Clapper Copse
✦ Ancient woodland7 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
51.22853, -1.31153
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — House Martin, Mallard, Swift +47 more · last seen 2025; Birds — House Martin, Mallard, Swift +47 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Small White, Meadow Brown +45 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Large White, Small White, Meadow Brown +45 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Watership Down TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Whitchurch Jubilee 2012Cycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Whitchurch Off-Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails
Cycling Discoveries in North HampshireMountain bike route▾
Basingstoke Off-Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails
Watership Down (Cycling Discoveries for Mountain Bikes in and Around North Hampshire)Mountain bike route▾
Named routeRef 1: Watership Down
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Wildlife to spot
9,023 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,023 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHouse Martin · Mallard · Lapwing · Swift · Chiffchaff +29
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- SwiftApus apus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Hazel Dormouse · Badger · Muntjac · Bank Vole · Polecat +4
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- BadgerMeles meles2024
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Bank VoleMyodes glareolus
- PolecatMustela putorius2024
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- American Mink
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Large White · Small White · Speckled Wood · Brimstone · Red Admiral +20
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,023 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHouse Martin · Mallard · Lapwing · Swift · Chiffchaff +29
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- SwiftApus apus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Hazel Dormouse · Badger · Muntjac · Bank Vole · Polecat +4
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- BadgerMeles meles2024
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Bank VoleMyodes glareolus
- PolecatMustela putorius2024
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- American Mink
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Large White · Small White · Speckled Wood · Brimstone · Red Admiral +20
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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Neovison vison
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024Brown HareLepus europaeus2024Brown HareLepus europaeus20242024
2024
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2024Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulusCommon Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulusKidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatusKidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatusRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesMeadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelusMeadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusValgusValgusValgusValgusBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaCramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosusCramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosusChaetopteryx villosaChaetopteryx villosa2024Chaetopteryx villosaChaetopteryx villosa2024Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2024Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2024Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024PeacockAglais io2024PeacockAglais io2024Events & activities nearby
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