Fieldridge Copse
✦ Ancient woodland19 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome19 ha
Getting here
51.46705, -1.49312
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿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
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿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 — Barn Owl, Pheasant, Raven +55 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Barn Owl, Pheasant, Raven +55 more · last seen 2026
Free
Plants — Common Nettle, Blackthorn, Pedunculate Oak +15 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Snowdrop, Bluebell, Common Nettle +180 more · last seen 2017
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Meadow Brown, Orange-tip +30 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small White, Meadow Brown, Orange-tip +30 more · last seen 2025
Free
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
The Roman WayWalking route274.5 km▾
Named routeLength 274.5 kmRegional walking route
Lambourn Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Round Berkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
2,867 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,867 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds12 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Barn Owl · Raven · Red-legged Partridge · Pheasant · Woodlark +7
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- WoodlarkLullula arborea2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- QuailCoturnix coturnix2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
- MagpiePica pica2021
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2019
🦌Mammals10 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Brown Hare · Hedgehog · Roe Deer · Polecat · Muntjac +5
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- PolecatMustela putorius2022
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2022
🐝Insects8 species
springsummer
2025▾
Cinnabar · Silver Y · Yellow Shell · Volucella pellucens · Straw Grass-veneer +3
- CinnabarTyria jacobaeae
- Silver YAutographa gamma2024
- Yellow ShellCamptogramma bilineata2024
- Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024
- Straw Grass-veneerAgriphila straminella2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,867 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds12 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Barn Owl · Raven · Red-legged Partridge · Pheasant · Woodlark +7
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- WoodlarkLullula arborea2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- QuailCoturnix coturnix2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
- MagpiePica pica2021
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2019
🦌Mammals10 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Brown Hare · Hedgehog · Roe Deer · Polecat · Muntjac +5
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- PolecatMustela putorius2022
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2022
🐝Insects8 species
springsummer
2025▾
Cinnabar · Silver Y · Yellow Shell · Volucella pellucens · Straw Grass-veneer +3
- CinnabarTyria jacobaeae
- Silver YAutographa gamma2024
- Yellow ShellCamptogramma bilineata2024
- Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024
- Straw Grass-veneerAgriphila straminella2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Badger
Badger
Meles meles2021
Meles meles2021
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023OtterLutra lutra2022OtterLutra lutra2022Brown RatRattus norvegicus2022Brown RatRattus norvegicus2022Red FoxVulpes vulpes2019Red FoxVulpes vulpes2019Zygaena lonicerae/trifolii
Zygaena lonicerae/trifolii
Zygaena lonicerae/trifolii2024
Zygaena lonicerae/trifolii2024
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2022Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2022Beautiful CrescentGrapholita jungiella2022Beautiful CrescentGrapholita jungiella2022Events & activities nearby
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