Sandhills Copse - Broadleaved woodland 15 ha
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🦅 Birds🐶 Dogs🦉 Wildlife
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 15 ha
Places › England › South East › Test Valley Getting here
51.04025, -1.59631
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 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 🅿️ Parking 294m away — 2 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 294m away — 2 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
Named cycling route nearby: Route 24
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 4 signed routes nearby · 14 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Test Way Walking route ▾
Named route Listed length 79 Regional walking route
Show on map Monarch's Way Walking route 990 km ▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named route Ref MW Length 990 km Regional walking route
Show on map Mottisfont Estate Walk, Mottisfont Walking route 9.1 km ▾
A varied walk through ancient woodlands & historic farmland & part of the Test Way. The route is designed to be walked anti-clockwise, but is waymarked in both directions. Some uneven terrain & country roads with potential livestock in places.
Named route Length 9.1 km Duration 02:40-04:00 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map PAWS Woodland Walk, Mottisfont Walking route 1.8 km ▾
Named route Length 1.8 km Duration 00:45 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map 21 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 24 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 24 National Cycle Network
Show on map National Byway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref NB Regional cycle route
Show on map Mottisfont Estate Cycle Paths Loop Short Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Yellow Local cycle route
Show on map Mottisfont Estate Cycle Loop Easy Link Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Green Local cycle route
Show on map Route 246 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 246 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 5.8 km ▾
Named route Ref 24 Length 5.8 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Mottisfont Estate Cycle Paths Loop Long Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Ref Red Local cycle route
Show on map Photos Grazing and woodland near East Dean
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Wildlife to spot
7,088 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 7,088 records · National Biodiversity Network Dunnock · Woodpigeon · Rook · Blackbird · Blackcap +36
Dunnock Prunella modularis Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2022 Rook Corvus frugilegus Blackbird Turdus merula2022 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2022 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2022 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2022 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2022 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2022 Robin Erithacus rubecula2022 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2022 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2022 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2021 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2021 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2022 Great Tit Parus major2022 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2021 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2021 House Martin Delichon urbicum Magpie Pica pica2022 Linnet Linaria cannabina2022 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2022 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2022 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2021 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2021 Stock Dove Columba oenas2021 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2024 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2022 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2021 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2022 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2021 Skylark Alauda arvensis2021 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2024 Swift Apus apus2023 Whitethroat Curruca communis2021 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2021 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus2021 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2021 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2021 🦌 Mammals 9 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Common Pipistrelle · Rabbit · Roe Deer · Eurasian Serotine · Brown Long-eared Bat +4
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2022 Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2022 Eurasian Serotine Cnephaeus serotinus Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus Barbastelle Barbastella barbastellus Slow-worm
Glow-worm · Black Clock · Alder Leaf Beetle · Marmalade Hoverfly · 7-spot Ladybird +2
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca Black Clock Pterostichus madidus2022 Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni2021 Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2021 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2021 Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima Silver Birch
Silver Birch Betula pendula Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 7,088 records · National Biodiversity Network Dunnock · Woodpigeon · Rook · Blackbird · Blackcap +36
Dunnock Prunella modularis Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2022 Rook Corvus frugilegus Blackbird Turdus merula2022 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2022 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2022 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2022 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2022 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2022 Robin Erithacus rubecula2022 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2022 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2022 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2021 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2021 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2022 Great Tit Parus major2022 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2021 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2021 House Martin Delichon urbicum Magpie Pica pica2022 Linnet Linaria cannabina2022 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2022 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2022 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2021 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2021 Stock Dove Columba oenas2021 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2024 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2022 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2021 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2022 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2021 Skylark Alauda arvensis2021 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2024 Swift Apus apus2023 Whitethroat Curruca communis2021 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2021 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus2021 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2021 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2021 🦌 Mammals 9 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Common Pipistrelle · Rabbit · Roe Deer · Eurasian Serotine · Brown Long-eared Bat +4
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2022 Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2022 Eurasian Serotine Cnephaeus serotinus Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus Barbastelle Barbastella barbastellus Slow-worm
Glow-worm · Black Clock · Alder Leaf Beetle · Marmalade Hoverfly · 7-spot Ladybird +2
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca Black Clock Pterostichus madidus2022 Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni2021 Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2021 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2021 Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima Silver Birch
Silver Birch Betula pendula Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Bat Chiroptera2024
Bat Chiroptera2024
Brown Hare Lepus europaeus2022
Brown Hare Lepus europaeus2022
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2022
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2022 2021
2021
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis2021
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis2021 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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