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Copythorne Common

15 ha

📷 Mike Faherty · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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50.93804, -1.54808

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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
🅿️Parking 196m 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 196m away — 2 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

7 activities

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 — Mallard, Blackbird, Robin +51 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mallard, Blackbird, Robin +51 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies; Insects — Beautiful Demoiselle, Meadow Grasshopper, Stag Beetle +93 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Swan's-neck Thyme-moss, Bog Moss, Navelwort +11 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Swan's-neck Thyme-moss, Bog Moss, Navelwort +11 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

1 signed route nearby · 5 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Test WayWalking route

Named routeListed length 79Regional walking route

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Cycling

31 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 246Cycling route

Named routeRef 246National Cycle Network

AshurstCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Eling to Holbury Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

National Cycle Route 236 - Southampton to LyndhurstCycling route

Named routeRef 236National Cycle Network

New Forest Cycle RoutesCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Southampton Cycle Network Route 1Cycling route

Named routeRef S1Local cycle route

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Horse riding

3 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

6,333 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,333 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

winterspring

2026

Mallard · Blackbird · Robin · Canada Goose · Woodpigeon +53

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
JackdawColoeus monedula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
MagpiePica pica
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
BuzzardButeo buteo
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Great TitParus major
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
CootFulica atra
DunnockPrunella modularis
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2022
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
NuthatchSitta europaea
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Red KiteMilvus milvus2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2023
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
SwiftApus apus2024
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2023
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2023
GadwallMareca strepera2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2022
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2022
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2022
LinnetLinaria cannabina2022

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Mammals10 species

winterspringsummer

2025

Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Vole · Red Fox · Bat +5

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
VoleArvicolinae2020
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
BatChiroptera2020
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
BadgerMeles meles2024
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
Fallow DeerDama dama2024
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2020

🦎

Reptiles3 species

autumn

2023

Grass Snake · Common Lizard · Slow-worm

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica2022
Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2022

🐸

Amphibians2 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Common Toad · Common Frog

Common ToadBufo bufo
Common FrogRana temporaria2021

🐝

Insects96 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Beautiful Demoiselle · Meadow Grasshopper · Stag Beetle · Long-winged Cone-head · Large Red Damselfly +91

Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2023
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2023
Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023
Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2023
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2023
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2024
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2023
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2023
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023
Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorumPlagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum2021
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
Rhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahi2025
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024
Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2024
Wood CricketNemobius sylvestris2023
Common Ground-hopperTetrix undulata2020
PeacockAglais io2019
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2024
Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris2023
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2023
Woodland GrasshopperOmocestus rufipes2022
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2022
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2022
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2022
Heterotoma planicornisHeterotoma planicornis2021
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber2021
Bog Bush-cricketMetrioptera brachyptera2020
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
Green DrakeEphemera danica2025
Jet AntLasius fuliginosus2025
Criorhina ranunculiCriorhina ranunculi2025
Dusky AntFormica fusca2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024
Field Digger WaspMellinus arvensis2024
Ivy BeeColletes hederae2024
Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus2024
Tree HopperCentrotus cornutus2024
Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus2023
German WaspVespula germanica2023
Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus2023
Glyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidus2023
Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2023
Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2023
Rhagium bifasciatumRhagium bifasciatum2023
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2023
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2023
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2023
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2023
Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides2023
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2022
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2022
Stictoleptura rubraStictoleptura rubra2022
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2022
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2022
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2022
HornetVespa crabro2022
Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus2021
Eristalis horticolaEristalis horticola2021
Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2021
Broad DamselbugNabis (Nabicula) flavomarginatus2021
Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus2021
Common Green CapsidLygocoris (Lygocoris) pabulinus2021
Woundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimus2021
Mottled GrasshopperMyrmeleotettix maculatus2020
Alydus calcaratusAlydus calcaratus2020
Slender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata2020
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2020
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2020
Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2020
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2019

