Copthorne Upper Common - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.14398, -0.10980
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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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 58m away — 6 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 58m away — 6 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
Named hiking route nearby: Sussex Border Path
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
William Robinson Woodland TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Crawley GreenwayWalking route▾
walking route around Crawley along many leafy paths, signposted
Named routeLocal walking route
Worth WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Reigate and Banstead Millennium TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef RBMTRegional walking route
Tandridge Border PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
148 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route F (incomplete)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route DCycling route▾
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Route BCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route ACycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route O (incomplete)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Crawley Avenue Cycle TracksCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
6,726 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
6,726 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Mallard · Blackbird · House Martin · Magpie +26
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2020
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- MagpiePica pica2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- RavenCorvus corax2022
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2022
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2021
🦌Mammals14 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · American Mink · Badger +9
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2021
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
- American MinkNeovison vison
- BadgerMeles meles
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria2022
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects19 species
springautumn
2025▾
Hornet · Large Red Damselfly · Harlequin Ladybird · Box Tree Moth · Drosophila hydei +14
- HornetVespa crabro2020
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024
- Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
- Drosophila hydeiDrosophila hydei2021
- Small Yellow-legged Robberfly
Japanese Knotweed · Green-winged Orchid · Cleavers · Wood Avens · Meadow Buttercup +1
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2022
- Green-winged OrchidAnacamptis morio2021
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2020
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,726 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Mallard · Blackbird · House Martin · Magpie +26
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2020
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- MagpiePica pica2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- RavenCorvus corax2022
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2022
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2021
🦌Mammals14 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · American Mink · Badger +9
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2021
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
- American MinkNeovison vison
- BadgerMeles meles
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria2022
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects19 species
springautumn
2025▾
Hornet · Large Red Damselfly · Harlequin Ladybird · Box Tree Moth · Drosophila hydei +14
- HornetVespa crabro2020
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024
- Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
- Drosophila hydeiDrosophila hydei2021
- Small Yellow-legged Robberfly
Japanese Knotweed · Green-winged Orchid · Cleavers · Wood Avens · Meadow Buttercup +1
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2022
- Green-winged OrchidAnacamptis morio2021
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2020
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Common Pipistrelle
Common Pipistrelle
Pipistrellus pipistrellus2024
Pipistrellus pipistrellus2024
Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanariusHazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanariusSoprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2024Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2024Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2024Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2024MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2023MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2023OtterLutra lutra2020OtterLutra lutra2020RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2020RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2020MoleTalpa europaea2020MoleTalpa europaea2020Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2020Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2020Dioctria linearis2021
Dioctria linearis2021
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2021Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2021Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2021Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2021Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021Dusky AntFormica fusca2021Dusky AntFormica fusca2021Trichocera saltatorTrichocera saltator2021Trichocera saltatorTrichocera saltator2021Twin-lobed DeerflyChrysops relictus2020Twin-lobed DeerflyChrysops relictus2020Isoperla grammaticaIsoperla grammatica2020Isoperla grammaticaIsoperla grammatica2020Common Awl-flyXylophagus ater2020Common Awl-flyXylophagus ater2020Euphylidorea disparEuphylidorea dispar2020Euphylidorea disparEuphylidorea dispar2020Nephrotoma dorsalisNephrotoma dorsalis2020Nephrotoma dorsalisNephrotoma dorsalis2020Dicranomyia choreaDicranomyia chorea2020Dicranomyia choreaDicranomyia chorea2020Molophilus griseusMolophilus griseus2020Molophilus griseusMolophilus griseus2020Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2020Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2020