Piper's Coppice
✦ Ancient woodland8 ha
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🌿Foraging
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
52.18779, -2.40732
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 km8 signed routes nearby · 13 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Parkland WalkWalking route2 km▾
Named routeLength 2 km
Three Choirs Way (Hereford to Worcester)Walking route▾
A route between Gloucester, Hereford and Worcester with a theme linked to the music festival celebrated annually in the three Cathedrals.
Named routeRegional walking route
Herefordshire Views WalkWalking route1 km▾
Named routeLength 1 km
Three Choirs Way (Stanford Bishop to Worcester)Walking route▾
A route between Gloucester, Hereford and Worcester with a theme linked to the music festival celebrated annually in the three Cathedrals.
Named routeRegional walking route
Worcestershire WayWalking route50 km▾
Walking route from Bewdley to Great Malvern
Named routeLength 50 kmRegional walking route
Knightwick Old Rd.public footpath · 460 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 460 mPath type: path
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Wildlife to spot
19,651 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
19,651 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
springsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Chaffinch · Blackbird · Wren · Dunnock +34
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerwinter
2025▾
Muntjac · Pine Marten · Mole · Grey Squirrel
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Pine MartenMartes martes
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2025▾
Great Crested Newt · Common Frog
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Common FrogRana temporaria2024
🐝Insects18 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Emperor Dragonfly · Southern Hawker · Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · White-legged Damselfly +13
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2023
Bluebell · Hazel · Lesser Celandine · Wood Speedwell · Primrose +37
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
19,651 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
springsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Chaffinch · Blackbird · Wren · Dunnock +34
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerwinter
2025▾
Muntjac · Pine Marten · Mole · Grey Squirrel
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Pine MartenMartes martes
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2025▾
Great Crested Newt · Common Frog
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Common FrogRana temporaria2024
🐝Insects18 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Emperor Dragonfly · Southern Hawker · Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · White-legged Damselfly +13
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2023
Bluebell · Hazel · Lesser Celandine · Wood Speedwell · Primrose +37
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas