Berrybank Copse - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland6 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
51.33501, -0.77987
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
- 🅿️Blackwater Station 51m away — 16 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
- 🅿️Blackwater Station 51m away — 16 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Paid
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects
Free
〰Waterside walks
Good match
Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 signed routes nearby · 13 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Three Castles PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Fleet Pond Yellow RouteWalking route▾
Named routeRef yellowLocal walking route
Ambarrow Hill CircuitWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Ambarrow Court CircuitWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Wildlife WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Shepherd Meadowspublic footpath · 8 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 8 mSurface concreteIncline downPath type: footway
Shepherd Meadowspublic footpath · 156 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 156 mSurface compactedPath type: footway
Rosedene Lanepublic footpath · 4 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 4 mSurface asphaltPath type: cycleway
18 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Rushmoor Cycle Network [FS]Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 221Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 221National Cycle Network
Farnborough Pyestock GateCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Round Berkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Blackwater Valley Red RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef redLocal cycle route
Rushmoor Cycle Network [FC]Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Fleet Pond Blue TrackMountain bike route▾
Basingstoke Canal TowpathMountain bike route▾
Blackwater Valley Multi-User PathMountain bike route▾
Cove Brook Greenway, FarnboroughMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Bike Swinley RedMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Red
Bike Swinley BlueMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Blue
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Bridge over Blackwater River
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Wildlife to spot
16,296 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
16,296 records · National Biodiversity NetworkEgyptian Goose · Magpie · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull +39
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Harvest Mouse · Indet. Deer
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
- Indet. DeerCervidae
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2026▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2025
🐝Insects17 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Darter · Black-tailed Skimmer · Stag Beetle · Hornet Hoverfly · Emperor Dragonfly +12
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
🌿Plants2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Yellow-rattle · Honeysuckle
- Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
- HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,296 records · National Biodiversity NetworkEgyptian Goose · Magpie · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull +39
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Harvest Mouse · Indet. Deer
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
- Indet. DeerCervidae
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2026▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2025
🐝Insects17 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Darter · Black-tailed Skimmer · Stag Beetle · Hornet Hoverfly · Emperor Dragonfly +12
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
🌿Plants2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Yellow-rattle · Honeysuckle
- Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
- HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Downy Emerald
Downy Emerald
Cordulia aenea
Cordulia aenea
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