Kiln Copse - Conifer woodland
✦ Ancient woodland47 ha
Plan your visit
🍂Seasonal🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome47 ha
Getting here
50.91671, -1.14483
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕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
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕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
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Wayfarers WalkWalking route▾
Walbury Hill, Berkshire to Emsworth, Hampshire
Named routeRegional walking route
Allan King WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 44 milesRegional walking route
Soberton and Newtown Millennium WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Pilgrims' TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Route 224Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 224National Cycle Network
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Meon Valley TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
11,500 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
11,500 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Siskin · Marsh Tit · Meadow Pipit · Woodcock · Firecrest +39
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common GullLarus canus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Phasianus colchicus torquatusPhasianus colchicus torquatus
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
🦌Mammals3 species
wintersummerautumn
2025▾
Otter · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel
- OtterLutra lutra
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2024▾
Smooth Newt · Palmate Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
🐝Insects19 species
springsummer
2025▾
Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Speckled Wood · Small White · Green Shieldbug · Brimstone +14
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
- Notch-horned Cleg
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,500 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Siskin · Marsh Tit · Meadow Pipit · Woodcock · Firecrest +39
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common GullLarus canus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Phasianus colchicus torquatusPhasianus colchicus torquatus
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
🦌Mammals3 species
wintersummerautumn
2025▾
Otter · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel
- OtterLutra lutra
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2024▾
Smooth Newt · Palmate Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
🐝Insects19 species
springsummer
2025▾
Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Speckled Wood · Small White · Green Shieldbug · Brimstone +14
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
- Notch-horned Cleg
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Haematopota pluvialis
Haematopota pluvialis
Empis tessellataEmpis tessellataEmpis tessellataEmpis tessellataHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusXylota segnisXylota segnisXylota segnisXylota segnisBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaTortoise BugEurygaster testudinariaTortoise BugEurygaster testudinariaBlack-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccineaBlack-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccineaGreen-veined WhitePieris napi2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024Large WhitePieris brassicae2024Large WhitePieris brassicae2024Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024Parent BugElasmucha grisea2024Parent BugElasmucha grisea2024