Studley Copse - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
50.92655, -3.29796
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
- 📍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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Two Counties WayWalking route90 km▾
A long distance walk of 56 miles (90km) from Taunton to Starcross on the Exe estuary.
Named routeRef TCWLength 90 kmRegional walking route
Wellington Monument walkWalking route▾
Westleigh Quarry TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef WQTLocal walking route
Burlescombe TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef BURLocal walking route
Uffculme Village TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef UFT
21 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 3 Link to Tiverton ParkwayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Route 3Cycling route527.7 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 527.7 kmNational Cycle Network
N/ACycling route12 m▾
Named routeLength 12 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route47 m▾
Named routeLength 47 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route11 m▾
Named routeLength 11 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route1 km▾
Named routeLength 1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
2,185 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
2,185 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHouse Sparrow · Swift · Chiffchaff · Blue Tit · Robin +44
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SwiftApus apus2021
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- RavenCorvus corax
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2019
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2018
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- PigeonColumba2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2021
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2018
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2018
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2018
🦌Mammals5 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2024▾
Hazel Dormouse · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Bat · Rabbit
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2018
- BatChiroptera2018
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🦎Reptiles1 species
springautumn
2025▾
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects32 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Gatekeeper · Large White · Red Admiral · Peacock · Speckled Wood +27
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
- Alder Leaf Beetle
🌿Plants3 species
winterautumn
2019▾
Common Mallow · Traveller's-joy · Snowdrop
- Common MallowMalva sylvestris
- Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,185 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHouse Sparrow · Swift · Chiffchaff · Blue Tit · Robin +44
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SwiftApus apus2021
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- RavenCorvus corax
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2019
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2018
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- PigeonColumba2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2021
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2018
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2018
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2018
🦌Mammals5 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2024▾
Hazel Dormouse · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Bat · Rabbit
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2018
- BatChiroptera2018
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🦎Reptiles1 species
springautumn
2025▾
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects32 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Gatekeeper · Large White · Red Admiral · Peacock · Speckled Wood +27
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
- Alder Leaf Beetle
🌿Plants3 species
winterautumn
2019▾
Common Mallow · Traveller's-joy · Snowdrop
- Common MallowMalva sylvestris
- Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2018
2018
Agelastica alni
Agelastica alni
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019CommaPolygonia c-album20197-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Phaonia subventaPhaonia subventa2025Phaonia subventaPhaonia subventa2025Helina reversioHelina reversio2025Helina reversioHelina reversio2025Opomyza florumOpomyza florum2025Opomyza florumOpomyza florum2025Opomyza petreiOpomyza petrei2025Opomyza petreiOpomyza petrei2025Deer KedLipoptena cervi2025Deer KedLipoptena cervi2025Tipula paludosaTipula paludosa2025Tipula paludosaTipula paludosa2025Eudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanella2025Eudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanella2025Drosophila histrioDrosophila histrio2025Drosophila histrioDrosophila histrio2025Bicellaria vanaBicellaria vana2025Bicellaria vanaBicellaria vana2025Hylemya vagansHylemya vagans2025Hylemya vagansHylemya vagans2025Molophilus griseusMolophilus griseus2025Molophilus griseusMolophilus griseus2025Sapromyza sexpunctataSapromyza sexpunctata2025Sapromyza sexpunctataSapromyza sexpunctata2025Parydra coarctataParydra coarctata2025Parydra coarctataParydra coarctata2025Parydra littoralisParydra littoralis2025Parydra littoralisParydra littoralis2025Nannomyza basalisNannomyza basalis2025Nannomyza basalisNannomyza basalis2025Polietes meridionalisPolietes meridionalis2025Polietes meridionalisPolietes meridionalis2025Yellow-legged CenturionSargus flavipes2025Yellow-legged CenturionSargus flavipes2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2022Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2022Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2021Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2021Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2020Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2020Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2020Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2020Iridescent CenturionSargus iridatus2019Iridescent CenturionSargus iridatus2019Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2019Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2019