Church Copse ✦ Ancient woodland 7 ha
🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🍄 Fungi
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51.00538, -1.58880
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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 🍄 Mushroom 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 🍄 Mushroom 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🌿 Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Shoveler, Wigeon, Pochard +48 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Shoveler, Wigeon, Pochard +48 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Tawny Grisette, Common Earthball, Hypotrachyna afrorevoluta +188 more · last seen 2019; Fungi — Tawny Grisette, Common Earthball, Hypotrachyna afrorevoluta +188 more · last seen 2019
Varies
Plants — Common Nettle, Hawthorn, Beech +27 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Bluebell, Himalayan Balsam, Wood Melick +127 more · last seen 2023
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 4 signed routes nearby · 14 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Test Way Walking route ▾
Named route Listed length 79 Regional walking route
Show on map Monarch's Way Walking route 990 km ▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named route Ref MW Length 990 km Regional walking route
Show on map Mottisfont Estate Walk, Mottisfont Walking route 9.1 km ▾
A varied walk through ancient woodlands & historic farmland & part of the Test Way. The route is designed to be walked anti-clockwise, but is waymarked in both directions. Some uneven terrain & country roads with potential livestock in places.
Named route Length 9.1 km Duration 02:40-04:00 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map PAWS Woodland Walk, Mottisfont Walking route 1.8 km ▾
Named route Length 1.8 km Duration 00:45 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Ash Hill Drive public footpath · 493 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 493 m Path type: service
Show on map 26 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 24 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 24 National Cycle Network
Show on map National Byway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref NB Regional cycle route
Show on map Mottisfont Estate Cycle Paths Loop Short Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Yellow Local cycle route
Show on map Mottisfont Estate Cycle Loop Easy Link Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Green Local cycle route
Show on map Route 246 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 246 National Cycle Network
Show on map Test Way Cycle route Cycling route ▾
https://www.hants.gov.uk/thingstodo/countryside/cycling/testway
Named route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Mottisfont Estate Cycle Paths Loop Long Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Ref Red Local cycle route
Show on map ✦ Ancient woodland — continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD. A rare and irreplaceable habitat, rich in biodiversity and historical character.
Photos Berryfield Copse from Church Lane
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Wildlife to spot
2,422 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 2,422 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 42 species
winter summer
2026 ▾
Shoveler · Wigeon · Pochard · House Sparrow · Robin +37
Shoveler Spatula clypeata2025 Wigeon Mareca penelope2025 Pochard Aythya ferina2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Robin Erithacus rubecula Pintail Anas acuta2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blackbird Turdus merula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Magpie Pica pica Starling Sturnus vulgaris Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes2025 Bittern Botaurus stellaris2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2021 Great Tit Parus major2021 Tawny Owl Strix aluco Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2024 Jay Garrulus glandarius2024 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2024 Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2024 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2024 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2024 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2023 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2022 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2021 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra2021 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2021 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus2021 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2020 Coal Tit Periparus ater2019 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2019 Dunnock Prunella modularis2019 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2019 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2019 Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Wood Mouse · Noctule · Hedgehog +7
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2024 Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2024 Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus2022 Noctule Nyctalus noctula2024 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2020 Harvest Mouse Micromys minutus Grass Snake
Grass Snake Natrix helvetica 🐝 Insects 7 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Oak Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird · Suillia atricornis · Rhingia campestris · Eristalis tenax +2
Oak Bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum2022 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Suillia atricornis Suillia atricornis Rhingia campestris Rhingia campestris2023 Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2023 Anasimyia lineata Heather · Bastard Balm · Lesser Butterfly-orchid · Common Spotted-orchid · Oblong-leaved Sundew
Heather Calluna vulgaris Bastard Balm Melittis melissophyllum Lesser Butterfly-orchid Platanthera bifolia Common Spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii2022 Oblong-leaved Sundew Drosera intermedia2021 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 2,422 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 42 species
winter summer
2026 ▾
Shoveler · Wigeon · Pochard · House Sparrow · Robin +37
Shoveler Spatula clypeata2025 Wigeon Mareca penelope2025 Pochard Aythya ferina2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Robin Erithacus rubecula Pintail Anas acuta2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blackbird Turdus merula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Magpie Pica pica Starling Sturnus vulgaris Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes2025 Bittern Botaurus stellaris2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2021 Great Tit Parus major2021 Tawny Owl Strix aluco Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2024 Jay Garrulus glandarius2024 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2024 Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2024 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2024 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2024 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2023 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2022 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2021 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra2021 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2021 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus2021 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2020 Coal Tit Periparus ater2019 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2019 Dunnock Prunella modularis2019 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2019 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2019 Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Wood Mouse · Noctule · Hedgehog +7
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2024 Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2024 Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus2022 Noctule Nyctalus noctula2024 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2020 Harvest Mouse Micromys minutus Grass Snake
Grass Snake Natrix helvetica 🐝 Insects 7 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Oak Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird · Suillia atricornis · Rhingia campestris · Eristalis tenax +2
Oak Bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum2022 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Suillia atricornis Suillia atricornis Rhingia campestris Rhingia campestris2023 Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2023 Anasimyia lineata Heather · Bastard Balm · Lesser Butterfly-orchid · Common Spotted-orchid · Oblong-leaved Sundew
Heather Calluna vulgaris Bastard Balm Melittis melissophyllum Lesser Butterfly-orchid Platanthera bifolia Common Spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii2022 Oblong-leaved Sundew Drosera intermedia2021 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes
Otter Lutra lutra2023
Otter Lutra lutra2023
Eurasian Serotine Cnephaeus serotinus2023
Eurasian Serotine Cnephaeus serotinus2023
Small Mouse Muridae2022
Small Mouse Muridae2022
Pygmy Shrew Sorex minutus2022
Pygmy Shrew Sorex minutus2022
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius2020
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius2020 Anasimyia lineata2022
Anasimyia lineata2022
Ivy Bee Colletes hederae2021
Ivy Bee Colletes hederae2021 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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