Birch Copse - Conifer woodland
✦ Ancient woodland4 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
51.42701, -0.67007
Open directionsv
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
- 🅿️Parking 336m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Parking 336m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
Ancient woodland — owls, woodpeckers, warblers
Free
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Three Castles PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Ramblers RouteWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
29 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4National Cycle Network
Bracknell Northern RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Round Berkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Round Berkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Route 422Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 422National Cycle Network
Bracknell Forest Blue RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef BlueLocal cycle route
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
Hodge Lanerestricted byway · 416 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 416 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
Hodge Lanerestricted byway · 155 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 155 mPath type: bridleway
Woodside Roadrestricted byway · 83 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 83 mPath type: service
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Wildlife to spot
26,011 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
26,011 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springsummer
2025▾
Egyptian Goose · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Robin · Wren +39
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great TitParus major
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- CootFulica atra
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
🦌Mammals13 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Roe Deer · Rabbit · Eurasian Serotine +8
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Ruddy Darter · Stag Beetle · Minotaur Beetle +10
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
26,011 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springsummer
2025▾
Egyptian Goose · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Robin · Wren +39
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great TitParus major
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- CootFulica atra
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
🦌Mammals13 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Roe Deer · Rabbit · Eurasian Serotine +8
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Ruddy Darter · Stag Beetle · Minotaur Beetle +10
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
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