Wellands Copse - Broadleaved woodland 1 ha
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🦋 Insects🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds
Free entry Dogs welcome 1 ha
Places › England › South East › Vale of White Horse Getting here
51.58195, -1.54796
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🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths
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
🌲 Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Ridgeway Walking route 140 km ▾
Named route Ref RW Length 140 km National walking route
Show on map D'Arcy Dalton Way Walking route 107 km ▾
Follows roughly the western boundary of Oxfordshire in unspoilt countryside.
Named route Length 107 km Regional walking route
Show on map The Vale Way Walking route 43 km ▾
Route through the Vale of White Horse in Oxfordshire, UK. (27 miles).
Named route Length 43 km Local walking route
Show on map White horse circular walk Walking route ▾
Named route Ref WHCW Local walking route
Show on map Lambourn Valley Way Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Vale Cycle Links Cycling route ▾
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 Photos Hill basin by the B4507, Woolstone
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Wildlife to spot
3,698 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 3,698 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 54 species
spring autumn winter
2025 ▾
Blackbird · Chaffinch · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Woodpigeon · Robin +49
Blackbird Turdus merula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Magpie Pica pica Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Great Tit Parus major Rook Corvus frugilegus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Dunnock Prunella modularis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Skylark Alauda arvensis Jay Garrulus glandarius Stock Dove Columba oenas Linnet Linaria cannabina Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Siskin Spinus spinus Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Redwing Turdus iliacus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Nuthatch Sitta europaea Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Grey Partridge Perdix perdix Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Coal Tit Periparus ater Barn Owl Tyto alba2024 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2024 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2024 Whitethroat Curruca communis2024 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2024 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2024 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca2024 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2024 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2023 Raven Corvus corax2023 🦌 Mammals 3 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Fallow Deer · Roe Deer · Polecat
Fallow Deer Dama dama Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Polecat Mustela putorius2024 🐝 Insects 23 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Sainfoin Piercer · Summer Chafer · Apple Pygmy · Pear Leaf Blister Moth · Norway Maple Leaf-miner +18
Sainfoin Piercer Grapholita caecana2024 Summer Chafer Amphimallon solstitiale2024 Apple Pygmy Stigmella malella Pear Leaf Blister Moth Leucoptera malifoliella Norway Maple Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter joannisi Three-spot Dot Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 3,698 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 54 species
spring autumn winter
2025 ▾
Blackbird · Chaffinch · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Woodpigeon · Robin +49
Blackbird Turdus merula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Magpie Pica pica Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Great Tit Parus major Rook Corvus frugilegus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Dunnock Prunella modularis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Skylark Alauda arvensis Jay Garrulus glandarius Stock Dove Columba oenas Linnet Linaria cannabina Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Siskin Spinus spinus Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Redwing Turdus iliacus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Nuthatch Sitta europaea Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Grey Partridge Perdix perdix Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Coal Tit Periparus ater Barn Owl Tyto alba2024 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2024 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2024 Whitethroat Curruca communis2024 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2024 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2024 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca2024 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2024 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2023 Raven Corvus corax2023 🦌 Mammals 3 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Fallow Deer · Roe Deer · Polecat
Fallow Deer Dama dama Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Polecat Mustela putorius2024 🐝 Insects 23 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Sainfoin Piercer · Summer Chafer · Apple Pygmy · Pear Leaf Blister Moth · Norway Maple Leaf-miner +18
Sainfoin Piercer Grapholita caecana2024 Summer Chafer Amphimallon solstitiale2024 Apple Pygmy Stigmella malella Pear Leaf Blister Moth Leucoptera malifoliella Norway Maple Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter joannisi Three-spot Dot Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Stigmella trimaculella
Stigmella trimaculella
Maple Dot Stigmella aceris
Maple Dot Stigmella aceris
Speckled Apple Dot Bohemannia pulverosella
Speckled Apple Dot Bohemannia pulverosella
Barred Fruit-tree Dot Ectoedemia atricollis
Barred Fruit-tree Dot Ectoedemia atricollis
Rhamphus oxyacanthae Rhamphus oxyacanthae
Rhamphus oxyacanthae Rhamphus oxyacanthae
Horse-Chestnut Leaf-miner Cameraria ohridella
Horse-Chestnut Leaf-miner Cameraria ohridella
Chrysotoxum festivum Chrysotoxum festivum
Chrysotoxum festivum Chrysotoxum festivum
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva
Scarlet Tiger Callimorpha dominula
Scarlet Tiger Callimorpha dominula
Silver Y Autographa gamma
Silver Y Autographa gamma
Meadow Grass-moth Crambus lathoniellus2024
Meadow Grass-moth Crambus lathoniellus2024
Burnet Companion Euclidia glyphica2024
Burnet Companion Euclidia glyphica2024
Cocksfoot Moth Glyphipterix simpliciella2024
Cocksfoot Moth Glyphipterix simpliciella2024
Cistus Forester Adscita geryon2024
Cistus Forester Adscita geryon2024
Rock-rose Moth Neotelphusa sequax2024
Rock-rose Moth Neotelphusa sequax2024
Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha2024
Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha2024 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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