Bottom Copse
✦ Ancient woodland6 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
50.92197, -1.28906
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
- 🅿️Parking on site — 14 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Parking on site — 14 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
〰Waterside walks
Good match
Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Allan King WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 44 milesRegional walking route
Itchen WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Pilgrims' TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Solent WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 87kmRegional walking route
Forest TrailWalking route▾
13 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Southampton Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef S5Local cycle route
National Cycle Route 236 - Titchfield to SouthamptonCycling route▾
Named routeRef 236National Cycle Network
National Cycle Route 23Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 23National Cycle Network
Southampton Cycle Network Route 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef S2Local cycle route
Southampton Cycle Network Route 3Cycling route▾
Named routeRef S3Local cycle route
Southampton Cycle Network Route 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef S4Local cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Itchen Valley Off Road Cycle RouteMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
48,505 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
48,505 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Black-headed Gull · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Grey Heron · Robin +39
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
🦌Mammals6 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Hazel Dormouse · Noctule · Red Fox · Brown Rat +1
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Common ShrewSorex araneus2025
🦎Reptiles2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects49 species
springautumn
2026▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Common Darter · Mycophaga testacea · Meliscaeva auricollis · Slender Ground-hopper +44
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Mycophaga testaceaMycophaga testacea
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Slender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
Silky Forklet-moss
- Silky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromalla
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
48,505 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Black-headed Gull · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Grey Heron · Robin +39
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
🦌Mammals6 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Hazel Dormouse · Noctule · Red Fox · Brown Rat +1
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Common ShrewSorex araneus2025
🦎Reptiles2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects49 species
springautumn
2026▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Common Darter · Mycophaga testacea · Meliscaeva auricollis · Slender Ground-hopper +44
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Mycophaga testaceaMycophaga testacea
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Slender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
Silky Forklet-moss
- Silky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromalla
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
