Bears Copse - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland3 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
51.48261, -0.81399
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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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
Maidenhead Boundary WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef MBWLocal walking route
10public footpath · 297 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 297 mSurface grassPath type: footway
41 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Round Berkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Bader Way CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Pinkneys Green linkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV2International cycle route
Oaken Grove linkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4National Cycle Network
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
Mire Lanerestricted byway · 591 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 591 mPath type: track
Nut Lanerestricted byway · 496 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 496 mSurface dirtPath type: track
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Wildlife to spot
6,126 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,126 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Robin · Jackdaw +38
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2022
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- CootFulica atra2022
Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Noctule · Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg. · Eurasian Serotine +3
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2024
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2023
- Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.2024
- Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus2023
- Grey Squirrel
Stag Beetle · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Helophilus pendulus · Common Blue Damselfly · Migrant Hawker +5
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2023
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2023
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,126 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Robin · Jackdaw +38
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2022
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- CootFulica atra2022
Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Noctule · Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg. · Eurasian Serotine +3
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2024
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2023
- Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.2024
- Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus2023
- Grey Squirrel
Stag Beetle · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Helophilus pendulus · Common Blue Damselfly · Migrant Hawker +5
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2023
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2023
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Sciurus carolinensis
Sciurus carolinensis
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2022Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus20222023
2023
Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum2023Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum2023Lime Hawk-mothMimas tiliae2023Lime Hawk-mothMimas tiliae2023Brown-tailEuproctis chrysorrhoea2023Brown-tailEuproctis chrysorrhoea2023Red UnderwingCatocala nupta2022Red UnderwingCatocala nupta2022