Caveley Copse ✦ Ancient woodland 6 ha
🦅 Birds🦉 Wildlife🍂 Seasonal
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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 6 ha
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51.33106, -1.30692
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Blue Tit 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦 71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Blue Tit 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🌿 Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Jackdaw, Blue Tit, Blackbird +68 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Jackdaw, Blue Tit, Blackbird +68 more · last seen 2025
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🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Cleavers, Hogweed +7 more · last seen 2021
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper +83 more · last seen 2023; Insects — Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper +83 more · last seen 2023
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Hogweed, Hawthorn, Common Nettle
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Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 8 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Wayfarers Walk Walking route ▾
Walbury Hill, Berkshire to Emsworth, Hampshire
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map The Brenda Parker Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Watership Down Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Round trip Regional walking route
Show on map Family Amble, NW Hants Walking route 3.1 km ▾
Named route Length 3.1 km Duration 01:00 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Outward Hound, NW Hants Walking route 2 km ▾
Named route Length 2 km Duration 01:00 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Round Berkshire Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map 4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Watership Down Off-Road Cycle Trail Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Hampshire off Road cycle trails
Show on map Watership Down (Cycling Discoveries for Mountain Bikes in and Around North Hampshire) Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Ref 1: Watership Down
Show on map Whitchurch Off-Road Cycle Trail Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Hampshire off Road cycle trails
Show on map Cycling Discoveries in North Hampshire Mountain bike route ▾
9 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
✦ Ancient woodland — continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD. A rare and irreplaceable habitat, rich in biodiversity and historical character.
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Wildlife to spot
2,344 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 2,344 records · National Biodiversity Network Chaffinch · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Great Tit +39
Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Carrion Crow Corvus corone Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Great Tit Parus major Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Blackbird Turdus merula Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Dunnock Prunella modularis Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Jay Garrulus glandarius Skylark Alauda arvensis Magpie Pica pica2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Rook Corvus frugilegus Swift Apus apus2021 Linnet Linaria cannabina Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Nuthatch Sitta europaea Coal Tit Periparus ater Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2024 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla2023 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2022 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Goldcrest Regulus regulus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2024 Redwing Turdus iliacus2024 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2023 Stock Dove Columba oenas2022 Anas platyrhynchos x Anas platyrhynchos x2023 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2023 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2023 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2023 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2021 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2021 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix2020 Otter · Wood Mouse · Barbastelle · Red Fox · Hazel Dormouse +2
Otter Lutra lutra Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus2022 Barbastelle Barbastella barbastellus2024 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2023 Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius2022 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2022 Dark Bush-cricket · Athous haemorrhoidalis · 14-spot Ladybird · Cantharis rustica · Alder Leaf Beetle +16
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2022 Athous haemorrhoidalis Athous haemorrhoidalis2022 14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2022 Cantharis rustica Cantharis rustica2022 Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni2022 Rhabdomiris striatellus Himalayan Balsam
Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 2,344 records · National Biodiversity Network Chaffinch · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Great Tit +39
Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Carrion Crow Corvus corone Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Great Tit Parus major Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Blackbird Turdus merula Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Dunnock Prunella modularis Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Jay Garrulus glandarius Skylark Alauda arvensis Magpie Pica pica2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Rook Corvus frugilegus Swift Apus apus2021 Linnet Linaria cannabina Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Nuthatch Sitta europaea Coal Tit Periparus ater Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2024 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla2023 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2022 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Goldcrest Regulus regulus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2024 Redwing Turdus iliacus2024 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2023 Stock Dove Columba oenas2022 Anas platyrhynchos x Anas platyrhynchos x2023 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2023 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2023 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2023 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2021 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2021 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix2020 Otter · Wood Mouse · Barbastelle · Red Fox · Hazel Dormouse +2
Otter Lutra lutra Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus2022 Barbastelle Barbastella barbastellus2024 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2023 Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius2022 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2022 Dark Bush-cricket · Athous haemorrhoidalis · 14-spot Ladybird · Cantharis rustica · Alder Leaf Beetle +16
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2022 Athous haemorrhoidalis Athous haemorrhoidalis2022 14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2022 Cantharis rustica Cantharis rustica2022 Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni2022 Rhabdomiris striatellus Himalayan Balsam
Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Brown Hare Lepus europaeus2021
Brown Hare Lepus europaeus2021 Rhabdomiris striatellus
Rhabdomiris striatellus
Brevicoryne brassicae Brevicoryne brassicae2022
Brevicoryne brassicae Brevicoryne brassicae2022
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2022
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2022
Green Nettle Weevil Phyllobius pomaceus2022
Green Nettle Weevil Phyllobius pomaceus2022
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2022
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2022
Vincenzellus ruficollis Vincenzellus ruficollis2022
Vincenzellus ruficollis Vincenzellus ruficollis2022
Black-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa coccinea2022
Black-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa coccinea2022
Fever Fly Dilophus febrilis2022
Fever Fly Dilophus febrilis2022
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2022
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2022
Platycheirus Platycheirus2022
Platycheirus Platycheirus2022
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2022
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2022
White-sided Cleaver Aglaostigma fulvipes2022
White-sided Cleaver Aglaostigma fulvipes2022
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2022
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2022
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2022
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2022
Rosemary Beetle Chrysolina americana2021
Rosemary Beetle Chrysolina americana2021
Hornet Vespa crabro2020
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