Kingston Copse ✦ Ancient woodland 9 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 9 ha
Places › England › South East › Isle of Wight Getting here
50.62868, -1.32934
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 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🌿 Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin +68 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin +68 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Eristalis tenax, Syritta pipiens, Conops ceriaeformis +105 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Eristalis tenax, Syritta pipiens, Conops ceriaeformis +105 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 11 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Yar River Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Isle of Wight Coastal Path Walking route 113 km ▾
Named route Length 113 km Round trip Regional walking route
Show on map Worsley Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Tennyson Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map The Stenbury Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Round the Island Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 67 Regional cycle route
Show on map Red Squirrel Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map National Cycle Route 23 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 23 National Cycle Network
Show on map Manors and Mills: Brighstone to Shorwell Quieter Lanes Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Manors and Mills Local cycle route
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 506 m ▾
Named route Ref 23 Length 506 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface unsealedfirm
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 155 m ▾
Named route Ref 23 Length 155 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Chalk Ridge Extreme Mountain bike route ▾
Chevy Chase Mountain bike route ▾
11 public paths nearby
Public paths
Dungewood Lane byway open to all traffic · 173 m ▾
Public path byway open to all traffic Length 173 m Surface dirt Incline down Path type: track
Show on map Dungewood Lane byway open to all traffic · 78 m ▾
Public path byway open to all traffic Length 78 m Surface dirt Incline up Path type: track
Show on map Dungewood Lane byway open to all traffic · 415 m ▾
Public path byway open to all traffic Length 415 m Surface dirt Incline up Path type: track
Show on map Dungewood Lane byway open to all traffic · 39 m ▾
Public path byway open to all traffic Length 39 m Surface dirt Path type: track
Show on map Dungewood Lane byway open to all traffic · 15 m ▾
Public path byway open to all traffic Length 15 m Surface dirt Path type: track
Show on map ✦ Ancient woodland — continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD. A rare and irreplaceable habitat, rich in biodiversity and historical character.
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Wildlife to spot
9,710 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 9,710 records · National Biodiversity Network Goldfinch · Blue Tit · Dunnock · Great Tit · Robin +34
Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Dunnock Prunella modularis Great Tit Parus major Robin Erithacus rubecula Blackbird Turdus merula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2024 Magpie Pica pica Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Coal Tit Periparus ater Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Kestrel Falco tinnunculus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Raven Corvus corax Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Redwing Turdus iliacus2024 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2024 Dark-bellied Brent Goose Branta bernicla bernicla Starling Sturnus vulgaris Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Swallow Hirundo rustica House Martin Delichon urbicum Carrion Crow Corvus corone2024 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2024 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Barn Owl Tyto alba2024 Whitethroat Curruca communis2024 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2024 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2024 Red Squirrel
Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Toad
Woolly Alder Sawfly · Sericomyia silentis · Chrysotoxum bicinctum · 14-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird +34
Woolly Alder Sawfly Eriocampa ovata2025 Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis2025 Chrysotoxum bicinctum Chrysotoxum bicinctum2025 14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Xylota segnis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 9,710 records · National Biodiversity Network Goldfinch · Blue Tit · Dunnock · Great Tit · Robin +34
Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Dunnock Prunella modularis Great Tit Parus major Robin Erithacus rubecula Blackbird Turdus merula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2024 Magpie Pica pica Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Coal Tit Periparus ater Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Kestrel Falco tinnunculus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Raven Corvus corax Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Redwing Turdus iliacus2024 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2024 Dark-bellied Brent Goose Branta bernicla bernicla Starling Sturnus vulgaris Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Swallow Hirundo rustica House Martin Delichon urbicum Carrion Crow Corvus corone2024 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2024 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Barn Owl Tyto alba2024 Whitethroat Curruca communis2024 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2024 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2024 Red Squirrel
Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Toad
Woolly Alder Sawfly · Sericomyia silentis · Chrysotoxum bicinctum · 14-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird +34
Woolly Alder Sawfly Eriocampa ovata2025 Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis2025 Chrysotoxum bicinctum Chrysotoxum bicinctum2025 14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Xylota segnis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Xylota segnis2025
Xylota segnis2025
Epistrophe diaphana Epistrophe diaphana2025
Epistrophe diaphana Epistrophe diaphana2025
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Dotted Bee-fly Bombylius discolor
Dotted Bee-fly Bombylius discolor
Conops ceriaeformis Conops ceriaeformis2025
Conops ceriaeformis Conops ceriaeformis2025
Four-barred Major Oxycera rara2025
Four-barred Major Oxycera rara2025
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2025
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2025
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025
Figwort Sawfly Tenthredo scrophulariae2025
Figwort Sawfly Tenthredo scrophulariae2025
16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025
16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens2025
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens2025
Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii2025
Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii2025
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2025
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2025
Riponnensia splendens Riponnensia splendens2025
Riponnensia splendens Riponnensia splendens2025
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2025
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2025
Xanthogramma pedissequum Xanthogramma pedissequum2025
Xanthogramma pedissequum Xanthogramma pedissequum2025
Asparagus Beetle Crioceris asparagi2025
Asparagus Beetle Crioceris asparagi2025
Elder Aphid Aphis (Aphis) sambuci2025
Elder Aphid Aphis (Aphis) sambuci2025
Rhingia rostrata Rhingia rostrata2025
Rhingia rostrata Rhingia rostrata2025
Dolichovespula media Dolichovespula media2025
Dolichovespula media Dolichovespula media2025
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis2025
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis2025
Oedemera femoralis Oedemera femoralis2024
Oedemera femoralis Oedemera femoralis2024
Dasysyrphus tricinctus Dasysyrphus tricinctus2024
Dasysyrphus tricinctus Dasysyrphus tricinctus2024
Xylota sylvarum Xylota sylvarum2024
Xylota sylvarum Xylota sylvarum2024
Willow Flea Beetle Crepidodera aurata2024
Willow Flea Beetle Crepidodera aurata2024
Great Green Bush-cricket Tettigonia viridissima2024
Great Green Bush-cricket Tettigonia viridissima2024
Marsh Snipefly Rhagio tringarius2024
Marsh Snipefly Rhagio tringarius2024
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2024
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2024
Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus fuscus2024
Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus fuscus2024
Scaeva pyrastri Scaeva pyrastri2024
Scaeva pyrastri Scaeva pyrastri2024
Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens2024
Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens2024
Mint Leaf Beetle Chrysolina herbacea2024
Mint Leaf Beetle Chrysolina herbacea2024 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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