Birch Copse - Woodland
9 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome9 ha
Getting here
50.91304, -0.39319
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
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Semi-improved grassland — butterflies and wildflowers
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 8 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
South Downs WayWalking route160 km▾
Named routeLength 160 kmNational walking route
West Sussex Literary TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
European walking route E9, Queen Elizabeth Country Park to JevingtonWalking route▾
Named routeRef E9International walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
A24 CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
South Downs WayMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef 89National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
18,729 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
18,729 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Shoveler · Wigeon · Pintail · Black-tailed Godwit · Ruff +32
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- PintailAnas acuta
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
- RuffCalidris pugnax2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
- MerlinFalco columbarius2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Common Pipistrelle · Badger
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- BadgerMeles meles
Green Tiger Beetle
- Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris
Bluebell · Juniper · Hart's-tongue Thyme-moss · Bilberry · Greater Stitchwort +33
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- JuniperJuniperus communis
- Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum
- BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
- Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- GorseUlex europaeus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
18,729 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Shoveler · Wigeon · Pintail · Black-tailed Godwit · Ruff +32
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- PintailAnas acuta
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
- RuffCalidris pugnax2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
- MerlinFalco columbarius2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Common Pipistrelle · Badger
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- BadgerMeles meles
Green Tiger Beetle
- Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris
Bluebell · Juniper · Hart's-tongue Thyme-moss · Bilberry · Greater Stitchwort +33
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- JuniperJuniperus communis
- Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum
- BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
- Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- GorseUlex europaeus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas