Kites Copse
✦ Ancient woodland10 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome10 ha
Getting here
50.89062, -1.47408
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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
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿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 — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Chaffinch +82 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Chaffinch +82 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Stag Beetle, Gatekeeper +47 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Meadow Brown, Stag Beetle, Gatekeeper +47 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Test WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 79Regional walking route
Solent WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 87kmRegional walking route
St James' WayWalking route110 km▾
Named routeRef SJWLength 110 kmRegional walking route
European walking route E9, Milford on Sea to Queen Elizabeth Country ParkWalking route▾
Named routeRef E9International walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Calshot to GosportWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
99 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 23Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 23National Cycle Network
Route 246Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 246National Cycle Network
AshurstCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Eling to Holbury Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Southampton Cycle Network Route 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef S2Local cycle route
Southampton Cycle Network Route 3Cycling route▾
Named routeRef S3Local cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Hawkhill Inclosure Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
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Wildlife to spot
5,517 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,517 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Pied Wagtail · Woodpigeon · Goldcrest · Carrion Crow +43
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
🦌Mammals9 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Fallow Deer · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Hedgehog +4
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Noctule
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Palmate Newt · Common Frog · Common Toad
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
🐝Insects11 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Rose Chafer · Minotaur Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird · Western Conifer Seed Bug · 18-spot Ladybird +6
- Rose ChaferCetonia aurata
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025
- 18-spot LadybirdMyrrha octodecimguttata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,517 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Pied Wagtail · Woodpigeon · Goldcrest · Carrion Crow +43
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
🦌Mammals9 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Fallow Deer · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Hedgehog +4
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Noctule
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Palmate Newt · Common Frog · Common Toad
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
🐝Insects11 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Rose Chafer · Minotaur Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird · Western Conifer Seed Bug · 18-spot Ladybird +6
- Rose ChaferCetonia aurata
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025
- 18-spot LadybirdMyrrha octodecimguttata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Nyctalus noctula
Nyctalus noctula
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolusRoe DeerCapreolus capreolusMoleTalpa europaeaMoleTalpa europaeaRabbitOryctolagus cuniculusRabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
2025
Pine Cone BugGastrodes grossipes2025Pine Cone BugGastrodes grossipes2025Physiphora alceaePhysiphora alceae2025Physiphora alceaePhysiphora alceae2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Diaperis boletiDiaperis boleti2025Diaperis boletiDiaperis boleti2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025