Northend Copse - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
50.97111, -1.39161
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
- 🛝Playground 286m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 286m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking🛝Playground
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
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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
Otter TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Water Vole WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
The Chestnut TrailWalking route▾
131 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Chandlers FordCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Southampton Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef S5Local 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
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Itchen Valley Off Road Cycle RouteMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal cycle route
Photos
Urban path under the power lines
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Wildlife to spot
12,811 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,811 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Mallard +41
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Mole · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Common Shrew
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
Adder
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects50 species
springsummer
2025▾
Red-eyed Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis pertinax · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle +45
- Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,811 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Mallard +41
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Mole · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Common Shrew
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
Adder
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects50 species
springsummer
2025▾
Red-eyed Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis pertinax · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle +45
- Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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