Middle Copse - Broadleaved woodland
5 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
51.47845, -0.83520
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
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
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cabbage Hill Blue RouteWalking route▾
Named routeRef blueLocal walking route
The Chiltern Way Berkshire LoopWalking route28 km▾
Long distance path
Named routeRef CWBLength 28 kmRegional walking route
European walking route E2 west, UK, South East EnglandWalking route▾
Westroute: Stranraer (UK) - Birminhgham (UK) - Calais (FR) - Zoersel (BE) / Eastroute: Stranraer (UK) - Harwich (UK) - Rotterdam (NL) - Zoersel (BE) / Both Routes: Zoersel (BE) - Maastrich (NL) - Luxembourg (LUX) - Lake Geneva (CH) - Nice (FR)
Named routeRef E2International walking route
The Wokingham WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Ramblers RouteWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
46 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route CR5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef CR5Local cycle route
Round Berkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Route R20Cycling route▾
Named routeRef R20Local cycle route
Route 422Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 422National Cycle Network
Bader Way CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV2International cycle route
Photos
Farm track and woodland, Ruscombe
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Wildlife to spot
12,306 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,306 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
springsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Wren · Jackdaw · Blue Tit · Starling +29
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great TitParus major
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Doves, pigeonsColumbidae2023
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- PigeonColumba2022
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- NuthatchSitta europaea2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
- SwiftApus apus2022
Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Hedgehog · Noctule · Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg. +7
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2024
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2023
- Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.2024
- Grey Squirrel
Stag Beetle · Southern Green Shieldbug · Jersey Tiger · Minotaur Beetle · Elephant Hawk-moth +3
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
- Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria2023
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- Elephant Hawk-mothDeilephila elpenor2025
- Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum
Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis
- Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalisMarchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,306 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
springsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Wren · Jackdaw · Blue Tit · Starling +29
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great TitParus major
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Doves, pigeonsColumbidae2023
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- PigeonColumba2022
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- NuthatchSitta europaea2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
- SwiftApus apus2022
Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Hedgehog · Noctule · Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg. +7
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2024
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2023
- Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.2024
- Grey Squirrel
Stag Beetle · Southern Green Shieldbug · Jersey Tiger · Minotaur Beetle · Elephant Hawk-moth +3
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
- Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria2023
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- Elephant Hawk-mothDeilephila elpenor2025
- Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum
Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis
- Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalisMarchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Sciurus carolinensis
Sciurus carolinensis
BadgerMeles meles2023BadgerMeles meles2023Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus2023Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus2023SquirrelSciurus2023SquirrelSciurus2023Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2022Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2022RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023Brown RatRattus norvegicus2023Brown RatRattus norvegicus20232023
2023
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2023Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2023Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2022Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2022Events & activities nearby
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