycling route

Named routeRef 6Regional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route372 m

Named routeRef 2Length 372 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.8 km

Named routeRef 2Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.4 km

Named routeRef 2Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

🐴

Horse riding

8 public paths nearby

Public paths

Warren Roadbridleway · 1.3 km

Public pathbridlewayLength 1.3 kmPath type: unclassified

Wildlife to spot

5,539 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,539 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds9 species

spring

2025

Tree Pipit · Firecrest · Cuckoo · Kestrel · Wryneck +4

Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
CuckooCuculus canorus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
WryneckJynx torquilla2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2025

Polecat

PolecatMustela putorius

🦎

Reptiles1 species

autumn

2024

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐝

Insects3 species

summerautumn

2024

Violet Ground Beetle · Azure Damselfly · Green Tiger Beetle

Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2023
Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris2023

🌿

Plants140 species

summer

2025

Marsh Clubmoss · Coral-necklace · Snowdrop · Buck's-horn Plantain · Creeping Thistle +135

Marsh ClubmossLycopodiella inundata
Coral-necklaceIllecebrum verticillatum2023
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus2023
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2023
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2023
GorseUlex europaeus2023
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2023
Bog-myrtleMyrica gale2023
SilverweedPotentilla anserina2023
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2023
Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum2023
Knotted PearlwortSagina nodosa2023
LousewortPedicularis sylvatica2023
Common Yellow-sedgeCarex demissa2023
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2023
Wild CarrotDaucus carota2023
BrambleRubus fruticosus2023
Viper's-buglossEchium vulgare2023
TormentilPotentilla erecta2023
Scots PinePinus sylvestris2023
YarrowAchillea millefolium2023
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2023
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2023
HeatherCalluna vulgaris2023
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2023
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2023
Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea2023
Greater PlantainPlantago major2023
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2023
Blue FleabaneErigeron acris2023
Slender RushJuncus tenuis2023
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2023
Common RestharrowOnonis repens2023
Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis2023
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2023
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2023
Round-leaved SundewDrosera rotundifolia2023
Bristle BentAgrostis curtisii2023
Bristly HaircapPolytrichum piliferum2024
Wall BedstrawGalium parisiense2023
Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum2023
Oblong-leaved SundewDrosera intermedia2023
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2023
Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus2023
Heath MilkwortPolygala serpyllifolia2023
Dwarf GorseUlex minor2023
Pale ButterwortPinguicula lusitanica2023
ColtsfootTussilago farfara2023
Yellow LoosestrifeLysimachia vulgaris2023
EyebrightEuphrasia2023
Marsh HorsetailEquisetum palustre2023
White CloverTrifolium repens2023
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2023
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2023
Creeping WillowSalix repens2023
Fern-grassCatapodium rigidum2023
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2023
AshFraxinus excelsior2023
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2023
Water HorsetailEquisetum fluviatile2023
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2023
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2023
BroomCytisus scoparius2023
Common SallowSalix cinerea2023
Red FescueFestuca rubra2023
Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia2023
Broad-leaved PondweedPotamogeton natans2023
MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora2023
Hare's-foot CloverTrifolium arvense2023
BogbeanMenyanthes trifoliata2023
Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella2023
Carline ThistleCarlina vulgaris2023
Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2023
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2023
Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum2023
AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2023
Green-ribbed SedgeCarex binervis2023
Wild ParsnipPastinaca sativa2023
Hesgen LwydCarex divulsa2023
Water MintMentha aquatica2023
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2023
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2023
Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix2023
Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus2023
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2023
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2023
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2023
Downy BirchBetula pubescens2023
Bulbous RushJuncus bulbosus2023
Heath RushJuncus squarrosus2023
Field MadderSherardia arvensis2023
Trailing St John's-wortHypericum humifusum2023
Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2023
Common ReedPhragmites australis2023
Bog PondweedPotamogeton polygonifolius2023
VervainVerbena officinalis2023
Silver BirchBetula pendula2023
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2023
Hybrid Black-poplarPopulus deltoides x nigra = P. x canadensis2023
Hard RushJuncus inflexus2023
Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2023
Wood Small-reedCalamagrostis epigejos2023
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2023
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula2023
Common NettleUrtica dioica2023
Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens2023
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2023
Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium2023
Water-purslaneLythrum portula2023
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2023
RowanSorbus aucuparia2023
Hop TrefoilTrifolium campestre2023
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2023
Sand SpurreySpergularia rubra2023
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2023
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2023
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2023
Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2023
Wild MignonetteReseda lutea2023
HawkweedHieracium2023
Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea2023
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2023
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023
Bell HeatherErica cinerea2023
Common CudweedFilago germanica2023
Yellow-wortBlackstonia perfoliata2023
RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2023
Black MedickMedicago lupulina2023
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2023
Common MilkwortPolygala vulgaris2023
Common CottongrassEriophorum angustifolium2023
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2023
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus2023
Small CudweedLogfia minima2023
Hairy SedgeCarex hirta2023
White Beak-sedgeRhynchospora alba2023
Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2023
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,539 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds9 species

spring

2025

Tree Pipit · Firecrest · Cuckoo · Kestrel · Wryneck +4

Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
CuckooCuculus canorus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
WryneckJynx torquilla2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2025

