Bentley Copse - Conifer woodland
38 ha
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🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome38 ha
Getting here
51.18189, -0.45753
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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
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
🌤️ 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
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
- £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
🚵Mountain biking
Good match
Named MTB route nearby: Bullethead
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km16 signed routes nearby · 23 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Shere Parish Millennium TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
The Fox WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Wey-South PathWalking route▾
follows the river Wey and the (partly disused) Wey & Arun canal
Named routeRegional walking route
Tillingbourne at work (long) (SCC)Walking route▾
Named routeRef TAWLocal walking route
Greensand WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef GWRegional walking route
40 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Surrey CyclewayCycling route▾
Leigh Hill link
Named routeRegional cycle route
Route 223Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 223National Cycle Network
Surrey CyclewayCycling route▾
Leigh Hill link
Named routeRegional cycle route
Route 22Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 22National Cycle Network
Surrey CyclewayCycling route▾
Cranleigh link
Named routeRegional cycle route
Surrey CyclewayCycling route▾
Cranleigh link
Named routeRegional cycle route
41 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Son of CocoMountain bike route▾
Named routeFriends of hurtwood
SquirrellyMountain bike route▾
DeleriumMountain bike route▾
Upper Treaders TrailMountain bike route▾
Lower Treaders TrailMountain bike route▾
Secret GardenMountain bike route▾
26 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
3,498 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
3,498 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds24 species
springsummer
2026▾
Blackbird · Woodcock · Tawny Owl · Cuckoo · Chiffchaff +19
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- Great TitParus major2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
Hazel Dormouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Adder · Common Lizard
- AdderVipera berus2024
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
Gatekeeper · Meadow Brown · Holly Blue · Brimstone · Speckled Wood +32
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2023
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
🌿Plants12 species
springsummer
2025▾
Douglas Fir · Greater Stitchwort · Amelanchier · Ground-elder · Wood-sorrel +7
- Douglas FirPseudotsuga menziesii
- Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
- AmelanchierAmelanchier
- Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
- Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella
- Chinese QuinceChaenomeles speciosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,498 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds24 species
springsummer
2026▾
Blackbird · Woodcock · Tawny Owl · Cuckoo · Chiffchaff +19
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- Great TitParus major2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
Hazel Dormouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Adder · Common Lizard
- AdderVipera berus2024
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
Gatekeeper · Meadow Brown · Holly Blue · Brimstone · Speckled Wood +32
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2023
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
🌿Plants12 species
springsummer
2025▾
Douglas Fir · Greater Stitchwort · Amelanchier · Ground-elder · Wood-sorrel +7
- Douglas FirPseudotsuga menziesii
- Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
- AmelanchierAmelanchier
- Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
- Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella
- Chinese QuinceChaenomeles speciosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatusBembidionBembidion2025BembidionBembidion2025Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024Small WhitePieris rapae2023Small WhitePieris rapae2023Purple HairstreakFavonius quercus2023Purple HairstreakFavonius quercus2023PeacockAglais io2023PeacockAglais io2023Large WhitePieris brassicae2023Large WhitePieris brassicae2023CommaPolygonia c-album2022CommaPolygonia c-album2022Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus2025Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus2025Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris2025Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris2025Black ClockPterostichus madidus2025Black ClockPterostichus madidus2025Athous vittatusAthous vittatus2025Athous vittatusAthous vittatus2025RhizophagusRhizophagus2025RhizophagusRhizophagus2025Elaphrus ripariusElaphrus riparius2025Elaphrus ripariusElaphrus riparius2025Endomychus coccineusEndomychus coccineus2024Endomychus coccineusEndomychus coccineus2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024Pied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolor2024Pied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolor2024Tanner BeetlePrionus coriarius2023Tanner BeetlePrionus coriarius2023Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2023Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2023White AdmiralLimenitis camilla2023White AdmiralLimenitis camilla2023Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2023Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2023Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2023Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2023Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2021Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2021Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2021Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2021Pignut
Pignut
Conopodium majus
Conopodium majus
BilberryVaccinium myrtillusBilberryVaccinium myrtillusSlender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2021Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2021Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum2021Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum2021SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2021SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2021Bell HeatherErica cinerea2021Bell HeatherErica cinerea2021