Rifle Coppice
✦ Ancient woodland14 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome14 ha
Getting here
52.32324, -2.41460
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
- 🌿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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Wren +50 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Wren +50 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Bluebell, Common Feather-moss, Swan's-neck Thyme-moss +9 more · last seen 2022
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Gatekeeper, Small White +88 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Large White, Gatekeeper, Small White +88 more · last seen 2024
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 22 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Worcestershire WayWalking route50 km▾
Walking route from Bewdley to Great Malvern
Named routeLength 50 kmRegional walking route
Geopark WayWalking route175 km▾
Named routeRef geoLength 175 kmRegional walking route
Abberley Circular WalkWalking route5 km▾
Named routeLength 5 kmLocal walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wyre Forest Green RouteMountain bike route▾
Wyre Forest Blue RouteMountain bike route▾
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
3,139 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,139 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springsummer
2025▾
Blue Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Great Tit · Great Spotted Woodpecker +40
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Muntjac
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024
Common Earwig · Rosemary Beetle · White Clover Seed Weevil · Portevinia maculata · Polydrusus tereticollis +10
- Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2023
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana
- White Clover Seed WeevilProtapion fulvipes2023
- Portevinia maculataPortevinia maculata2023
- Polydrusus tereticollisPolydrusus tereticollis2023
- Byturus ochraceus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,139 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springsummer
2025▾
Blue Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Great Tit · Great Spotted Woodpecker +40
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Muntjac
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024
Common Earwig · Rosemary Beetle · White Clover Seed Weevil · Portevinia maculata · Polydrusus tereticollis +10
- Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2023
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana
- White Clover Seed WeevilProtapion fulvipes2023
- Portevinia maculataPortevinia maculata2023
- Polydrusus tereticollisPolydrusus tereticollis2023
- Byturus ochraceus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Byturus ochraceus2023
Byturus ochraceus2023
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2023Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2023Nut Leaf WeevilStrophosoma melanogrammum2023Nut Leaf WeevilStrophosoma melanogrammum2023Elateroides dermestoidesElateroides dermestoides2023Elateroides dermestoidesElateroides dermestoides2023SpheginaSphegina2023SpheginaSphegina2023Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2023Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2023Tychius picirostrisTychius picirostris2023Tychius picirostrisTychius picirostris2023Leiosoma deflexumLeiosoma deflexum2023Leiosoma deflexumLeiosoma deflexum2023Hazel Leaf-rollerApoderus coryli2023Hazel Leaf-rollerApoderus coryli2023Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2023Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2023