Lands Copse ✦ Ancient woodland 11 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🍂 Seasonal
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 11 ha
Places › England › South East › Hart Getting here
51.23384, -0.83868
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, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Robin, Blackbird +64 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Magpie, Robin, Blackbird +64 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Spanish Bluebell, Bluebell, Taraxacum agg. +2 more · last seen 2022
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Marbled White +51 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Marbled White +51 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 5 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
St Swithun's Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Three Castles Path Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Blackwater Valley Path Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Basingstoke Canal Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map North Downs Way (Western) Walking route ▾
Named route National walking route
Show on map 30 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Odiham circular (Cycling Discoveries in and Around North Hampshire) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 2: Odiham circular Regional cycle route
Show on map Hitches Lane to Fleet Town Centre pedestrian and cycle route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Rushmoor cycle network (Aldershot) Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Scholars Greenway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Weyside Greenway Cycling route ▾
Final NCN 22 route through the centre of Farnham
Named route Ref 22 (Proposed) National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 22 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 22 National Cycle Network
Show on map 3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Basingstoke Canal Towpath Mountain bike route ▾
King Alfred's Way Mountain bike route ▾
King Alfreds Way is 350km (220 miles) off road route designed to be ridden clockwise. It starts & ends in Winchester. It is suitable for gravel or cross-country bikes.
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Christmas Pie Trail Mountain bike route 13.7 km ▾
leisure route from East Farnham to northwest Guildford
Named route Length 13.7 km
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
4,134 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 4,134 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 48 species
spring autumn
2025 ▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Magpie +43
Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Magpie Pica pica Jay Garrulus glandarius2023 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Great Tit Parus major Blackbird Turdus merula Dunnock Prunella modularis Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis House Martin Delichon urbicum Rook Corvus frugilegus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Greenfinch Chloris chloris Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2023 Coal Tit Periparus ater Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Nuthatch Sitta europaea2023 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2023 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2023 Linnet Linaria cannabina2023 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2023 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Stock Dove Columba oenas Goldcrest Regulus regulus Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Swallow Hirundo rustica2023 Corvus corax corax Corvus corax corax2023 Teal Anas crecca2023 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2022 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2022 Common Gull Larus canus2022 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2022 Little Owl Athene noctua2022 Woodlark Lullula arborea2022 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2022 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2022 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2022 Redwing Turdus iliacus2022 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla2022 Brown Hare · Soprano Pipistrelle · Badger · Hedgehog · Harvest Mouse +3
Brown Hare Lepus europaeus Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2022 Badger Meles meles Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Harvest Mouse Micromys minutus Mole Talpa europaea Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2024 ▾
Marsh Frog
Marsh Frog Pelophylax ridibundus 🐝 Insects 17 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Common Blue Damselfly · Emerald Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Small Red Damselfly · Azure Damselfly +12
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula Small Red Damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum2024 Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata Taraxacum agg.
Taraxacum agg. Taraxacum agg. Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 4,134 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 48 species
spring autumn
2025 ▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Magpie +43
Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Magpie Pica pica Jay Garrulus glandarius2023 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Great Tit Parus major Blackbird Turdus merula Dunnock Prunella modularis Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis House Martin Delichon urbicum Rook Corvus frugilegus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Greenfinch Chloris chloris Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2023 Coal Tit Periparus ater Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Nuthatch Sitta europaea2023 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2023 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2023 Linnet Linaria cannabina2023 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2023 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Stock Dove Columba oenas Goldcrest Regulus regulus Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Swallow Hirundo rustica2023 Corvus corax corax Corvus corax corax2023 Teal Anas crecca2023 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2022 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2022 Common Gull Larus canus2022 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2022 Little Owl Athene noctua2022 Woodlark Lullula arborea2022 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2022 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2022 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2022 Redwing Turdus iliacus2022 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla2022 Brown Hare · Soprano Pipistrelle · Badger · Hedgehog · Harvest Mouse +3
Brown Hare Lepus europaeus Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2022 Badger Meles meles Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Harvest Mouse Micromys minutus Mole Talpa europaea Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2024 ▾
Marsh Frog
Marsh Frog Pelophylax ridibundus 🐝 Insects 17 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Common Blue Damselfly · Emerald Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Small Red Damselfly · Azure Damselfly +12
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula Small Red Damselfly Ceriagrion tenellum2024 Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata Taraxacum agg.
Taraxacum agg. Taraxacum agg. Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2022
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2022
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata2024
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata2024
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta
Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum
Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Downy Emerald Cordulia aenea
Downy Emerald Cordulia aenea
Mottled Bee-fly Thyridanthrax fenestratus2024
Mottled Bee-fly Thyridanthrax fenestratus2024
Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii2024
Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii2024
Toxonevra muliebris Toxonevra muliebris2023
Toxonevra muliebris Toxonevra muliebris2023
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus2023
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus2023
Box Tree Moth Cydalima perspectalis2021
Box Tree Moth Cydalima perspectalis2021 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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