Barcham's Copse ✦ Ancient woodland 6 ha
🦅 Birds🦉 Wildlife🦋 Insects
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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 6 ha
Places › England › South East › Isle of Wight Getting here
50.66908, -1.33368
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Woodpigeon 🐕 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
🐦 65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Woodpigeon 🐕 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🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Chaffinch, Woodpigeon, Jackdaw +62 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Chaffinch, Woodpigeon, Jackdaw +62 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Speckled Bush-cricket, Great Green Bush-cricket, Harlequin Ladybird +69 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Yar River Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Isle of Wight Coastal Path Walking route 113 km ▾
Named route Length 113 km Round trip Regional walking route
Show on map Worsley Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Tennyson Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map The Bembridge Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 58 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Round the Island Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 67 Regional cycle route
Show on map Route 22 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 22 National Cycle Network
Show on map National Cycle Route 23 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 23 National Cycle Network
Show on map Cowes (Route 3) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 3 Local cycle route
Show on map Cowes (Route 4) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 4 Local cycle route
Show on map Newport LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map 3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Red Squirrel Trail: Parkhurst Forest Mountain bike route ▾
Divert from the Red Squirrel Tail for Red Squirrel Hide
Named route
Show on map Chalk Ridge Extreme Mountain bike route ▾
Chevy Chase Mountain bike route ▾
12 public paths nearby
Public paths
Bowcombe Farm Lane byway open to all traffic · 343 m ▾
Public path byway open to all traffic Length 343 m Surface gravel Path type: track
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
7,708 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 7,708 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 46 species
spring summer winter
2025 ▾
Jackdaw · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Goldfinch · Blackbird · Pheasant +41
Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Blackbird Turdus merula Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Rook Corvus frugilegus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Herring Gull Larus argentatus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Magpie Pica pica Dunnock Prunella modularis Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Little Owl Athene noctua House Sparrow Passer domesticus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Great Tit Parus major Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Redwing Turdus iliacus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus House Martin Delichon urbicum Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Swallow Hirundo rustica Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Swift Apus apus Stock Dove Columba oenas Starling Sturnus vulgaris Barn Owl Tyto alba Skylark Alauda arvensis Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Rock Dove Columba livia2024 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2024 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Goldcrest Regulus regulus Raven Corvus corax Canada Goose Branta canadensis Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Water Rail Rallus aquaticus2024 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2024 Rabbit · Mole · Field Vole · Brown Hare · Grey Long-eared Bat
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Mole Talpa europaea Field Vole Microtus agrestis Brown Hare Lepus europaeus Grey Long-eared Bat Plecotus austriacus2024 Speckled Bush-cricket · Great Green Bush-cricket · Harlequin Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Green Apple Aphid +15
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima Great Green Bush-cricket Tettigonia viridissima Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes Green Apple Aphid Aphis (Aphis) pomi Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius Marmalade Hoverfly Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 7,708 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 46 species
spring summer winter
2025 ▾
Jackdaw · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Goldfinch · Blackbird · Pheasant +41
Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Blackbird Turdus merula Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Rook Corvus frugilegus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Herring Gull Larus argentatus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Magpie Pica pica Dunnock Prunella modularis Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Little Owl Athene noctua House Sparrow Passer domesticus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Great Tit Parus major Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Redwing Turdus iliacus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus House Martin Delichon urbicum Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Swallow Hirundo rustica Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Swift Apus apus Stock Dove Columba oenas Starling Sturnus vulgaris Barn Owl Tyto alba Skylark Alauda arvensis Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Rock Dove Columba livia2024 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2024 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Goldcrest Regulus regulus Raven Corvus corax Canada Goose Branta canadensis Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Water Rail Rallus aquaticus2024 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2024 Rabbit · Mole · Field Vole · Brown Hare · Grey Long-eared Bat
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Mole Talpa europaea Field Vole Microtus agrestis Brown Hare Lepus europaeus Grey Long-eared Bat Plecotus austriacus2024 Speckled Bush-cricket · Great Green Bush-cricket · Harlequin Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Green Apple Aphid +15
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima Great Green Bush-cricket Tettigonia viridissima Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes Green Apple Aphid Aphis (Aphis) pomi Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius Marmalade Hoverfly Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Episyrphus balteatus
Episyrphus balteatus
Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens
Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens
Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum
Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Issus Issus
Issus Issus
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Periphyllus hirticornis Periphyllus hirticornis2024
Periphyllus hirticornis Periphyllus hirticornis2024
Yellow-legged Black Pachygaster leachii2024
Yellow-legged Black Pachygaster leachii2024
Hemicrepidius hirtus Hemicrepidius hirtus2024
Hemicrepidius hirtus Hemicrepidius hirtus2024
Summer Chafer Amphimallon solstitiale2024
Summer Chafer Amphimallon solstitiale2024
Orthotylus (Melanotrichus) flavosparsus Orthotylus (Melanotrichus) flavosparsus2024
Orthotylus (Melanotrichus) flavosparsus Orthotylus (Melanotrichus) flavosparsus2024
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata2024
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata2024
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2024
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2024 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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