Bunkers Copse - Broadleaved woodland
8 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
50.63820, -1.28675
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
Lowland fens priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Lowland fens — specialist fen birds and passage waders
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Yar River TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Isle of Wight Coastal PathWalking route113 km▾
Named routeLength 113 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Worsley TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Tennyson TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
The Bembridge TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
24 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Round the Island RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 67Regional cycle route
National Cycle Route 23Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 23National Cycle Network
Red Squirrel TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Sunshine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Manors and Mills: Brighstone to Shorwell Quieter Lanes Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef Manors and MillsLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.3 km▾
Named routeRef 23Length 1.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Chalk Ridge ExtremeMountain bike route▾
Chevy ChaseMountain bike route▾
12 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
5,161 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
5,161 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Herring Gull · Yellowhammer · Rook +43
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
🦌Mammals2 species
springwinter
2025▾
Brown Hare · Red Squirrel
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Slow-worm
🐝Insects3 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Small Garden Bumblebee · Common Darter · Field Grasshopper
- Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023
Field Pansy · Field Madder · Scarlet Pimpernel · Corn Marigold · Common Spotted-orchid +42
- Field PansyViola arvensis
- Field MadderSherardia arvensis
- Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis
- Corn MarigoldGlebionis segetum
- Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii
- Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine
- Dwarf Spurge
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,161 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Herring Gull · Yellowhammer · Rook +43
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
🦌Mammals2 species
springwinter
2025▾
Brown Hare · Red Squirrel
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Slow-worm
🐝Insects3 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Small Garden Bumblebee · Common Darter · Field Grasshopper
- Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023
Field Pansy · Field Madder · Scarlet Pimpernel · Corn Marigold · Common Spotted-orchid +42
- Field PansyViola arvensis
- Field MadderSherardia arvensis
- Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis
- Corn MarigoldGlebionis segetum
- Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii
- Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine
- Dwarf Spurge
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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