Hunt's Copse
✦ Ancient woodland37 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome37 ha
Getting here
51.84304, -1.45778
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, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Woodpigeon +67 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Woodpigeon +67 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Wall Scalewort, Wild Onion, Gooseberry +3 more · last seen 2025
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens; Insects — Glow-worm, 22-spot Ladybird, Parasyrphus nigritarsis +8 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Oxfordshire WayWalking route110 km▾
a traverse of Oxfordshire from the Cotswolds to the Chilterns
Named routeRef OWLength 110 kmRegional walking route
Shakespeare's WayWalking route235 km▾
Named routeLength 235 kmRegional walking route
Wychwood WayWalking route59.5 km▾
Named routeLength 59.5 kmRegional walking route
The Roman WayWalking route274.5 km▾
Named routeLength 274.5 kmRegional walking 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
36 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cotswold Line Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 442National Cycle Network
National Byway (Oxon and Glos)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Witney to Long Hanborough Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route756 m▾
Named routeRef 442Length 756 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route449 m▾
Named routeRef 442Length 449 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route210 m▾
Named routeRef 442Length 210 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface grass
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
Dark Lanerestricted byway · 736 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 736 mSurface groundPath type: track
Charlbury Roadbridleway · 86 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 86 mSurface concretePath type: residential
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Wildlife to spot
16,710 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
16,710 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Robin · Jackdaw +35
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great TitParus major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- SwiftApus apus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Fallow Deer · Grey Squirrel
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Slow-worm · Grass Snake
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Glow-worm · 22-spot Ladybird · Parasyrphus nigritarsis · Harlequin Ladybird · Hawthorn Shieldbug +4
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- Parasyrphus nigritarsisParasyrphus nigritarsis
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Ophonus ardosiacusOphonus ardosiacus
- Strawberry Seed Beetle
Wall Scalewort
- Wall ScalewortPorella platyphylla
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,710 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Robin · Jackdaw +35
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great TitParus major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- SwiftApus apus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Fallow Deer · Grey Squirrel
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Slow-worm · Grass Snake
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Glow-worm · 22-spot Ladybird · Parasyrphus nigritarsis · Harlequin Ladybird · Hawthorn Shieldbug +4
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- Parasyrphus nigritarsisParasyrphus nigritarsis
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Ophonus ardosiacusOphonus ardosiacus
- Strawberry Seed Beetle
Wall Scalewort
- Wall ScalewortPorella platyphylla
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Harpalus rufipes
Harpalus rufipes
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2024Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2024Aruncus SawflyEuura spiraeae2024Aruncus SawflyEuura spiraeae2024Events & activities nearby
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