Loader's Copse - Broadleaved woodland 4 ha
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Places › England › South East › Wokingham Getting here
51.43099, -0.89575
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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 154m away — 8 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 154m away — 8 car parks within reach £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
〰 Waterside walks
Good match
Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking
Varies
Named cycling route nearby: Route 422
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 8 signed routes nearby · 14 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
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 St James' Way Walking route 110 km ▾
Named route Ref SJW Length 110 km Regional walking route
Show on map Coombes Circular Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Lockyer Close public footpath · 15 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 15 m Surface asphalt Path type: pedestrian
Show on map Lockyer Close public footpath · 17 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 17 m Surface asphalt Path type: living_street
Show on map Bearwood Path public footpath · 6 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 6 m Surface unpaved Path type: footway
Show on map 76 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 ▾
Emmbrook Useful Cycle Routes Cycling route ▾
Route 19 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 19 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
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Wildlife to spot
48,349 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 48,349 records · National Biodiversity Network Robin · Coot · Mute Swan · Woodpigeon · Great Tit +32
Robin Erithacus rubecula Coot Fulica atra Mute Swan Cygnus olor Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Tit Parus major2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Tawny Owl Strix aluco Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Winter Moth · Mottled Umber · Common Quaker · Hebrew Character · Small Quaker +30
Winter Moth Operophtera brumata2025 Mottled Umber Erannis defoliaria2025 Common Quaker Orthosia cerasi Hebrew Character Orthosia gothica Small Quaker Orthosia cruda Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 48,349 records · National Biodiversity Network Robin · Coot · Mute Swan · Woodpigeon · Great Tit +32
Robin Erithacus rubecula Coot Fulica atra Mute Swan Cygnus olor Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Tit Parus major2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Tawny Owl Strix aluco Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Winter Moth · Mottled Umber · Common Quaker · Hebrew Character · Small Quaker +30
Winter Moth Operophtera brumata2025 Mottled Umber Erannis defoliaria2025 Common Quaker Orthosia cerasi Hebrew Character Orthosia gothica Small Quaker Orthosia cruda Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Common Plume
Common Plume
Emmelina monodactyla
Emmelina monodactyla
Rusty Dot Udea ferrugalis2025
Rusty Dot Udea ferrugalis2025
Dark Chestnut Conistra ligula2025
Dark Chestnut Conistra ligula2025
Lichen Tortrix Acleris literana
Lichen Tortrix Acleris literana
Oak Beauty Biston strataria
Oak Beauty Biston strataria
Dotted Masoner Blastobasis vittata2025
Dotted Masoner Blastobasis vittata2025
Chestnut Conistra vaccinii2025
Chestnut Conistra vaccinii2025
Satellite Eupsilia transversa2025
Satellite Eupsilia transversa2025
Red-green Carpet Chloroclysta siterata2025
Red-green Carpet Chloroclysta siterata2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Early Grey Xylocampa areola
Early Grey Xylocampa areola
Lead-coloured Drab Orthosia populeti
Lead-coloured Drab Orthosia populeti
March Tubic Diurnea fagella
March Tubic Diurnea fagella
Shoulder Stripe Earophila badiata
Shoulder Stripe Earophila badiata
Twin-spotted Quaker Anorthoa munda
Twin-spotted Quaker Anorthoa munda
Oak Nycteoline Nycteola revayana
Oak Nycteoline Nycteola revayana
Pale Brindled Beauty Phigalia pilosaria
Pale Brindled Beauty Phigalia pilosaria
Spring Usher Agriopis leucophaearia
Spring Usher Agriopis leucophaearia
December Moth Poecilocampa populi2025
December Moth Poecilocampa populi2025
Wakely's Dowd Blastobasis lacticolella2025
Wakely's Dowd Blastobasis lacticolella2025
Double-striped Pug Gymnoscelis rufifasciata2025
Double-striped Pug Gymnoscelis rufifasciata2025
Northern Winter Moth Operophtera fagata2025
Northern Winter Moth Operophtera fagata2025
Australian Orange-tip Tachystola acroxantha2025
Australian Orange-tip Tachystola acroxantha2025
Red-Line Quaker Leptologia lota2025
Red-Line Quaker Leptologia lota2025
Brown Bagworm Taleporia tubulosa2025
Brown Bagworm Taleporia tubulosa2025
Hemlock Moth Agonopterix alstromeriana2025
Hemlock Moth Agonopterix alstromeriana2025
Narrow-winged Grey Eudonia angustea2025
Narrow-winged Grey Eudonia angustea2025
Dark Sword-grass Agrotis ipsilon2025
Dark Sword-grass Agrotis ipsilon2025
November Moth agg. Epirrita dilutata agg.2025
November Moth agg. Epirrita dilutata agg.2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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