New Copse - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland15 ha
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome15 ha
Getting here
50.71949, -1.21790
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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Saline lagoons — specialist waders and wildfowl
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Yar River TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Isle of Wight Coastal PathWalking route113 km▾
Named routeLength 113 kmRound tripRegional walking route
The Bembridge TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Nunwell TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
The Stenbury TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
43 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Round the Island RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 67Regional cycle route
Route 22Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 22National Cycle Network
National Cycle Route 23Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 23National Cycle Network
Adgestone Quiet RoadsCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cowes (Route 3)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
Cowes (Route 4)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Red Squirrel Trail: Parkhurst ForestMountain bike route▾
Divert from the Red Squirrel Tail for Red Squirrel Hide
Named route
Chalk Ridge ExtremeMountain bike route▾
1 public path nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
30,592 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
30,592 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Herring Gull · Blue Tit · Robin +37
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Red Squirrel · Hazel Dormouse · Stoat
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- StoatMustela erminea
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Frog
🐝Insects9 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Common Darter · 7-spot Ladybird · Migrant Hawker · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Hornet +4
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- HornetVespa crabro2025
- Ruddy Darter
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
30,592 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Herring Gull · Blue Tit · Robin +37
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Red Squirrel · Hazel Dormouse · Stoat
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- StoatMustela erminea
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Frog
🐝Insects9 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Common Darter · 7-spot Ladybird · Migrant Hawker · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Hornet +4
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- HornetVespa crabro2025
- Ruddy Darter
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Sympetrum sanguineum2025
Sympetrum sanguineum2025
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2025Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025