Wharf Copse - Conifer woodland 2 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
Free entry Dogs welcome 2 ha
Places › England › South East › Rushmoor Getting here
51.26699, -0.76778
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 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here ⛺ 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 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here ⛺ Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcomeDeciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲 Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
St Swithun's Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Fleet Pond Yellow Route Walking route ▾
Named route Ref yellow Local walking route
Show on map Wellesley Green Route Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Blackwater Valley Path Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Basingstoke Canal Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 20 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Rushmoor Cycle Network [FS] Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Route 221 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 221 National Cycle Network
Show on map Rushmoor cycle network (Aldershot) Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Farnborough Pyestock Gate Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Blackwater Valley Red Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref red Local cycle route
Show on map Scholars Greenway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map 6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Christmas Pie Trail Mountain bike route 13.7 km ▾
leisure route from East Farnham to northwest Guildford
Named route Length 13.7 km
Show on map Fleet Pond Blue Track Mountain bike route ▾
Basingstoke Canal Towpath Mountain bike route ▾
King Alfred's Way Mountain bike route ▾
King Alfreds Way is 350km (220 miles) off road route designed to be ridden clockwise. It starts & ends in Winchester. It is suitable for gravel or cross-country bikes.
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Blackwater Valley Multi-User Path Mountain bike route ▾
Cove Brook Greenway, Farnborough Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Photos Woodland by Forge Lane, Aldershot
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Wildlife to spot
11,561 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 11,561 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 50 species
spring autumn
2025 ▾
Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Robin · Mallard +45
Blackbird Turdus merula Carrion Crow Corvus corone Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos House Martin Delichon urbicum Dunnock Prunella modularis Magpie Pica pica Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Great Tit Parus major Skylark Alauda arvensis Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Coot Fulica atra Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Coal Tit Periparus ater Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Goldcrest Regulus regulus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Nuthatch Sitta europaea Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Starling Sturnus vulgaris Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Whitethroat Curruca communis Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Mute Swan Cygnus olor Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Jay Garrulus glandarius Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Siskin Spinus spinus Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Stock Dove Columba oenas Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Garden Warbler Sylvia borin Greenfinch Chloris chloris Water Rail Rallus aquaticus Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Jackdaw Coloeus monedula House Sparrow Passer domesticus Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 🦌 Mammals 5 species
winter spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Brown Long-eared Bat · Soprano Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle · Roe Deer · Muntjac
Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2025 Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2025 Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2025 Muntjac 🐝 Insects 35 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Macropis · White-legged Damselfly · Hairy Dragonfly · Heterotoma planicornis · Dolichovespula media +30
Macropis Macropis2025 White-legged Damselfly Platycnemis pennipes2025 Hairy Dragonfly Brachytron pratense2025 Heterotoma planicornis Heterotoma planicornis2025 Dolichovespula media Dolichovespula media2025 Green Hound's-tongue · Eyebright
Green Hound's-tongue Cynoglossum germanicum Eyebright Euphrasia Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 11,561 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 50 species
spring autumn
2025 ▾
Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Robin · Mallard +45
Blackbird Turdus merula Carrion Crow Corvus corone Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos House Martin Delichon urbicum Dunnock Prunella modularis Magpie Pica pica Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Great Tit Parus major Skylark Alauda arvensis Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Coot Fulica atra Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Coal Tit Periparus ater Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Goldcrest Regulus regulus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Nuthatch Sitta europaea Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Starling Sturnus vulgaris Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Whitethroat Curruca communis Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Mute Swan Cygnus olor Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Jay Garrulus glandarius Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Siskin Spinus spinus Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Stock Dove Columba oenas Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Garden Warbler Sylvia borin Greenfinch Chloris chloris Water Rail Rallus aquaticus Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Jackdaw Coloeus monedula House Sparrow Passer domesticus Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 🦌 Mammals 5 species
winter spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Brown Long-eared Bat · Soprano Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle · Roe Deer · Muntjac
Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2025 Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2025 Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2025 Muntjac 🐝 Insects 35 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Macropis · White-legged Damselfly · Hairy Dragonfly · Heterotoma planicornis · Dolichovespula media +30
Macropis Macropis2025 White-legged Damselfly Platycnemis pennipes2025 Hairy Dragonfly Brachytron pratense2025 Heterotoma planicornis Heterotoma planicornis2025 Dolichovespula media Dolichovespula media2025 Green Hound's-tongue · Eyebright
Green Hound's-tongue Cynoglossum germanicum Eyebright Euphrasia Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Muntiacus reevesi2025
Muntiacus reevesi2025
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum2025
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum2025
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis2025
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis2025
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2025
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2025
Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma najas2025
Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma najas2025
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2025
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2025
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria2025
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria2025
Chrysotoxum cautum Chrysotoxum cautum2025
Chrysotoxum cautum Chrysotoxum cautum2025
Acericerus ribauti Acericerus ribauti
Acericerus ribauti Acericerus ribauti
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025
Polistichus connexus Polistichus connexus2025
Polistichus connexus Polistichus connexus2025
Clogmia albipunctata Clogmia albipunctata2025
Clogmia albipunctata Clogmia albipunctata2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025
Xylota sylvarum Xylota sylvarum2025
Xylota sylvarum Xylota sylvarum2025
Common Green Capsid Lygocoris (Lygocoris) pabulinus2025
Common Green Capsid Lygocoris (Lygocoris) pabulinus2025
Meliscaeva cinctella Meliscaeva cinctella2025
Meliscaeva cinctella Meliscaeva cinctella2025
Metopia Metopia2025
Metopia Metopia2025
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Epistrophe grossulariae Epistrophe grossulariae2025
Epistrophe grossulariae Epistrophe grossulariae2025
Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis2025
Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis2025
Parhelophilus Parhelophilus2025
Parhelophilus Parhelophilus2025
Dryomyza Dryomyza2025
Dryomyza Dryomyza2025
Wireworm Elateridae2025
Wireworm Elateridae2025
Plateumaris sericea Plateumaris sericea2025
Plateumaris sericea Plateumaris sericea2025
Black-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa coccinea2025
Black-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa coccinea2025
Scaeva Scaeva2025
Scaeva Scaeva2025
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025
Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus2025
Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus2025
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2025
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2025
Tenthredinidae Tenthredinidae2025
Tenthredinidae Tenthredinidae2025
Dimorphic Strider Macrophya montana2025
Dimorphic Strider Macrophya montana2025 