Rag Copse - Broadleaved woodland
7 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
51.26196, -1.46640
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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
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
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Test WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 79Regional walking route
River Anton WayWalking route3.2 km▾
Named routeLength 3.2 kmPoint-to-pointLocal walking route
The Brenda Parker WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Pewsey Vale Circular WalkWalking route▾
The Pewsey Vale Tourism Partnership has launched a new long-distance walking, cycling and riding route with the Vale of Pewsey at its heart.
Named routeRound tripRegional walking route
18 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Charlton LakesCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
AndoverCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Andover The Lakes cycle routeCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Whitchurch Jubilee 2012Cycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Route 246Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 246National Cycle Network
Harrow WayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Test Valley Tour VMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound trip
Whitchurch Off-Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails
Vernham Dean Off-Road cycle trailMountain bike route▾
Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
4,304 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,304 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Blackbird · Great Tit · Robin · Blue Tit · Tawny Owl +35
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
🦌Mammals12 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Fallow Deer · Muntjac · Roe Deer · Hazel Dormouse · Brown Hare +7
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- BadgerMeles meles
🐸Amphibians1 species
springautumn
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Southern Hawker · Corizus hyoscyami · Carabid Beetle · Common Darter
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
- Carabid BeetleCarabidae
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,304 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Blackbird · Great Tit · Robin · Blue Tit · Tawny Owl +35
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
🦌Mammals12 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Fallow Deer · Muntjac · Roe Deer · Hazel Dormouse · Brown Hare +7
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- BadgerMeles meles
🐸Amphibians1 species
springautumn
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Southern Hawker · Corizus hyoscyami · Carabid Beetle · Common Darter
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
- Carabid BeetleCarabidae
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025MoleTalpa europaea2025MoleTalpa europaea2025Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2025Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2025Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2025Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2025PolecatMustela putorius2025PolecatMustela putorius2025Events & activities nearby
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