Fernygrove Copse
✦ Ancient woodland5 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
51.46038, -0.72738
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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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Goldfinch, Skylark +60 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Magpie, Goldfinch, Skylark +60 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Peacock, Small Heath, Orange-tip +113 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Peacock, Small Heath, Orange-tip +113 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Three Castles PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Cabbage Hill Blue RouteWalking route▾
Named routeRef blueLocal walking route
Jubilee River PathWalking route▾
European walking route E2 west, UK, South East EnglandWalking route▾
Westroute: Stranraer (UK) - Birminhgham (UK) - Calais (FR) - Zoersel (BE) / Eastroute: Stranraer (UK) - Harwich (UK) - Rotterdam (NL) - Zoersel (BE) / Both Routes: Zoersel (BE) - Maastrich (NL) - Luxembourg (LUX) - Lake Geneva (CH) - Nice (FR)
Named routeRef E2International walking route
The Wokingham WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Ashmore Lanepublic footpath · 482 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 482 mPath type: footway
Ashmore Lanepublic footpath · 268 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 268 mPath type: track
39 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Yellow RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef YellowLocal cycle route
Bracknell Forest Green RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef GreenLocal cycle route
Greenway Red routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef redLocal cycle route
Round Berkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Route 422Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 422National Cycle Network
Bracknell Western RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
1 public path nearby
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Wildlife to spot
8,994 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
8,994 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Goldfinch · Kestrel · Pied Wagtail · Magpie · Starling +29
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2023
Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Noctule · Rabbit · Roe Deer +7
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2024
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
🐝Insects21 species
springsummer
2025▾
Banded Demoiselle · Athous haemorrhoidalis · Violet Ground Beetle · Harlequin Ladybird · Common Darter +16
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis
- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,994 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Goldfinch · Kestrel · Pied Wagtail · Magpie · Starling +29
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2023
Common Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Noctule · Rabbit · Roe Deer +7
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2024
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
🐝Insects21 species
springsummer
2025▾
Banded Demoiselle · Athous haemorrhoidalis · Violet Ground Beetle · Harlequin Ladybird · Common Darter +16
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis
- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
2023
Brown HareLepus europaeusBrown HareLepus europaeusSoprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2024Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2024Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024Bank VoleMyodes glareolus2023Bank VoleMyodes glareolus2023Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.2023Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.2023HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022Rosy MarbledElaphria venustulaRosy MarbledElaphria venustula22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctataMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusBlue ShieldbugZicrona caeruleaBlue ShieldbugZicrona caeruleaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorSouthern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024Mother ShiptonCallistege mi2024Mother ShiptonCallistege mi2024Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus2024Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus2024Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2023Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2023Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2023Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2023Blood-veinTimandra comae2023Blood-veinTimandra comae2023Arge pagana subsp. stephensiiArge pagana subsp. stephensii2023Arge pagana subsp. stephensiiArge pagana subsp. stephensii2023Pipizella viduataPipizella viduata2023Pipizella viduataPipizella viduata2023Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum2023Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum2023Events & activities nearby
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