Standridge Copse
✦ Ancient woodland18 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome18 ha
Getting here
51.80965, -1.54436
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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
- 🌿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 — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿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
- £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, Woodpigeon, Goldfinch +66 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Goldfinch +66 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Large White, Small White, Peacock +103 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Wall Scalewort, Silky Wall Feather-moss, Fern-grass +44 more · last seen 2024
Free
Plants — White Helleborine, Garlic Mustard, Crab Apple +5 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Wychwood WayWalking route59.5 km▾
Named routeLength 59.5 kmRegional walking route
The Roman WayWalking route274.5 km▾
Named routeLength 274.5 kmRegional walking route
Windrush PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
30 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 57Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 57National Cycle Network
Cotswold Line Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 442National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 57Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 57National Cycle Network
National Byway (Oxon and Glos)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Alternative RouteCycling route524 m▾
Named routeRef 57Length 524 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.1 km▾
Named routeRef 57Length 2.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Farmland near Minster Lovell in May
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Wildlife to spot
1,806 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,806 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Goldfinch · Swift · Blackbird · Kestrel +35
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SwiftApus apus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- MagpiePica pica2022
- Barn OwlTyto alba2022
- Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2022
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2021
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2023▾
Brown Hare · Rabbit · Hedgehog
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2020
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
🦎Reptiles2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Harlequin Ladybird · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Green Drake · Red-legged Shieldbug · Common Darter +20
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Green DrakeEphemera danica2023
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023
Black Medick · Black Nightshade · Thorn-apple · Field Penny-cress · Wall Scalewort +75
- Black MedickMedicago lupulina2022
- Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2019
- Thorn-appleDatura stramonium2019
- Field Penny-cressThlaspi arvense2019
- Wall ScalewortPorella platyphylla
- Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,806 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Goldfinch · Swift · Blackbird · Kestrel +35
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SwiftApus apus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- MagpiePica pica2022
- Barn OwlTyto alba2022
- Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2022
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2021
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2023▾
Brown Hare · Rabbit · Hedgehog
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2020
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
🦎Reptiles2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Harlequin Ladybird · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Green Drake · Red-legged Shieldbug · Common Darter +20
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Green DrakeEphemera danica2023
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023
Black Medick · Black Nightshade · Thorn-apple · Field Penny-cress · Wall Scalewort +75
- Black MedickMedicago lupulina2022
- Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2019
- Thorn-appleDatura stramonium2019
- Field Penny-cressThlaspi arvense2019
- Wall ScalewortPorella platyphylla
- Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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