Sunnyhill Coppice ✦ Ancient woodland 4 ha
🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 4 ha
Places › England › West Midlands › Bromsgrove Getting here
52.35528, -2.08393
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🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Blackbird +55 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Blackbird +55 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Beaded Chestnut, Green-brindled Crescent, Lunar Underwing +108 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Beaded Chestnut, Green-brindled Crescent, Lunar Underwing +108 more · last seen 2025
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; Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Capillary Thread-moss, Wood Bristle-moss +2 more · last seen 2021
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 9 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Monarch's Way Walking route 990 km ▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named route Ref MW Length 990 km Regional walking route
Show on map North Worcestershire Path Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Royal Hunters Walks - Link to Catshill Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Royal Hunters Walks - Saunders Park to Park Gate Link Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map John Corbett Way Walking route 7.5 km ▾
Named route Length 7.5 km Local walking route
Show on map 67 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 5 National Cycle Network
Show on map Local Cycle Network Route 1 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 1 Local cycle route
Show on map Local Cycle Network Route 2 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 2 Local cycle route
Show on map Bromsgrove-Redditch Cycle Route 24 Cycling route ▾
From Bromsgrove Station to Redditch Station. Follows mostly open countryside on road.
Named route Ref 24 Local cycle route
Show on map Route 46 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 46 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 5.8 km ▾
Named route Ref 46 Length 5.8 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map 1 public path nearby
Public paths
Whinfield Road bridleway · 244 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 244 m Path type: unclassified
Show on map ✦ Ancient woodland — continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD. A rare and irreplaceable habitat, rich in biodiversity and historical character.
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Wildlife to spot
28,250 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 28,250 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 46 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Robin · Chaffinch · Great Tit +41
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Great Tit Parus major Nuthatch Sitta europaea Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis Raven Corvus corax2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2024 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2024 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2024 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2023 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Canada Goose Branta canadensis House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2023 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2023 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2023 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2023 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2023 Rock Dove Columba livia2023 Skylark Alauda arvensis2023 Grey Squirrel · Muntjac · Red Fox · Rabbit · Common Pipistrelle +1
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi2025 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2024 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2023 Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2025 Common Shrew Sorex araneus Common Red Soldier Beetle · Large Red Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Plagiodera versicolora +11
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis Plagiodera versicolora Plagiodera versicolora Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 28,250 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 46 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Robin · Chaffinch · Great Tit +41
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Great Tit Parus major Nuthatch Sitta europaea Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis Raven Corvus corax2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2024 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2024 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2024 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2023 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Canada Goose Branta canadensis House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2023 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2023 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2023 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2023 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2023 Rock Dove Columba livia2023 Skylark Alauda arvensis2023 Grey Squirrel · Muntjac · Red Fox · Rabbit · Common Pipistrelle +1
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi2025 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2024 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2023 Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2025 Common Shrew Sorex araneus Common Red Soldier Beetle · Large Red Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Plagiodera versicolora +11
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis Plagiodera versicolora Plagiodera versicolora Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
14-spot Ladybird
14-spot Ladybird
Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Oedemera virescens Oedemera virescens
Oedemera virescens Oedemera virescens
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Carabus nemoralis Carabus nemoralis2024
Carabus nemoralis Carabus nemoralis2024
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2023
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2023
Rhyzobius chrysomeloides Rhyzobius chrysomeloides2023
Rhyzobius chrysomeloides Rhyzobius chrysomeloides2023
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2023
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2023
Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera2023
Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera2023 