Hammerpot Copse - Grassland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
50.83821, -0.48425
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
- 🛝Playground 272m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 272m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: East Head to ShorehamWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
14 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
South Coast Cycle RouteCycling route▾
considered a poor cycle route by some cyclists, and a stand in for completion of NCN 2 to Littlehampton and beyond to Chichester
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Route 2 Worthing to South MundhamCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
A259 cycle routeCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Arundel Station to Town CentreCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
A259 cycle route (Chichester - Worthing)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
A284 Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Meadowbank, Arundel Road, Hammerpot
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Wildlife to spot
16,406 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
16,406 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds103 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Peregrine · Red Kite · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blackbird +98
Rabbit · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
🦎Reptiles2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
Green Shieldbug · Eristalis pertinax · Stag Beetle · Harlequin Ladybird · Speckled Bush-cricket +7
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2024
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Red-eyed Damselfly
Lesser Celandine · Garlic Mustard · Ribwort Plantain · Green Alkanet · Beech +26
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025
- BeechFagus sylvatica2025
- Wall BarleyHordeum murinum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,406 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds103 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Peregrine · Red Kite · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blackbird +98
Rabbit · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
🦎Reptiles2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
Green Shieldbug · Eristalis pertinax · Stag Beetle · Harlequin Ladybird · Speckled Bush-cricket +7
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2024
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Red-eyed Damselfly
Lesser Celandine · Garlic Mustard · Ribwort Plantain · Green Alkanet · Beech +26
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025
- BeechFagus sylvatica2025
- Wall BarleyHordeum murinum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Erythromma najas
Erythromma najas
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenax14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata202416-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata20242025
2025
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2025Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2025Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2025Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2025Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2025Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Field MapleAcer campestre2025Field MapleAcer campestre2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2025Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2025Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2025Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2025Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2025Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025HazelCorylus avellana2025HazelCorylus avellana2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2025Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2025CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025HornbeamCarpinus betulus2025HornbeamCarpinus betulus2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2025Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2025ElderSambucus nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2025Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2025Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025DaisyBellis perennis2025DaisyBellis perennis2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2024YarrowAchillea millefolium2024Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024Events & activities nearby
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