Bears Copse - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.48532, -0.81433
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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
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
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
Named hiking route nearby: The Wokingham Way
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Ramblers RouteWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Maidenhead Boundary WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef MBWLocal 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
10public footpath · 297 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 297 mSurface grassPath type: footway
41 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Oaken Grove linkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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
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
6,353 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,353 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Jackdaw · Chaffinch · Robin · Blue Tit +38
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Doves, pigeonsColumbidae2023
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2023
Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Noctule · Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg. · Grey Squirrel +3
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2024
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2023
- Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Willow Emerald Damselfly · Stag Beetle · Helophilus pendulus · Harlequin Ladybird · Common Blue Damselfly +5
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2023
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2023
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,353 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Jackdaw · Chaffinch · Robin · Blue Tit +38
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Doves, pigeonsColumbidae2023
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2023
Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Noctule · Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg. · Grey Squirrel +3
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2024
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2023
- Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Willow Emerald Damselfly · Stag Beetle · Helophilus pendulus · Harlequin Ladybird · Common Blue Damselfly +5
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2023
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2023
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
2023
Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus2023Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus2023Fallow DeerDama dama2023Fallow DeerDama dama20232023
2023
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2023Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2023Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum2023Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum2023Lime Hawk-mothMimas tiliae2023Lime Hawk-mothMimas tiliae2023Brown-tailEuproctis chrysorrhoea2023Brown-tailEuproctis chrysorrhoea2023