Hersham Copse - Broadleaved woodland 1 ha
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51.37638, -0.55360
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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 232m 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 232m away — 2 car parks within reach £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcomeDogs 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
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Locks and Levels (SCC) Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map European walking route E2 west, UK, South East England Walking route ▾
Westroute: Stranraer (UK) - Birminhgham (UK) - Calais (FR) - Zoersel (BE) / Eastroute: Stranraer (UK) - Harwich (UK) - Rotterdam (NL) - Zoersel (BE) / Both Routes: Zoersel (BE) - Maastrich (NL) - Luxembourg (LUX) - Lake Geneva (CH) - Nice (FR)
Named route Ref E2 International walking route
Show on map Basingstoke Canal Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Thames Path Walking route 296 km ▾
Named route Ref TP Length 296 km National walking route
Show on map Weybridge to New Haw Lock Walk, River Wey Navigations Walking route 8 km ▾
This walk follows the route of the last commercial barges on the Wey Navigations. The large Wey barges, owned by Stevens and Sons, transported grain from the Royal Docks in London to Coxes Mill in Addlestone until the late 1960s.
Named route Length 8 km Duration 03:00 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map 87 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mars Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Mars Local cycle route
Show on map Mimas Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Mimas Local cycle route
Show on map Round Berkshire Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Route 223 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 223 National Cycle Network
Show on map Oberon Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Oberon Local cycle route
Show on map Ceres Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Ceres (1) Local cycle route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Basingstoke Canal Towpath Mountain bike route ▾
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Wildlife to spot
7,094 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 7,094 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 46 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Magpie · Carrion Crow · Robin · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit +41
Magpie Pica pica Carrion Crow Corvus corone Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Blackbird Turdus merula Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Jay Garrulus glandarius Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Great Tit Parus major Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis Tawny Owl Strix aluco Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Canada Goose Branta canadensis Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2024 Linnet Linaria cannabina Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Starling Sturnus vulgaris Nuthatch Sitta europaea Coal Tit Periparus ater Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2024 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2024 Redwing Turdus iliacus2024 Skylark Alauda arvensis Swift Apus apus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis2024 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Greylag Goose Anser anser2024 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2023 Rock Dove Columba livia2023 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2023 Periparus ater britannicus Periparus ater britannicus2023 🦌 Mammals 6 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Common Pipistrelle · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Brown Long-eared Bat · Mole +1
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2024 Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus Mole Talpa europaea2024 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring
2025 ▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Rhododendron Leafhopper · 7-spot Ladybird · Stag Beetle · Longitarsus flavicornis · Rhopalopyx elongata +19
Rhododendron Leafhopper Graphocephala fennahi 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus2023 Longitarsus flavicornis Longitarsus flavicornis2023 Rhopalopyx elongata Rhopalopyx elongata2023 Pea-leaf Weevil Sitona lineatus Red Dead-nettle
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 7,094 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 46 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Magpie · Carrion Crow · Robin · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit +41
Magpie Pica pica Carrion Crow Corvus corone Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Blackbird Turdus merula Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Jay Garrulus glandarius Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Great Tit Parus major Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis Tawny Owl Strix aluco Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Canada Goose Branta canadensis Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2024 Linnet Linaria cannabina Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Starling Sturnus vulgaris Nuthatch Sitta europaea Coal Tit Periparus ater Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2024 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2024 Redwing Turdus iliacus2024 Skylark Alauda arvensis Swift Apus apus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis2024 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Greylag Goose Anser anser2024 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2023 Rock Dove Columba livia2023 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2023 Periparus ater britannicus Periparus ater britannicus2023 🦌 Mammals 6 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Common Pipistrelle · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Brown Long-eared Bat · Mole +1
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2024 Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus Mole Talpa europaea2024 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring
2025 ▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Rhododendron Leafhopper · 7-spot Ladybird · Stag Beetle · Longitarsus flavicornis · Rhopalopyx elongata +19
Rhododendron Leafhopper Graphocephala fennahi 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus2023 Longitarsus flavicornis Longitarsus flavicornis2023 Rhopalopyx elongata Rhopalopyx elongata2023 Pea-leaf Weevil Sitona lineatus Red Dead-nettle
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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Rhopalus (Rhopalus) parumpunctatus Rhopalus (Rhopalus) parumpunctatus2023
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) parumpunctatus Rhopalus (Rhopalus) parumpunctatus2023
Altica lythri Altica lythri2023
Altica lythri Altica lythri2023
Cortinicara gibbosa Cortinicara gibbosa2023
Cortinicara gibbosa Cortinicara gibbosa2023
Kite-tailed Robberfly Machimus atricapillus2023
Kite-tailed Robberfly Machimus atricapillus2023
Longitarsus suturellus Longitarsus suturellus2023
Longitarsus suturellus Longitarsus suturellus2023
Arthaldeus pascuellus Arthaldeus pascuellus2023
Arthaldeus pascuellus Arthaldeus pascuellus2023
Sericoderus brevicornis Sericoderus brevicornis2023
Sericoderus brevicornis Sericoderus brevicornis2023
Rhinoncus perpendicularis Rhinoncus perpendicularis2023
Rhinoncus perpendicularis Rhinoncus perpendicularis2023
Rhinoncus inconspectus Rhinoncus inconspectus2023
Rhinoncus inconspectus Rhinoncus inconspectus2023
Anaceratagallia ribauti Anaceratagallia ribauti2023
Anaceratagallia ribauti Anaceratagallia ribauti2023
Macrosteles laevis Macrosteles laevis2023
Macrosteles laevis Macrosteles laevis2023
Cardiastethus fasciiventris Cardiastethus fasciiventris2023
Cardiastethus fasciiventris Cardiastethus fasciiventris2023
Common Ground-hopper Tetrix undulata2023
Common Ground-hopper Tetrix undulata2023
Bishop's Mitre Aelia acuminata2023
Bishop's Mitre Aelia acuminata2023
Coelositona cambricus Coelositona cambricus2023
Coelositona cambricus Coelositona cambricus2023
Longitarsus luridus Longitarsus luridus2023
Longitarsus luridus Longitarsus luridus2023
Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus2023
Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus2023
Agramma (Agramma) laetum Agramma (Agramma) laetum2023
Agramma (Agramma) laetum Agramma (Agramma) laetum2023 