Hesters Copse - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland6 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
51.21691, -0.95281
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 321m 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 321m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
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 km5 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
St Swithun's WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Three Castles PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Basingstoke CanalWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Yarnhams FarmWalking route▾
Named routeMaff conservation walks
Food and Farming TrailsWalking route▾
Named routeRef Mill Farm Trail
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Odiham circular (Cycling Discoveries in and Around North Hampshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 2: Odiham circularRegional cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Basingstoke Canal TowpathMountain bike route▾
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
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2,350 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
2,350 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springsummer
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- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021
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springsummer
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Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Hedgehog · Hazel Dormouse +2
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Fallow Deer
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
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Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Sphaerophoria scripta · Eupeodes · Southern Hawker · Cramp-Ball Fungus Weevil · Tawny Mining Bee +2
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus
- Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva
- Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,350 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Chaffinch · Great Tit · Pheasant · Robin +39
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021
🦌Mammals7 species
springsummer
2026▾
Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Hedgehog · Hazel Dormouse +2
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Fallow Deer
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2022▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Sphaerophoria scripta · Eupeodes · Southern Hawker · Cramp-Ball Fungus Weevil · Tawny Mining Bee +2
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus
- Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva
- Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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