🌿

Plants14 species

springsummer

2025

Swan's-neck Thyme-moss · Bog Moss · Navelwort · Pyramidal Orchid · White Dead-nettle +9

Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum
Bog MossSphagnum2024
NavelwortUmbilicus rupestris2022
Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis2022
White Dead-nettleLamium album2022
Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium2022
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2022
RagwortSenecio2022
Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata2020
Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2020
Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre2020
ChamomileChamaemelum nobile2020
Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2020
Southern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza praetermissa2020

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,333 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

winterspring

2026

Mallard · Blackbird · Robin · Canada Goose · Woodpigeon +53

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
JackdawColoeus monedula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
MagpiePica pica
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
BuzzardButeo buteo
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Great TitParus major
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
CootFulica atra
DunnockPrunella modularis
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2022
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
NuthatchSitta europaea
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Red KiteMilvus milvus2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2023
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
SwiftApus apus2024
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2023
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2023
GadwallMareca strepera2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2022
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2022
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2022
LinnetLinaria cannabina2022

🦌

Mammals10 species

winterspringsummer

2025

Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Vole · Red Fox · Bat +5

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
VoleArvicolinae2020
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
BatChiroptera2020
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
BadgerMeles meles2024
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
Fallow DeerDama dama2024
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2020

🦎

Reptiles3 species

autumn

2023

Grass Snake · Common Lizard · Slow-worm

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica2022
Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2022

🐸

Amphibians2 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Common Toad · Common Frog

Common ToadBufo bufo
Common FrogRana temporaria2021

🐝

Insects96 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Beautiful Demoiselle · Meadow Grasshopper · Stag Beetle · Long-winged Cone-head · Large Red Damselfly +91

Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2023
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2023
Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023
Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2023
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2023
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2024
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2023
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2023
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023
Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorumPlagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum2021
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
Rhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahi2025
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024
Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2024
Wood CricketNemobius sylvestris2023
Common Ground-hopperTetrix undulata2020
PeacockAglais io2019
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2024
Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris2023
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2023
Woodland GrasshopperOmocestus rufipes2022
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2022
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2022
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2022
Heterotoma planicornisHeterotoma planicornis2021
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber2021
Bog Bush-cricketMetrioptera brachyptera2020
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
Green DrakeEphemera danica2025
Jet AntLasius fuliginosus2025
Criorhina ranunculiCriorhina ranunculi2025
Dusky AntFormica fusca2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024
Field Digger WaspMellinus arvensis2024
Ivy BeeColletes hederae2024
Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus2024
Tree HopperCentrotus cornutus2024
Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus2023
German WaspVespula germanica2023
Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus2023
Glyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidus2023
Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2023
Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2023
Rhagium bifasciatumRhagium bifasciatum2023
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2023
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2023
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2023
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2023
Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides2023
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2022
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2022
Stictoleptura rubraStictoleptura rubra2022
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2022
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2022
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2022
HornetVespa crabro2022
Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus2021
Eristalis horticolaEristalis horticola2021
Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2021
Broad DamselbugNabis (Nabicula) flavomarginatus2021
Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus2021
Common Green CapsidLygocoris (Lygocoris) pabulinus2021
Woundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimus2021
Mottled GrasshopperMyrmeleotettix maculatus2020
Alydus calcaratusAlydus calcaratus2020
Slender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata2020
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2020
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2020
Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2020
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2019

🌿

Plants14 species

springsummer

2025

Swan's-neck Thyme-moss · Bog Moss · Navelwort · Pyramidal Orchid · White Dead-nettle +9

Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum
Bog MossSphagnum2024
NavelwortUmbilicus rupestris2022
Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis2022
White Dead-nettleLamium album2022
Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium2022
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2022
RagwortSenecio2022
Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata2020
Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2020
Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre2020
ChamomileChamaemelum nobile2020
Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2020
Southern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza praetermissa2020

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Mike Faherty · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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