Birch Copse - Broadleaved woodland
0 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
51.42237, -0.67376
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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
- 🌿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 welcome
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
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
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Three Castles PathWalking route▾
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Ramblers RouteWalking route▾
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22 signed routes nearby
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Route 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4National Cycle Network
Bracknell Northern RouteCycling route▾
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Round Berkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
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Route 422Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 422National Cycle Network
Bracknell Forest Blue RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef BlueLocal cycle route
Bracknell Forest Green RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef GreenLocal cycle route
2 signed routes nearby
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Bike Swinley BlueMountain bike route▾
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Bike Swinley GreenMountain bike route▾
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Wildlife to spot
37,660 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
37,660 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Mallard · Robin +44
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great TitParus major
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Columba palumbus palumbusColumba palumbus palumbus
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- CootFulica atra
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- DunnockPrunella modularis
🦌Mammals12 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Noctule +7
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Common Darter · Jersey Tiger · Stag Beetle · Minotaur Beetle · Ruddy Darter +4
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
37,660 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Mallard · Robin +44
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great TitParus major
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Columba palumbus palumbusColumba palumbus palumbus
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- CootFulica atra
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- DunnockPrunella modularis
🦌Mammals12 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Noctule +7
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Common Darter · Jersey Tiger · Stag Beetle · Minotaur Beetle · Ruddy Darter +4
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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Myotis daubentonii2025
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