Clayfield Copse - Broadleaved woodland 2 ha
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🐶 Dogs🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 2 ha
Places › England › South East › Reading Getting here
51.49110, -0.95950
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 welcomeDogs 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
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 9 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
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 116 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
Show on map 3 public paths nearby
Public paths
Chalkhouse Green Lane restricted byway · 81 m ▾
Public path restricted byway Length 81 m Surface gravel Path type: service
Show on map Chalkhouse Green Lane restricted byway · 1.1 km ▾
Public path restricted byway Length 1.1 km Surface ground Path type: bridleway
Show on map Chalkhouse Green Lane restricted byway · 66 m ▾
Public path restricted byway Length 66 m Surface gravel Path type: service
Show on map Photos Wood sculpture in Clayfield Copse
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Wildlife to spot
17,163 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 17,163 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 39 species
winter spring
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Great Tit · Robin · Blue Tit +34
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blackbird Turdus merula Great Tit Parus major Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Carrion Crow Corvus corone Magpie Pica pica Nuthatch Sitta europaea Starling Sturnus vulgaris Dunnock Prunella modularis Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Jay Garrulus glandarius Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Redwing Turdus iliacus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Stock Dove Columba oenas Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Garden Warbler Sylvia borin Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Rock Dove Columba livia Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2024 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2023 Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Soprano Pipistrelle · Squirrel · Eurasian Serotine +3
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2024 Noctule Nyctalus noctula2024 Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2024 Squirrel Sciurus2023 Eurasian Serotine Cnephaeus serotinus Fallow Deer Dama dama Glow-worm · Speckled Bush-cricket · Red-legged Shieldbug · Beautiful Demoiselle · Roesel's Bush-cricket +16
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca2023 Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2024 Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 17,163 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 39 species
winter spring
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Great Tit · Robin · Blue Tit +34
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blackbird Turdus merula Great Tit Parus major Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Carrion Crow Corvus corone Magpie Pica pica Nuthatch Sitta europaea Starling Sturnus vulgaris Dunnock Prunella modularis Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Jay Garrulus glandarius Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Redwing Turdus iliacus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Stock Dove Columba oenas Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Garden Warbler Sylvia borin Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Rock Dove Columba livia Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2024 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2023 Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Soprano Pipistrelle · Squirrel · Eurasian Serotine +3
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2024 Noctule Nyctalus noctula2024 Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2024 Squirrel Sciurus2023 Eurasian Serotine Cnephaeus serotinus Fallow Deer Dama dama Glow-worm · Speckled Bush-cricket · Red-legged Shieldbug · Beautiful Demoiselle · Roesel's Bush-cricket +16
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca2023 Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2024 Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius2024
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius2024
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2023
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2023 Emperor Dragonfly
Emperor Dragonfly
Anax imperator
Anax imperator
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2024
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2024
Oedemera lurida Oedemera lurida2024
Oedemera lurida Oedemera lurida2024
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2024
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2024
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2024
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2024
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2024
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2024
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2024
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2024
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2024
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2024
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2024
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2024
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa2024
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa2024
Valenzuela flavidus Valenzuela flavidus2023
Valenzuela flavidus Valenzuela flavidus2023
Chrysotoxum verralli Chrysotoxum verralli2023
Chrysotoxum verralli Chrysotoxum verralli2023 