King's Copse - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
50.99359, -1.37632
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
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 km9 signed routes nearby · 4 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▾
Kingswaypublic footpath · 196 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 196 mSurface asphaltPath type: cycleway
117 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Winchester Local Cycle NetworkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Chandlers FordCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Southampton Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef S5Local cycle route
NCN 23 linkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Route 23Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 23National Cycle Network
Route 24Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 24National Cycle Network
Photos
Entrance to Sherborne House School
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Wildlife to spot
39,019 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
39,019 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds54 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Marsh Tit · Woodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Long-tailed Tit +49
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- PochardAythya ferina
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- PintailAnas acuta
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- CootFulica atra
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GreenshankTringa nebularia
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Corvus corax coraxCorvus corax corax
Red Fox · Otter
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- OtterLutra lutra
🐝Insects7 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Southern Hawker · Speckled Bush-cricket · Culiseta annulata · Varied Carpet Beetle · Western Conifer Seed Bug +2
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Culiseta annulataCuliseta annulata
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
39,019 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds54 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Marsh Tit · Woodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Long-tailed Tit +49
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- PochardAythya ferina
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- PintailAnas acuta
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- CootFulica atra
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GreenshankTringa nebularia
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Corvus corax coraxCorvus corax corax
Red Fox · Otter
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- OtterLutra lutra
🐝Insects7 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Southern Hawker · Speckled Bush-cricket · Culiseta annulata · Varied Carpet Beetle · Western Conifer Seed Bug +2
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Culiseta annulataCuliseta annulata
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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