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Crabtree Copse - Open water

1 ha

WildlifeBirdsForaging

Free entryDogs welcome1 ha

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51.32451, -0.91326

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — dragonfly and damselfly activity peaks along water edges
🌿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 — dragonfly and damselfly activity peaks along water edges
🌿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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

4 activities

Wildlife

Strong match

Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Semi-improved grassland — butterflies and wildflowers

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Three Castles PathWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Finchampstead Ridges Ramble, Finchampstead RidgesWalking route2.2 km

A waymarked trail across Finchampstead Ridges, with views toward the Hog's Back ridge in Surrey. The route takes in two ponds, a woodland section, with slopes & opportunities to spot wildlife including birds of prey, deer and colourful dragonflies

Named routeLength 2.2 kmDuration 00:45Round tripLocal walking route

Blackwater Valley PathWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

The Wokingham WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Hitches Lane to Fleet Town Centre pedestrian and cycle routeCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Hook LCNCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

King Alfred's WayMountain 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 routeRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

28,662 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

28,662 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Robin · Wren · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Great Tit +53

RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Great TitParus major2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
MagpiePica pica2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
RavenCorvus corax2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024

🦌

Mammals7 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Soprano Pipistrelle · Fallow Deer · Roe Deer +2

PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
Fallow DeerDama dama2025
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
WeaselMustela nivalis2025

🦎

Reptiles2 species

springsummer

2025

Grass Snake · Slow-worm

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2024

🐝

Insects43 species

summer

2025

Gatekeeper · Speckled Wood · Grayling · Meadow Brown · Red Admiral +38

GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
GraylingHipparchia semele2024
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
PeacockAglais io2024
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
Small WhitePieris rapae2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024
Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
Downy EmeraldCordulia aenea
Brilliant EmeraldSomatochlora metallica
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
Small Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellum
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
Red Poplar Leaf BeetleChrysomela populi
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
Carabus arvensisCarabus arvensis
Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
Purple HairstreakFavonius quercus2024
Ledra auritaLedra aurita2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

28,662 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Robin · Wren · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Great Tit +53

RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Great TitParus major2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
MagpiePica pica2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
RavenCorvus corax2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024

🦌

Mammals7 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species · Soprano Pipistrelle · Fallow Deer · Roe Deer +2

PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
Fallow DeerDama dama2025
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
WeaselMustela nivalis2025

🦎

Reptiles2 species

springsummer

2025

Grass Snake · Slow-worm

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2024

🐝

Insects43 species

summer

2025

Gatekeeper · Speckled Wood · Grayling · Meadow Brown · Red Admiral +38

GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
GraylingHipparchia semele2024
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
PeacockAglais io2024
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
Small WhitePieris rapae2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024
Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
Downy EmeraldCordulia aenea
Brilliant EmeraldSomatochlora metallica
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
Small Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellum
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
Red Poplar Leaf BeetleChrysomela populi
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
Carabus arvensisCarabus arvensis
Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
Purple HairstreakFavonius quercus2024
Ledra auritaLedra aurita2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Shazz · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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