White's Copse - Grassland
14 ha
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🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome14 ha
Getting here
51.09927, -0.39410
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🌿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 — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🌿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
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
West Sussex Literary TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Sussex Border PathWalking route220 km▾
Named routeLength 220 kmRegional walking route
Downs LinkWalking route59 km▾
A 37 mile shared route for walkers, horse riders and cyclists linking the North Downs Way with the South Downs Way
Named routeLength 59 kmRegional walking route
Capel walk (SCC)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Riverside WalkWalking route13 km▾
A circular walk around Horsham following the Chennels Brook, Horn Brook, Arun, and Boldings Brook
Named routeLength 13 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Millfoldpublic footpath · 116 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 116 mPath type: service
16 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Surrey CyclewayCycling route▾
Leigh Hill link
Named routeRegional cycle route
Horsham to WarnhamCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Route 228 Crawley to Pulborough (proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 228National Cycle Network
Route 223Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 223National Cycle Network
Worthing Road to Horsham StationCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Pedlars WayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Events & activities nearby
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
838 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
838 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
winterspring
2025▾
Marsh Tit · Hawfinch · Goldcrest · Chaffinch · Long-tailed Tit +27
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2020
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2018
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2022
- NuthatchSitta europaea2021
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2016
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2024
- MerlinFalco columbarius2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2022
- JayGarrulus glandarius2021
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2021
- RobinErithacus rubecula2018
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2018
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2018
- Great TitParus major2018
- RookCorvus frugilegus2018
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2016
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2016
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2022▾
Hedgehog · Roe Deer · Polecat · Rabbit
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2018
- PolecatMustela putorius2021
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2018
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2025▾
Common Toad
Meadow Brown · Small White · Large White · Brown Hairstreak · Comma +8
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
- Brown HairstreakThecla betulae2018
- CommaPolygonia c-album
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
🍄Fungi24 species
summerautumn
2016▾
Blushing Bracket · Spindle Toughshank · King Alfred's Cakes · Beefsteak Fungus · Green Elfcup +19
- Blushing BracketDaedaleopsis confragosa
- Spindle ToughshankGymnopus fusipes
- King Alfred's CakesDaldinia concentrica
- Beefsteak FungusFistulina hepatica
- Green ElfcupChlorociboria aeruginascens
- Rusty PorecrustFuscoporia ferruginosa
Bluebell · Hornbeam · Giant Hogweed · Cuckooflower · Hedge Woundwort +15
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2017
- HornbeamCarpinus betulus
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
- CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2019
- Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
- Lyell's Bristle-mossPulvigera lyellii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
838 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
winterspring
2025▾
Marsh Tit · Hawfinch · Goldcrest · Chaffinch · Long-tailed Tit +27
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2020
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2018
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2022
- NuthatchSitta europaea2021
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2016
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2024
- MerlinFalco columbarius2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2022
- JayGarrulus glandarius2021
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2021
- RobinErithacus rubecula2018
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2018
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2018
- Great TitParus major2018
- RookCorvus frugilegus2018
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2016
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2016
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2022▾
Hedgehog · Roe Deer · Polecat · Rabbit
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2018
- PolecatMustela putorius2021
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2018
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2025▾
Common Toad
Meadow Brown · Small White · Large White · Brown Hairstreak · Comma +8
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
- Brown HairstreakThecla betulae2018
- CommaPolygonia c-album
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
🍄Fungi24 species
summerautumn
2016▾
Blushing Bracket · Spindle Toughshank · King Alfred's Cakes · Beefsteak Fungus · Green Elfcup +19
- Blushing BracketDaedaleopsis confragosa
- Spindle ToughshankGymnopus fusipes
- King Alfred's CakesDaldinia concentrica
- Beefsteak FungusFistulina hepatica
- Green ElfcupChlorociboria aeruginascens
- Rusty PorecrustFuscoporia ferruginosa
Bluebell · Hornbeam · Giant Hogweed · Cuckooflower · Hedge Woundwort +15
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2017
- HornbeamCarpinus betulus
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
- CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2019
- Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
- Lyell's Bristle-mossPulvigera lyellii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumariusCuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumariusPainted LadyVanessa carduiPainted LadyVanessa carduiSmall TortoiseshellAglais urticaeSmall TortoiseshellAglais urticaePeacockAglais ioPeacockAglais ioHolly BlueCelastrina argiolus2018Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2018Common BluePolyommatus icarus2018Common BluePolyommatus icarus2018Birch WoodwartJackrogersella multiformisBirch WoodwartJackrogersella multiformisTripe FungusAuricularia mesentericaTripe FungusAuricularia mesentericaIodine BonnetMycena filopesIodine BonnetMycena filopesRooting ShankHymenopellis radicataRooting ShankHymenopellis radicataYellowing Curtain CrustStereum subtomentosumYellowing Curtain CrustStereum subtomentosumRazor Strop FungusFomitopsis betulinaRazor Strop FungusFomitopsis betulinaMatt BoleteXerocomellus pruinatusMatt BoleteXerocomellus pruinatusDead Moll's FingersXylaria longipesDead Moll's FingersXylaria longipesChicken Of The WoodsLaetiporus sulphureusChicken Of The WoodsLaetiporus sulphureusYellow StagshornCalocera viscosaYellow StagshornCalocera viscosaMadarch y CoedAgaricus sylvicolaMadarch y CoedAgaricus sylvicolaDeceiverLaccaria laccataDeceiverLaccaria laccataCollared ParachuteMarasmius rotulaCollared ParachuteMarasmius rotulaMulch FieldcapAgrocybe putaminumMulch FieldcapAgrocybe putaminumPeeling OysterlingCrepidotus mollisPeeling OysterlingCrepidotus mollisInocybe phaeoleucaInocybe phaeoleucaInocybe phaeoleucaInocybe phaeoleucaGoldenhaired InkcapParasola auricomaGoldenhaired InkcapParasola auricomaPale BrittlestemPsathyrella candolleanaPale BrittlestemPsathyrella candolleanaForked Veilwort
Forked Veilwort
Metzgeria furcata
Metzgeria furcata
Field MapleAcer campestreField MapleAcer campestrePendulous SedgeCarex pendulaPendulous SedgeCarex pendulaDilated ScalewortFrullania dilatataDilated ScalewortFrullania dilatataGround-ivyGlechoma hederacea2023Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2023BugleAjuga reptans2019BugleAjuga reptans2019Wood SpurgeEuphorbia amygdaloides2019Wood SpurgeEuphorbia amygdaloides2019Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2019Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2019PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2019PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2019Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2019Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2019Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2019Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2019Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2019Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2019Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2016Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2016Giant KnotweedReynoutria sachalinensis2016Giant KnotweedReynoutria sachalinensis2016