Clayfield Copse - Broadleaved woodland 3 ha
🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
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Free entry Dogs welcome 3 ha
Places › England › South East › Reading Getting here
51.48117, -0.95493
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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 🛝 Playground 156m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground 156m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking· Free 🛝 Playground
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 km 9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Chiltern Way Southern Extension Walking route ▾
Long distance path
Named route Ref CWS Regional walking route
Show on map The Chiltern Way Berkshire Loop Walking route 28 km ▾
Long distance path
Named route Ref CWB Length 28 km Regional walking route
Show on map European walking route E2 west, UK, South East England Walking 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 route Ref E2 International walking route
Show on map Kennet and Avon Canal Trail Walking route 140 km ▾
Rivers linked by a canal. The name refers to the entire navigable length. From Bristol the way is the Avon. The canal is from Bath to Newbury. From there to Reading the way is the Kennet. 53 locks to Summit Pound (150 m asl) and 54 down to Reading.
Named route Ref K&A Length 140 km Regional walking route
Show on map The Wokingham Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 130 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 5 National Cycle Network
Show on map Link to NCN 4 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref NCN4 Link Local cycle route
Show on map Woodley, Earley Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Route CR5 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref CR5 Local cycle route
Show on map Earley Useful Cycle Routes Cycling route ▾
Round Berkshire Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
King Alfred's Way Mountain bike route ▾
King Alfreds Way is 350km (220 miles) off road route designed to be ridden clockwise. It starts & ends in Winchester. It is suitable for gravel or cross-country bikes.
Named route Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
22,085 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 22,085 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Robin · Magpie +34
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Tit Parus major2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Hedgehog · Eurasian Serotine · Red Fox
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Eurasian Serotine Cnephaeus serotinus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐝 Insects 12 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Speckled Bush-cricket · Volucella inanis · Chrysotoxum bicinctum · Stag Beetle · Brown Hawker +7
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima Volucella inanis Volucella inanis Chrysotoxum bicinctum Chrysotoxum bicinctum Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 22,085 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Robin · Magpie +34
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Tit Parus major2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Hedgehog · Eurasian Serotine · Red Fox
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Eurasian Serotine Cnephaeus serotinus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐝 Insects 12 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Speckled Bush-cricket · Volucella inanis · Chrysotoxum bicinctum · Stag Beetle · Brown Hawker +7
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima Volucella inanis Volucella inanis Chrysotoxum bicinctum Chrysotoxum bicinctum Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Sphaerophoria
Sphaerophoria
Sphaerophoria
Sphaerophoria
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
Rosemary Beetle Chrysolina americana
Rosemary Beetle Chrysolina americana
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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