Scorey's Copse
✦ Ancient woodland6 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
50.94567, -1.29355
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
- 🅿️Parking 227m away — 4 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Parking 227m away — 4 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
〰Waterside walks
Good match
Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km14 signed routes nearby · 10 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
29 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 23Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 23National Cycle Network
Route 24Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 24National Cycle Network
EastleighCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Southampton Cycle Network Route 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef S2Local cycle route
Southampton Cycle Network Route 3Cycling route▾
Named routeRef S3Local cycle route
Southampton Cycle Network Route 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef S4Local cycle route
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▾
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Wildlife to spot
22,256 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
22,256 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Blackbird · Carrion Crow · House Sparrow · Robin · Woodpigeon +45
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Red Fox · Bat · Brown Long-eared Bat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- BatChiroptera2024
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2024
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Toad · Great Crested Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects9 species
springsummer
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Dark Bush-cricket · Common Darter · Red-legged Shieldbug · Southern Oak Bush-cricket +4
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Fox-tail Feather-moss
- Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
22,256 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Blackbird · Carrion Crow · House Sparrow · Robin · Woodpigeon +45
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Red Fox · Bat · Brown Long-eared Bat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- BatChiroptera2024
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2024
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Toad · Great Crested Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects9 species
springsummer
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Dark Bush-cricket · Common Darter · Red-legged Shieldbug · Southern Oak Bush-cricket +4
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Fox-tail Feather-moss
- Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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