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Six Acre Copse

✦ Ancient woodland14 ha

📷 Des Blenkinsopp · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome14 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
🅿️Parking 63m away — 2 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 63m away — 2 car parks within reach

Good to know

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

Parking

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Robin +72 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Robin +72 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Crescent-cup Liverwort · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Gatekeeper, Small White, Red Admiral +62 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Gatekeeper, Small White, Red Admiral +62 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

13 signed routes nearby · 13 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Wayfarers WalkWalking route

Walbury Hill, Berkshire to Emsworth, Hampshire

Named routeRegional walking route

red trailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Silchester TrailWalking route

Named route

The Roman WayWalking route274.5 km

Named routeLength 274.5 kmRegional walking route

Wetlands WalkWalking route

Temporarily closed (frequent flooding, repairs due in Spring 2026)

Named route

Tubb's Lanepublic footpath · 31 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 31 mSurface compactedPath type: track

Tubb's Lanepublic footpath · 351 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 351 mSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified

Tubb's Lanepublic footpath · 76 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 76 mSurface compactedPath type: track

🚴

Cycling

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Cycle Route 23Cycling route

Named routeRef 23National Cycle Network

Calleva TrailCycling route

Named routeRef Calleva TrailRegional cycle route

Basingstoke Strategic Cycle NetworkCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Alencon Link Accessibility ImprovementsCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Main RouteCycling route1.5 km

Named routeRef 23Length 1.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route4 km

Named routeRef 23Length 4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

🚵

Mountain biking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Basingstoke Off-Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route

Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails

Basing WoodMountain bike route

Named routeRef Family Cycling Trail (yellow)

Watership Down Off-Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route

Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails

Pamber Forest BridlewayMountain bike route

Named routeRef Blue Trail

Cycling Discoveries in North HampshireMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

4,469 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,469 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds78 species

springsummer

2026

Blue Tit · Blackbird · Robin · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow +73

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
Great TitParus major2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2023
CootFulica atra2022
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
MagpiePica pica2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2021
Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2021
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2021
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2021
Mute SwanCygnus olor2021
Red KiteMilvus milvus2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2018
CuckooCuculus canorus2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2021
TealAnas crecca2019
SwiftApus apus2019
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2019
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2019
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2018
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2021
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2019
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2018
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2018
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2018
GadwallMareca strepera2018
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2018
SiskinSpinus spinus2018
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2017
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2017
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2016

🦌

Mammals11 species

springsummer

2025

Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Rabbit · Harvest Mouse +6

Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2021
Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2021
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
Fallow DeerDama dama2023
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
BadgerMeles meles2023
Bank VoleMyodes glareolus2020

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2016

Great Crested Newt

Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus

🐝

Insects65 species

summer

2025

Gatekeeper · Small White · Red Admiral · Large White · Peacock +60

GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
PeacockAglais io2019
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2019
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2018
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2023
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2020
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2020
Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis2020
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2020
Tachina feraTachina fera2020
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2020
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2020
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2018
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2018
Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
Dryope flaveolaDryope flaveola2024
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2022
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2022
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2021
Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2021
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2021
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2021
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2020
Phasia hemipteraPhasia hemiptera2020
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2020
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2020
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2020
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2020
MelanostomaMelanostoma2020
Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2020
Bright Four-spined LegionnaireChorisops nagatomii2020
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2020
Empis lividaEmpis livida2020
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2020
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2020
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2020
Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2020
Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2020
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2020
Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus2020
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2020
Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2020
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2020
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2020
Sciara hemerobioidesSciara hemerobioides2020
Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2020
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2020
Yellow-legged Mining BeeAndrena flavipes2020
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2020
Black ClockPterostichus madidus2019
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019
HornetVespa crabro2018
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2018
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2018
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2018
Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2018
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2017
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2016

🌿

Plants1 species

winter

2025

Crescent-cup Liverwort

Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,469 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds78 species

springsummer

2026

Blue Tit · Blackbird · Robin · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow +73

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
Great TitParus major2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2023
CootFulica atra2022
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
MagpiePica pica2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2021
Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2021
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2021
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2021
Mute SwanCygnus olor2021
Red KiteMilvus milvus2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2018
CuckooCuculus canorus2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2021
TealAnas crecca2019
SwiftApus apus2019
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2019
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2019
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2018
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2021
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2019
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2018
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2018
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2018
GadwallMareca strepera2018
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2018
SiskinSpinus spinus2018
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2017
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2017
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2016

🦌

Mammals11 species

springsummer

2025

Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Rabbit · Harvest Mouse +6

Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2021
Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2021
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
Fallow DeerDama dama2023
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
BadgerMeles meles2023
Bank VoleMyodes glareolus2020

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2016

Great Crested Newt

Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus

🐝

Insects65 species

summer

2025

Gatekeeper · Small White · Red Admiral · Large White · Peacock +60

GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
PeacockAglais io2019
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2019
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2018
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2023
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2020
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2020
Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis2020
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2020
Tachina feraTachina fera2020
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2020
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2020
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2018
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2018
Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
Dryope flaveolaDryope flaveola2024
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2022
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2022
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2021
Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2021
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2021
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2021
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2020
Phasia hemipteraPhasia hemiptera2020
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2020
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2020
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2020
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2020
MelanostomaMelanostoma2020
Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2020
Bright Four-spined LegionnaireChorisops nagatomii2020
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2020
Empis lividaEmpis livida2020
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2020
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2020
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2020
Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2020
Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2020
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2020
Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus2020
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2020
Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2020
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2020
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2020
Sciara hemerobioidesSciara hemerobioides2020
Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2020
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2020
Yellow-legged Mining BeeAndrena flavipes2020
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2020
Black ClockPterostichus madidus2019
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019
HornetVespa crabro2018
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2018
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2018
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2018
Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2018
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2017
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2016

🌿

Plants1 species

winter

2025

Crescent-cup Liverwort

Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Des Blenkinsopp · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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