Lights Copse ✦ Ancient woodland 37 ha
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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 37 ha
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50.98689, -1.44473
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 🅿️ Parking 131m away — 14 car parks within reach 🌤️ Visiting this summer
☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 🅿️ Parking 131m away — 14 car parks within reach £ 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
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🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Stonechat, Blackbird, Robin +67 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Stonechat, Blackbird, Robin +67 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Eyebright, Blue Iris, Agrimony +8 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies; Insects — Long-winged Cone-head, Meadow Grasshopper, Common Darter +39 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 4 signed routes nearby · 16 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Test Way Walking route ▾
Named route Listed length 79 Regional walking route
Show on map Monarch's Way Walking route 990 km ▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named route Ref MW Length 990 km Regional walking route
Show on map Keble Way Walking route ▾
The Chestnut Trail Walking route ▾
64 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 23 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 23 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 24 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 24 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 246 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 246 National Cycle Network
Show on map Eastleigh Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Route 246 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 246 National Cycle Network
Show on map Chandlers Ford Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map ✦ Ancient woodland — continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD. A rare and irreplaceable habitat, rich in biodiversity and historical character.
Photos Footpath across Baddesley Common
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41,721 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 41,721 records · National Biodiversity Network Robin · Stonechat · Blackbird · Wren · Magpie +44
Robin Erithacus rubecula Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Magpie Pica pica Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2025 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
summer autumn winter
2025 ▾
Roe Deer · Hazel Dormouse
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius 🦎 Reptiles 2 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Common Lizard · Adder
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Adder Vipera berus 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 24 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Bog Bush-cricket · Birch Catkin Bug · Meadow Grasshopper · Hairy Shieldbug · Common Earwig +19
Bog Bush-cricket Metrioptera brachyptera Birch Catkin Bug Kleidocerys resedae Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum Common Earwig Forficula auricularia/dentata agg. Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Eyebright
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 41,721 records · National Biodiversity Network Robin · Stonechat · Blackbird · Wren · Magpie +44
Robin Erithacus rubecula Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Magpie Pica pica Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2025 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
summer autumn winter
2025 ▾
Roe Deer · Hazel Dormouse
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius 🦎 Reptiles 2 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Common Lizard · Adder
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Adder Vipera berus 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 24 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Bog Bush-cricket · Birch Catkin Bug · Meadow Grasshopper · Hairy Shieldbug · Common Earwig +19
Bog Bush-cricket Metrioptera brachyptera Birch Catkin Bug Kleidocerys resedae Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum Common Earwig Forficula auricularia/dentata agg. Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Eyebright
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus fuscus
Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus fuscus
Slender Ground-hopper Tetrix subulata
Slender Ground-hopper Tetrix subulata
Cream-streaked Ladybird Harmonia quadripunctata
Cream-streaked Ladybird Harmonia quadripunctata
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
Common Ground-hopper Tetrix undulata
Common Ground-hopper Tetrix undulata
Lesser Marsh Grasshopper Chorthippus albomarginatus
Lesser Marsh Grasshopper Chorthippus albomarginatus
Woodland Grasshopper Omocestus rufipes
Woodland Grasshopper Omocestus rufipes
Common Green Grasshopper Omocestus viridulus
Common Green Grasshopper Omocestus viridulus
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea
Platycheirus rosarum Platycheirus rosarum
Platycheirus rosarum Platycheirus rosarum
Short-winged Cone-head Conocephalus dorsalis
Short-winged Cone-head Conocephalus dorsalis 