Aldermoor Copse
✦ Ancient woodland27 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome27 ha
Getting here
50.99227, -1.57043
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 — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +57 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +57 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Meadow Buttercup, Broad-leaved Willowherb +191 more · last seen 2024
Free
Plants — Bulrush, Garlic Mustard, Elder +19 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Large White, Small White +27 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Large White, Small White +27 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 12 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Test WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 79Regional walking route
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
17 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 24Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 24National Cycle Network
National BywayCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Wiltshire Cycleway New Forest LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Route 246Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 246National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route143 m▾
Named routeRef 24Length 143 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.2 km▾
Named routeRef 24Length 2.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
Edge of copse viewed across field of oilseed rape
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Wildlife to spot
3,340 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,340 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
springsummer
2025▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Chaffinch · Blue Tit +47
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2023
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2022
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2022
🦌Mammals9 species
springsummer
2025▾
Rabbit · Roe Deer · Muntjac · Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse +4
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2022
🦎Reptiles2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Grass Snake · Adder
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- AdderVipera berus2024
🐝Insects6 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Suillia atricornis · 7-spot Ladybird · Rhingia campestris · Eristalis tenax · Hawthorn Shieldbug +1
- Suillia atricornisSuillia atricornis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2023
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2023
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2022
🌿Plants4 species
springsummer
2024▾
Himalayan Balsam · Bastard Balm · Common Spotted-orchid · Common Bistort
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Bastard BalmMelittis melissophyllum2023
- Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2022
- Common BistortBistorta officinalis2022
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,340 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
springsummer
2025▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Chaffinch · Blue Tit +47
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2023
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2022
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2022
🦌Mammals9 species
springsummer
2025▾
Rabbit · Roe Deer · Muntjac · Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse +4
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2022
🦎Reptiles2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Grass Snake · Adder
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- AdderVipera berus2024
🐝Insects6 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Suillia atricornis · 7-spot Ladybird · Rhingia campestris · Eristalis tenax · Hawthorn Shieldbug +1
- Suillia atricornisSuillia atricornis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2023
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2023
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2022
🌿Plants4 species
springsummer
2024▾
Himalayan Balsam · Bastard Balm · Common Spotted-orchid · Common Bistort
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Bastard BalmMelittis melissophyllum2023
- Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2022
- Common BistortBistorta officinalis2022
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Harvest Mouse
Harvest Mouse
Micromys minutus
Micromys minutus
Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanariusHazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanariusOtterLutra lutra2023OtterLutra lutra2023Small MouseMuridae2022Small MouseMuridae2022Anasimyia lineata
Anasimyia lineata
Anasimyia lineata2022
Anasimyia lineata2022
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