Blundell's Copse - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
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🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
51.94272, -0.28333
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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
- 🅿️Three Moorhens Public House 97m away — 20 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Three Moorhens Public House 97m away — 20 car parks within reach
- £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: Hicca Way
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 signed routes nearby · 55 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
The Chiltern WayWalking route275 km▾
A waymarked long-distance footpath in southern England
Named routeRef CWLength 275 kmRegional walking route
Garden City 15Walking route▾
Letchworth GreenwayWalking route▾
13.6 mile (21.8km) walking route around Letchworth
Named route
HOOP - Hitchin Outer Orbital PathWalking route▾
Circular route around Hitchin
Named routeRef HOOPLocal walking route
Walk on the wild sideWalking route▾
Coopers Yardpublic footpath · 14 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 14 mSurface pavedPath type: service
West Alleypublic footpath · 63 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 63 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
Russell's Slippublic footpath · 4 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 4 mSurface paving_stonesIncline downhillPath type: steps
46 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
Recreational Cycle Route 16Cycling route▾
Local circular? cycle route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Chilterns CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route
Chilterns Cycleway (road alternative)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route2.5 km▾
Named routeRef 12Length 2.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route305 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 305 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Icknield Way Cycle TrailMountain bike route226 km▾
This is the off-road or mountain cycling route of the Icknield Way Trail.
Named routeLength 226 kmRegional cycle route
7 public paths nearby
Public paths
Brick Kiln Lanerestricted byway · 763 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 763 mSurface asphaltPath type: track
Tatmorehills Lanerestricted byway · 587 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 587 mSurface dirtPath type: track
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
52,735 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
52,735 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Rock Dove · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow · Magpie +27
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great TitParus major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Brown Rat · Hedgehog · Rabbit
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
🐝Insects19 species
winterspring
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Juniper Shieldbug · Eristalis tenax · Syrphus +14
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- SyrphusSyrphus
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
52,735 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Rock Dove · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Carrion Crow · Magpie +27
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great TitParus major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Brown Rat · Hedgehog · Rabbit
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
🐝Insects19 species
winterspring
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Juniper Shieldbug · Eristalis tenax · Syrphus +14
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- SyrphusSyrphus
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Epistrophe eligans
Epistrophe eligans
Epistrophe eligans
Epistrophe eligans
EupeodesEupeodesEupeodesEupeodesRhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloidesPine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatusPine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatusViburnum ScaleLichtensia viburniViburnum ScaleLichtensia viburni14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctataBlack ClockPterostichus madidusBlack ClockPterostichus madidusGorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratusGorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratusCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleDemetrias atricapillusDemetrias atricapillus2025Demetrias atricapillusDemetrias atricapillus2025Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2025Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2025Myzus (Nectarosiphon) ligustriMyzus (Nectarosiphon) ligustri2025Myzus (Nectarosiphon) ligustriMyzus (Nectarosiphon) ligustri2025