Dumbleton's Copse - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
50.91311, -1.32590
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
- 🅿️Parking 170m 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
- 🅿️Parking 170m 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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km14 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Itchen WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Solent WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 87kmRegional walking route
Hamble Rail Trail RouteWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
The Chestnut TrailWalking route▾
Forest TrailWalking route▾
99 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Southampton Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef S5Local cycle route
Southampton Cycle Network Route 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef S7Local cycle route
National Cycle Route 236 - Titchfield to SouthamptonCycling route▾
Named routeRef 236National Cycle Network
Southampton Cycle Network Route 6 & 7 LinkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Southampton Cycle Network Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef S6Local cycle route
New Forest Cycle Routes - other on road routesCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Itchen Valley Off Road Cycle RouteMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
32,713 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
32,713 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Treecreeper · Coal Tit · Black-headed Gull · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Greenfinch +33
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MagpiePica pica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
🦌Mammals5 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Red Fox · Hazel Dormouse · Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel · Common Shrew
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Common ShrewSorex araneus2025
🦎Reptiles2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects63 species
springautumn
2026▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Gorse Weevil · Common Darter · Mycophaga testacea · Meliscaeva auricollis +58
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Gorse WeevilExapion ulicis
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Mycophaga testaceaMycophaga testacea
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Silky Forklet-moss
- Silky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromalla
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
32,713 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Treecreeper · Coal Tit · Black-headed Gull · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Greenfinch +33
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MagpiePica pica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
🦌Mammals5 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Red Fox · Hazel Dormouse · Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel · Common Shrew
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Common ShrewSorex araneus2025
🦎Reptiles2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects63 species
springautumn
2026▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Gorse Weevil · Common Darter · Mycophaga testacea · Meliscaeva auricollis +58
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Gorse WeevilExapion ulicis
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Mycophaga testaceaMycophaga testacea
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Silky Forklet-moss
- Silky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromalla
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
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