Polecat

PolecatMustela putorius

🦎

Reptiles1 species

autumn

2024

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐝

Insects3 species

summerautumn

2024

Violet Ground Beetle · Azure Damselfly · Green Tiger Beetle

Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2023
Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris2023

🌿

Plants140 species

summer

2025

Marsh Clubmoss · Coral-necklace · Snowdrop · Buck's-horn Plantain · Creeping Thistle +135

Marsh ClubmossLycopodiella inundata
Coral-necklaceIllecebrum verticillatum2023
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus2023
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2023
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2023
GorseUlex europaeus2023
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2023
Bog-myrtleMyrica gale2023
SilverweedPotentilla anserina2023
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2023
Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum2023
Knotted PearlwortSagina nodosa2023
LousewortPedicularis sylvatica2023
Common Yellow-sedgeCarex demissa2023
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2023
Wild CarrotDaucus carota2023
BrambleRubus fruticosus2023
Viper's-buglossEchium vulgare2023
TormentilPotentilla erecta2023
Scots PinePinus sylvestris2023
YarrowAchillea millefolium2023
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2023
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2023
HeatherCalluna vulgaris2023
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2023
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2023
Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea2023
Greater PlantainPlantago major2023
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2023
Blue FleabaneErigeron acris2023
Slender RushJuncus tenuis2023
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2023
Common RestharrowOnonis repens2023
Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis2023
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2023
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2023
Round-leaved SundewDrosera rotundifolia2023
Bristle BentAgrostis curtisii2023
Bristly HaircapPolytrichum piliferum2024
Wall BedstrawGalium parisiense2023
Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum2023
Oblong-leaved SundewDrosera intermedia2023
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2023
Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus2023
Heath MilkwortPolygala serpyllifolia2023
Dwarf GorseUlex minor2023
Pale ButterwortPinguicula lusitanica2023
ColtsfootTussilago farfara2023
Yellow LoosestrifeLysimachia vulgaris2023
EyebrightEuphrasia2023
Marsh HorsetailEquisetum palustre2023
White CloverTrifolium repens2023
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2023
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2023
Creeping WillowSalix repens2023
Fern-grassCatapodium rigidum2023
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2023
AshFraxinus excelsior2023
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2023
Water HorsetailEquisetum fluviatile2023
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2023
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2023
BroomCytisus scoparius2023
Common SallowSalix cinerea2023
Red FescueFestuca rubra2023
Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia2023
Broad-leaved PondweedPotamogeton natans2023
MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora2023
Hare's-foot CloverTrifolium arvense2023
BogbeanMenyanthes trifoliata2023
Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella2023
Carline ThistleCarlina vulgaris2023
Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2023
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2023
Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum2023
AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2023
Green-ribbed SedgeCarex binervis2023
Wild ParsnipPastinaca sativa2023
Hesgen LwydCarex divulsa2023
Water MintMentha aquatica2023
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2023
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2023
Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix2023
Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus2023
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2023
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2023
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2023
Downy BirchBetula pubescens2023
Bulbous RushJuncus bulbosus2023
Heath RushJuncus squarrosus2023
Field MadderSherardia arvensis2023
Trailing St John's-wortHypericum humifusum2023
Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2023
Common ReedPhragmites australis2023
Bog PondweedPotamogeton polygonifolius2023
VervainVerbena officinalis2023
Silver BirchBetula pendula2023
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2023
Hybrid Black-poplarPopulus deltoides x nigra = P. x canadensis2023
Hard RushJuncus inflexus2023
Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2023
Wood Small-reedCalamagrostis epigejos2023
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2023
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula2023
Common NettleUrtica dioica2023
Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens2023
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2023
Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium2023
Water-purslaneLythrum portula2023
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2023
RowanSorbus aucuparia2023
Hop TrefoilTrifolium campestre2023
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2023
Sand SpurreySpergularia rubra2023
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2023
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2023
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2023
Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2023
Wild MignonetteReseda lutea2023
HawkweedHieracium2023
Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea2023
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2023
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023
Bell HeatherErica cinerea2023
Common CudweedFilago germanica2023
Yellow-wortBlackstonia perfoliata2023
RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2023
Black MedickMedicago lupulina2023
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2023
Common MilkwortPolygala vulgaris2023
Common CottongrassEriophorum angustifolium2023
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2023
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus2023
Small CudweedLogfia minima2023
Hairy SedgeCarex hirta2023
White Beak-sedgeRhynchospora alba2023
Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2023
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

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