Hersham Copse - Broadleaved woodland
8 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
51.39076, -0.55528
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 on site — 12 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 on site — 12 car parks within reach
- £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 km9 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Three Castles PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Locks and Levels (SCC)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
European walking route E2 west, UK, South East EnglandWalking 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 routeRef E2International walking route
Basingstoke CanalWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Thames PathWalking route296 km▾
Named routeRef TPLength 296 kmNational walking route
Trumps Mill Lanepublic footpath · 42 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 42 mPath type: track
Trumps Mill Lanepublic footpath · 114 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 114 mPath type: unclassified
102 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mars TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef MarsLocal cycle route
Round Berkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Route 223Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 223National Cycle Network
Surrey CyclewayCycling route▾
Woking and Egham link
Named routeRegional cycle route
EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV2International cycle route
Windsor Great Park permitted cycle route (daylight hours only)Cycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Basingstoke Canal TowpathMountain bike route▾
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
14,593 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
14,593 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springsummer
2026▾
Magpie · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Robin · Carrion Crow +37
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2024
🦌Mammals5 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Mole · Roe Deer · Feral Goat · Red Fox · Rabbit
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Feral GoatCapra hircus2024
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects9 species
springsummer
2025▾
Southern Hawker · Large Red Damselfly · Migrant Hawker · Marmalade Hoverfly · Stag Beetle +4
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Red Dead-nettle
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
14,593 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springsummer
2026▾
Magpie · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Robin · Carrion Crow +37
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2024
🦌Mammals5 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Mole · Roe Deer · Feral Goat · Red Fox · Rabbit
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Feral GoatCapra hircus2024
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects9 species
springsummer
2025▾
Southern Hawker · Large Red Damselfly · Migrant Hawker · Marmalade Hoverfly · Stag Beetle +4
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Red Dead-nettle
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Green Drake
Green Drake
Ephemera danica
Ephemera danica
Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestrisGreater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestrisEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax