Hearts Copse - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
50.95206, -1.30950
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 385m away — 4 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 385m away — 4 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
〰Waterside walks
Good match
Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km15 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Allan King WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 44 milesRegional walking route
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
Itchen WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Pilgrims' TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Otter TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
95 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Chandlers FordCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Southampton Cycle Network Route 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef S7Local cycle route
Southampton Cycle Network Route 6 & 7 LinkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Southampton Cycle Network Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef S6Local cycle route
National Cycle Route 23Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 23National Cycle Network
Route 24Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 24National Cycle Network
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
15,770 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
15,770 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds28 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Cormorant · Mallard · Mute Swan · Coot · Great Crested Grebe +23
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- GadwallMareca strepera2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- TealAnas crecca2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Common GullLarus canus
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Brown Long-eared Bat · Bat · Soprano Pipistrelle · Muntjac · Roe Deer
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- BatChiroptera
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2023
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2023
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2023
🐸Amphibians6 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Great Crested Newt · Common Toad · Common Frog · Smooth Newt · frogs and toads +1
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2024
- frogs and toadsAnura2024
- Salamanders, Sirens and Newts
Stag Beetle · Minotaur Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Common Carder Bee +26
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2024
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
- Leptura aurulentaLeptura aurulenta2023
Fox-tail Feather-moss · Japanese Knotweed · Grass Vetchling · Annual Beard-grass · Pepper-saxifrage
- Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2024
- Grass VetchlingLathyrus nissolia2023
- Annual Beard-grassPolypogon monspeliensis2023
- Pepper-saxifrageSilaum silaus2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,770 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds28 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Cormorant · Mallard · Mute Swan · Coot · Great Crested Grebe +23
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- GadwallMareca strepera2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- TealAnas crecca2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Common GullLarus canus
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Brown Long-eared Bat · Bat · Soprano Pipistrelle · Muntjac · Roe Deer
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- BatChiroptera
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2023
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2023
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2023
🐸Amphibians6 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Great Crested Newt · Common Toad · Common Frog · Smooth Newt · frogs and toads +1
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2024
- frogs and toadsAnura2024
- Salamanders, Sirens and Newts
Stag Beetle · Minotaur Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Common Carder Bee +26
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2024
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
- Leptura aurulentaLeptura aurulenta2023
Fox-tail Feather-moss · Japanese Knotweed · Grass Vetchling · Annual Beard-grass · Pepper-saxifrage
- Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2024
- Grass VetchlingLathyrus nissolia2023
- Annual Beard-grassPolypogon monspeliensis2023
- Pepper-saxifrageSilaum silaus2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Caudata2024
Caudata2024
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraCommon DarterSympetrum striolatumCommon DarterSympetrum striolatumCaenopsis fissirostrisCaenopsis fissirostrisCaenopsis fissirostrisCaenopsis fissirostrisStrawberry-root WeevilOtiorhynchus ovatusStrawberry-root WeevilOtiorhynchus ovatusBroom CarverRhogogaster genistaeBroom CarverRhogogaster genistaeGerman WaspVespula germanicaGerman WaspVespula germanicaDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorIssus coleoptratusIssus coleoptratus2024Issus coleoptratusIssus coleoptratus2024Onthophagus coenobitaOnthophagus coenobita2024Onthophagus coenobitaOnthophagus coenobita2024Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2024Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2024Solomon's-seal SawflyPhymatocera aterrima2024Solomon's-seal SawflyPhymatocera aterrima2024Longitarsus dorsalisLongitarsus dorsalis2024Longitarsus dorsalisLongitarsus dorsalis2024Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2024Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2024Turtle BugPodops inuncta2023Turtle BugPodops inuncta2023Caliadurgus fasciatellusCaliadurgus fasciatellus2023Caliadurgus fasciatellusCaliadurgus fasciatellus2023Xylota segnisXylota segnis2023Xylota segnisXylota segnis2023Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2023Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2023Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2023Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2023Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2023Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2023Tanner BeetlePrionus coriarius2023Tanner BeetlePrionus coriarius2023Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2023Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2023Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023Leptura quadrifasciataLeptura quadrifasciata2023Leptura quadrifasciataLeptura quadrifasciata2023Eremocoris fenestratusEremocoris fenestratus2023Eremocoris fenestratusEremocoris fenestratus2023Events & activities nearby
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