Adam's Copse
✦ Ancient woodland1 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🌳Ancient🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
50.90886, -0.94459
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- 🌳Ancient woodland 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
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- 🌳Ancient woodland 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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Wren +61 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🌳Ancient woodland
Strong match
Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Wren +61 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Spear Thistle, Greater Plantain, Creeping Buttercup +148 more · last seen 2026; Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Roesel's Bush-cricket, Field Grasshopper, Long-winged Cone-head +22 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby · 12 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
Staunton WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Long Woodland TrailWalking route8 km▾
Named routeLength 8 kmLocal walking route
Short Woodland TrailWalking route3 km▾
Named routeLength 3 kmLocal walking route
Space TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Staunton Waypublic footpath · 236 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 236 mPath type: service
Staunton Waypublic footpath · 797 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 797 mPath type: service
47 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 222Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 222National Cycle Network
Havant Borough NetworkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Havant Borough Cycle NetworkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 22Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 22National Cycle Network
Havant Borough NetworkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Havant Borough NetworkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Horndean Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Horndean Off Road Cycle Trail (shortcut)Mountain bike route▾
Queen Elizabeth Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Shipwright's WayMountain bike route▾
Photos
The 2012 HURCs Xmas Walk (19)
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
3,935 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,935 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Blackbird · Wren · Woodpigeon · Robin · Great Tit +38
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RavenCorvus corax
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- SwiftApus apus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- PigeonColumba
- DuckAnas
Common Pipistrelle · Roe Deer · Soprano Pipistrelle · Sika Deer · Hedgehog +2
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Sika DeerCervus nippon2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
- Fallow DeerDama dama2025
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects7 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Roesel's Bush-cricket · Field Grasshopper · Long-winged Cone-head · Meadow Grasshopper · Meliscaeva cinctella +2
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
- Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella
- Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
Hazel · Cut-leaved Crane's-bill · Hesgen Lwyd · Wavy Bitter-cress · Common Field-speedwell +24
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
- Hesgen LwydCarex divulsa
- Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
- Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
- Wild OnionAllium vineale
- Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,935 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Blackbird · Wren · Woodpigeon · Robin · Great Tit +38
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RavenCorvus corax
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- SwiftApus apus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- PigeonColumba
- DuckAnas
Common Pipistrelle · Roe Deer · Soprano Pipistrelle · Sika Deer · Hedgehog +2
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Sika DeerCervus nippon2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
- Fallow DeerDama dama2025
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects7 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Roesel's Bush-cricket · Field Grasshopper · Long-winged Cone-head · Meadow Grasshopper · Meliscaeva cinctella +2
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
- Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella
- Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
Hazel · Cut-leaved Crane's-bill · Hesgen Lwyd · Wavy Bitter-cress · Common Field-speedwell +24
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
- Hesgen LwydCarex divulsa
- Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
- Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
- Wild OnionAllium vineale
- Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas