Spring Copse
✦ Ancient woodland74 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome74 ha
Getting here
50.94277, -1.90209
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
- 📍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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Yellowhammer +67 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Yellowhammer +67 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Bluebell, Henbit Dead-nettle, Bracken +4 more · last seen 2023
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Large White, Meadow Brown +59 more · last seen 2023; Insects — Small White, Large White, Meadow Brown +59 more · last seen 2023
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Jubilee Trail (Dorset)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
The Hardy WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
National BywayCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Fordingbridge Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Fordingbridge Off Road Cycle Trail (Shortcut)Mountain bike route▾
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
3,264 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,264 records · National Biodiversity NetworkStarling · Chaffinch · Corn Bunting · Kestrel · Robin +23
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Hedgehog · Roe Deer · Brown Hare
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
False-brome · Cleavers · Pedunculate Oak · Bramble · Bluebell +81
- False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- HazelCorylus avellana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,264 records · National Biodiversity NetworkStarling · Chaffinch · Corn Bunting · Kestrel · Robin +23
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Hedgehog · Roe Deer · Brown Hare
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
False-brome · Cleavers · Pedunculate Oak · Bramble · Bluebell +81
- False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- HazelCorylus avellana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
