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Rookery Coppice

11 ha

📷 Derek Harper · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome11 ha

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50.90647, -2.97531

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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
🍄Mushroom 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
🍄Mushroom 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

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Carrion Crow +64 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Carrion Crow +64 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Turkeytail, Split Porecrust, Ochre Brittlegill +76 more · last seen 2025; Fungi — Turkeytail, Split Porecrust, Ochre Brittlegill +76 more · last seen 2025

Varies

Foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Oak Mazegill, Beech Knight, Beech Milkcap +7 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Speckled Wood, Red Admiral, Beautiful Demoiselle +24 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Speckled Wood, Red Admiral, Beautiful Demoiselle +24 more · last seen 2025

Free

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Monmouth Rebellion WalkWalking route

Named routeRef MRWRegional walking route

Channel to ChannelWalking route

Named routeRef CCRegional walking route

Herepath Trail - Castle NerocheWalking route

Named routeRef HTnLocal walking route

Staple Fitzpaine HerepathWalking route

Named routeRef SFHLocal walking route

East Deane WayWalking route

Named routeRef EDWRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

35 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

South Somerset CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Route 33Cycling route

Named routeRef 33National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route284 m

Named routeRef 33Length 284 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route15 m

Named routeRef 33Length 15 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route2.2 km

Named routeRef 33Length 2.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route19 m

Named routeRef 33Length 19 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

16,920 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

16,920 records · National Biodiversity Network

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Birds49 species

autumn

2025

Dipper · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Robin · Jackdaw +44

DipperCinclus cinclus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
RobinErithacus rubecula
JackdawColoeus monedula
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Great TitParus major
RookCorvus frugilegus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
BuzzardButeo buteo
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
MagpiePica pica
DunnockPrunella modularis
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
CootFulica atra
House SparrowPasser domesticus
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
NuthatchSitta europaea
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
Coal TitPeriparus ater
GoosanderMergus merganser
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
SwallowHirundo rustica
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Canada GooseBranta canadensis

🍄

Fungi44 species

autumn

2025

Ganoderma adspersum · Porcelain Fungus · Deceiver · Amanita Wridog · Tawny Grisette +39

Ganoderma adspersumGanoderma adspersum
Porcelain FungusMucidula mucida
DeceiverLaccaria laccata
Amanita WridogAmanita rubescens
Tawny GrisetteAmanita fulva
Common InkcapCoprinopsis atramentaria
Clustered BonnetMycena inclinata
Beech KnightTricholoma sciodes
Torth FelenHypholoma fasciculare
Snapping BonnetMycena vitilis
Purple BrittlegillRussula atropurpurea
Smoky BracketBjerkandera adusta
Blackening BrittlegillRussula nigricans
Rhodocollybia asemaRhodocollybia asema
Mild MilkcapLactarius subdulcis
Bitter OysterlingPanellus stipticus
Geranium BrittlegillRussula fellea
Common PuffballLycoperdon perlatum
Deer ShieldPluteus cervinus
Brown RollrimPaxillus involutus
Beech MilkcapLactarius blennius
Beechwood SickenerRussula nobilis
PoisonpieHebeloma crustuliniforme s. lat.
Hairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutum
Grooved BonnetMycena polygramma
Butter CapRhodocollybia butyracea
Wrinkled CrustPhlebia radiata
Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
Lilac BonnetMycena pura
Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon
Witch's ButterExidia glandulosa
Bay BoleteImleria badia
False DeathcapAmanita citrina var. citrina
Rusty CrustSkeletocutis amorpha
Hazel BracketSkeletocutis semipileata
TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
Beech WoodwartHypoxylon fragiforme
Split PorecrustSchizopora paradoxa
Rooting ShankHymenopellis radicata
Penny BunBoletus edulis
Ochre BrittlegillRussula ochroleuca
Charcoal BurnerRussula cyanoxantha
Common RustgillGymnopilus penetrans
Razor Strop FungusFomitopsis betulina

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

16,920 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

autumn

2025

Dipper · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Robin · Jackdaw +44

DipperCinclus cinclus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
RobinErithacus rubecula
JackdawColoeus monedula
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Great TitParus major
RookCorvus frugilegus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
BuzzardButeo buteo
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
MagpiePica pica
DunnockPrunella modularis
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
CootFulica atra
House SparrowPasser domesticus
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
NuthatchSitta europaea
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
Coal TitPeriparus ater
GoosanderMergus merganser
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
SwallowHirundo rustica
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Canada GooseBranta canadensis

🍄

Fungi44 species

autumn

2025

Ganoderma adspersum · Porcelain Fungus · Deceiver · Amanita Wridog · Tawny Grisette +39

Ganoderma adspersumGanoderma adspersum
Porcelain FungusMucidula mucida
DeceiverLaccaria laccata
Amanita WridogAmanita rubescens
Tawny GrisetteAmanita fulva
Common InkcapCoprinopsis atramentaria
Clustered BonnetMycena inclinata
Beech KnightTricholoma sciodes
Torth FelenHypholoma fasciculare
Snapping BonnetMycena vitilis
Purple BrittlegillRussula atropurpurea
Smoky BracketBjerkandera adusta
Blackening BrittlegillRussula nigricans
Rhodocollybia asemaRhodocollybia asema
Mild MilkcapLactarius subdulcis
Bitter OysterlingPanellus stipticus
Geranium BrittlegillRussula fellea
Common PuffballLycoperdon perlatum
Deer ShieldPluteus cervinus
Brown RollrimPaxillus involutus
Beech MilkcapLactarius blennius
Beechwood SickenerRussula nobilis
PoisonpieHebeloma crustuliniforme s. lat.
Hairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutum
Grooved BonnetMycena polygramma
Butter CapRhodocollybia butyracea
Wrinkled CrustPhlebia radiata
Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
Lilac BonnetMycena pura
Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon
Witch's ButterExidia glandulosa
Bay BoleteImleria badia
False DeathcapAmanita citrina var. citrina
Rusty CrustSkeletocutis amorpha
Hazel BracketSkeletocutis semipileata
TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
Beech WoodwartHypoxylon fragiforme
Split PorecrustSchizopora paradoxa
Rooting ShankHymenopellis radicata
Penny BunBoletus edulis
Ochre BrittlegillRussula ochroleuca
Charcoal BurnerRussula cyanoxantha
Common RustgillGymnopilus penetrans
Razor Strop FungusFomitopsis betulina

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Derek Harper · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Southeast from Barley Hill

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