Pearman's Copse - Broadleaved woodland 1 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
Free entry Dogs welcome 1 ha
Places › England › South East › Reading Getting here
51.42354, -0.95000
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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 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcomeDeciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲 Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
California Greenway Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Blackwater Valley Path Walking route ▾
Named route Regional 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 Kennet and Avon Canal Trail Walking route 140 km ▾
Rivers linked by a canal. The name refers to the entire navigable length. From Bristol the way is the Avon. The canal is from Bath to Newbury. From there to Reading the way is the Kennet. 53 locks to Summit Pound (150 m asl) and 54 down to Reading.
Named route Ref K&A Length 140 km Regional walking route
Show on map The Wokingham Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 146 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 5 National Cycle Network
Show on map Barkham Useful Cycle Routes Cycling route ▾
Route 19 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 19 Local cycle route
Show on map California Greenway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Link to NCN 4 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref NCN4 Link Local cycle route
Show on map Woodley, Earley Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
King Alfred's Way Mountain bike route ▾
King Alfreds Way is 350km (220 miles) off road route designed to be ridden clockwise. It starts & ends in Winchester. It is suitable for gravel or cross-country bikes.
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Photos Shinfield Park ("Goodrest") and its history
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Wildlife to spot
58,816 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 58,816 records · National Biodiversity Network Robin · Magpie · Blue Tit · Tufted Duck · Blackbird +23
Robin Erithacus rubecula Magpie Pica pica Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Blackbird Turdus merula Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Jay Garrulus glandarius Redwing Turdus iliacus Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Coot Fulica atra Great Tit Parus major2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog · Common Toad
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo 🐝 Insects 38 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Marmalade Hoverfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus · Harlequin Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird +33
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Syrphus Syrphus2025 Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata2025 Common Feather-moss
Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 58,816 records · National Biodiversity Network Robin · Magpie · Blue Tit · Tufted Duck · Blackbird +23
Robin Erithacus rubecula Magpie Pica pica Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Blackbird Turdus merula Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Jay Garrulus glandarius Redwing Turdus iliacus Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Coot Fulica atra Great Tit Parus major2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog · Common Toad
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo 🐝 Insects 38 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Marmalade Hoverfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus · Harlequin Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird +33
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Syrphus Syrphus2025 Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata2025 Common Feather-moss
Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Green Shieldbug
Green Shieldbug
Palomena prasina2025
Palomena prasina2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Clover-root Weevil Sitona hispidulus2025
Clover-root Weevil Sitona hispidulus2025
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Platycheirus Platycheirus2025
Platycheirus Platycheirus2025
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2025
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2025
Humming-bird Hawk-moth Macroglossum stellatarum2025
Humming-bird Hawk-moth Macroglossum stellatarum2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Pale Tussock Calliteara pudibunda2025
Pale Tussock Calliteara pudibunda2025
Coenosia tigrina Coenosia tigrina2025
Coenosia tigrina Coenosia tigrina2025
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2025
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2025
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius2025
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius2025
Common Earwig Forficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025
Common Earwig Forficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025
Poplar Hawk-moth Laothoe populi2025
Poplar Hawk-moth Laothoe populi2025
Opomyza germinationis Opomyza germinationis2025
Opomyza germinationis Opomyza germinationis2025
Brachycarenus tigrinus Brachycarenus tigrinus2025
Brachycarenus tigrinus Brachycarenus tigrinus2025
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Small Dusty Wave Idaea seriata2025
Small Dusty Wave Idaea seriata2025
Stictopleurus punctatonervosus Stictopleurus punctatonervosus2025
Stictopleurus punctatonervosus Stictopleurus punctatonervosus2025
24-spot Ladybird Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025
24-spot Ladybird Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025
Stenocranus major Stenocranus major2025
Stenocranus major Stenocranus major2025
Rhinoncus perpendicularis Rhinoncus perpendicularis2025
Rhinoncus perpendicularis Rhinoncus perpendicularis2025
Jersey Tiger Euplagia quadripunctaria2025
Jersey Tiger Euplagia quadripunctaria2025
Tomosvaryella palliditarsis Tomosvaryella palliditarsis2025
Tomosvaryella palliditarsis Tomosvaryella palliditarsis2025
Neophilaenus lineatus Neophilaenus lineatus2025
Neophilaenus lineatus Neophilaenus lineatus2025
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata2025
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata2025
Cantharis decipiens Cantharis decipiens2025
Cantharis decipiens Cantharis decipiens2025
Baeopelma foersteri Baeopelma foersteri2025
Baeopelma foersteri Baeopelma foersteri2025
Pea-leaf Weevil Sitona lineatus2025
Pea-leaf Weevil Sitona lineatus2025