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Noyces Copse

✦ Ancient woodland8 ha

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha

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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
🐕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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +70 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +70 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Wood Anemone, Bluebell, Lesser Periwinkle +2 more · last seen 2023

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Box Tree Moth, Beautiful Demoiselle, Ectophasia crassipennis +11 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Box Tree Moth, Beautiful Demoiselle, Ectophasia crassipennis +11 more · last seen 2024

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

10 signed routes nearby · 12 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Allan King WayWalking route

Named routeListed length 44 milesRegional walking route

Monarch's WayWalking route990 km

approximate route of Charles II's escape

Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route

Itchen WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Pilgrims' TrailWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Otter TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚵

Mountain biking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Itchen Valley Off Road Cycle RouteMountain bike route

Named routeRound tripLocal cycle route

Cheesefoot Head Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

4,411 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,411 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds77 species

springsummer

2026

Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Wren +72

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Great TitParus major2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
CootFulica atra2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
SwiftApus apus2023
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2023
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Little OwlAthene noctua2024
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2023
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2022
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2021
Black SwanCygnus atratus2020

🦌

Mammals11 species

spring

2025

Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Rabbit · Hedgehog · Hazel Dormouse +6

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2022
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2024

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐝

Insects14 species

summerautumn

2024

Box Tree Moth · Beautiful Demoiselle · Ectophasia crassipennis · Leiopus linnei/nebulosus · Buff-tailed Bumblebee +9

Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
Ectophasia crassipennisEctophasia crassipennis2023
Leiopus linnei/nebulosusLeiopus linnei/nebulosus2023
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2023

🌿

Plants5 species

spring

2023

Early Dog-violet · Wood Anemone · Bluebell · Lesser Periwinkle · Common Fleabane

Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Lesser PeriwinkleVinca minor
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,411 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds77 species

springsummer

2026

Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Wren +72

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Great TitParus major2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
CootFulica atra2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
SwiftApus apus2023
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2023
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Little OwlAthene noctua2024
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2023
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2022
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2021
Black SwanCygnus atratus2020

🦌

Mammals11 species

spring

2025

Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Rabbit · Hedgehog · Hazel Dormouse +6

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2022
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2024

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐝

Insects14 species

summerautumn

2024

Box Tree Moth · Beautiful Demoiselle · Ectophasia crassipennis · Leiopus linnei/nebulosus · Buff-tailed Bumblebee +9

Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
Ectophasia crassipennisEctophasia crassipennis2023
Leiopus linnei/nebulosusLeiopus linnei/nebulosus2023
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2023

🌿

Plants5 species

spring

2023

Early Dog-violet · Wood Anemone · Bluebell · Lesser Periwinkle · Common Fleabane

Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Lesser PeriwinkleVinca minor
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Peter Facey · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

New house being built at Giles Farm, Greenwood Lane

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