Little Copse
✦ Ancient woodland72 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🌿Foraging
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome72 ha
Getting here
50.96834, -3.59693
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 — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Hazel, Bramble, Beech +263 more · last seen 2017
Free
Plants — Hazel, Bramble, Beech +35 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Swallow, Great Tit, Robin +46 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Swallow, Great Tit, Robin +46 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Red Admiral, Gatekeeper, Small White +15 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Red Admiral, Gatekeeper, Small White +15 more · last seen 2024
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Two Moors WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef MWListed length 166Regional walking route
Exe Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef EVWRegional walking route
West Spurway Lanepublic footpath · 320 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 320 mPath type: unclassified
Bickham Lanepublic footpath · 517 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 517 mPath type: service
West Spurway Lanepublic footpath · 106 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 106 mPath type: service
1 public path nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
2,191 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,191 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
springautumn
2025▾
Robin · Pheasant · House Sparrow · Woodpigeon · Mistle Thrush +33
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2021
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2021
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2021
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2021
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummer
2023▾
Red Fox · Natterer's Bat · Brown Long-eared Bat · Hazel Dormouse · Mole +1
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2022
- Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- MoleTalpa europaea
- OtterLutra lutra2022
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2019▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects4 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Oil Beetle · Garden Chafer · Southern Hawker · Bloody-nosed Beetle
- Oil BeetleMeloe
- Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola2023
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2021
- Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa2019
Lesser Celandine · Creeping Buttercup · Germander Speedwell · Common Figwort · Pedunculate Oak +75
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
- Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia
- Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,191 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
springautumn
2025▾
Robin · Pheasant · House Sparrow · Woodpigeon · Mistle Thrush +33
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2021
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2021
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2021
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2021
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummer
2023▾
Red Fox · Natterer's Bat · Brown Long-eared Bat · Hazel Dormouse · Mole +1
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2022
- Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- MoleTalpa europaea
- OtterLutra lutra2022
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2019▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects4 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Oil Beetle · Garden Chafer · Southern Hawker · Bloody-nosed Beetle
- Oil BeetleMeloe
- Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola2023
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2021
- Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa2019
Lesser Celandine · Creeping Buttercup · Germander Speedwell · Common Figwort · Pedunculate Oak +75
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
- Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia
- Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
