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Thorngrove Copse

✦ Ancient woodland7 ha

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 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
🅿️Abbotstone Down 346m 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
🅿️Abbotstone Down 346m away — 4 car parks within reach

Good to know

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

Parking· Free

Best for

10 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, House Martin +50 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, House Martin +50 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — White Helleborine, Supine Plait-moss, Redshank +38 more · last seen 2023

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Brimstone, Small White, Meadow Brown +67 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Brimstone, Small White, Meadow Brown +67 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

7 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Wayfarers WalkWalking route

Walbury Hill, Berkshire to Emsworth, Hampshire

Named routeRegional walking route

Allan King WayWalking route

Named routeListed length 44 milesRegional walking route

Itchen WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

St Swithun's WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Three Castles PathWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

13 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Cycle Route 23Cycling route

Named routeRef 23National Cycle Network

National BywayCycling route

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route8.1 km

Named routeRef 23Length 8.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route14.4 km

Named routeRef 23Length 14.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route466 m

Named routeRef 23Length 466 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route599 m

Named routeRef 23Length 599 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

🚵

Mountain biking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Candovers Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route

Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails

Winchester Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route

Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails

Micheldever Station Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route

Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails

The Ox Drove mountain bike routeMountain bike route

Named route

Abbotstone Down Off-Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route

Named routeHampshire off Road cycle trails

🐴

Horse riding

4 public paths nearby

Public paths

Spybush Lanebridleway · 68 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 68 mSurface grassPath type: track

Spybush Lanebridleway · 463 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 463 mSurface dirtPath type: bridleway

Wildlife to spot

2,507 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,507 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

summer

2025

Buzzard · Blackbird · Blue Tit · House Martin · Tawny Owl +50

BuzzardButeo buteo
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Red KiteMilvus milvus
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
WhitethroatCurruca communis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
SwiftApus apus2023
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
RobinErithacus rubecula2022
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Little OwlAthene noctua2021
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
JackdawColoeus monedula2022
SwallowHirundo rustica2022
Great TitParus major2022
Barn OwlTyto alba2021
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
NuthatchSitta europaea2021
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2020
RedwingTurdus iliacus2020
JayGarrulus glandarius
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
MagpiePica pica2022
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2021
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2021
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
RookCorvus frugilegus2022
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2022
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2022
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2021
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2021
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2020
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2020
RavenCorvus corax2020
CuckooCuculus canorus2020
Water PipitAnthus spinoletta2019
Coal TitPeriparus ater2018
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2018
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2017
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2017
SiskinSpinus spinus2017

🦌

Mammals6 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2023

Otter · Badger · Fallow Deer · Pipistrelle · Indet. Deer +1

OtterLutra lutra
BadgerMeles meles2022
Fallow DeerDama dama2019
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2017
Indet. DeerCervidae2016
Rat spp.Rattus2016

🦎

Reptiles2 species

springsummer

2023

Slow-worm · Grass Snake

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2020
Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica

🐟

Fish1 species

autumn

2021

Pike

PikeEsox lucius

🐝

Insects70 species

summer

2025

Brimstone · Small White · Meadow Brown · Green-veined White · Peacock +65

BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
PeacockAglais io2019
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2019
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2019
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2019
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019
Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2018
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2018
Brown ArgusAricia agestis2019
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024
Green HairstreakCallophrys rubi2019
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
HornetVespa crabro
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2023
Grizzled SkipperPyrgus malvae2019
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2018
Purple EmperorApatura iris2018
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2017
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2016
Dark Green FritillarySpeyeria aglaja2015
Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.2015
Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2015
Common FootmanEilema lurideola2015
Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa2015
Clouded YellowColias croceus2014
Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024
Downland VillaVilla cingulata2024
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
Liparus coronatusLiparus coronatus2024
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2022
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2022
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2020
Barberry FusehornArge berberidis2020
Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2019
Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2019
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2019
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2017
Magpie MothAbraxas grossulariata2017
Striped LychnisCucullia lychnitis2017
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2016
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2016
Poplar Hawk-mothLaothoe populi2015
Dusky SallowEremobia ochroleuca2015
Uncertain/RusticHoplodrina octogenaria/blanda2015
Double-square SpotXestia triangulum2015
Dusky BrocadeApamea remissa2015
Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua fimbriata2015
Burnished BrassDiachrysia chrysitis2015
ClayMythimna ferrago2015
Grey/Dark DaggerAcronicta psi/tridens2015
July HighflyerHydriomena furcata2015
Common WainscotMythimna pallens2015
Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2015
Scarce FootmanEilema complana2015

🌿

Plants41 species

winter

2023

White Helleborine · Redshank · Supine Plait-moss · Wall Scalewort · Schreberian Earth-moss +36

White HelleborineCephalanthera damasonium
RedshankCeratodon purpureus2018
Supine Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatum2018
Wall ScalewortPorella platyphylla2018
Schreberian Earth-mossTortula acaulon var. acaulon2018
Crimson-tuber Thread-mossBryum rubens2018
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2018
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2018
Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium2018
Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum2018
Flat NeckeraNeckera complanata2018
Elegant Bristle-mossOrthotrichum pulchellum2018
Marble Screw-mossSyntrichia papillosa2018
Cape Thread-mossOrthodontium lineare2018
Minute PouncewortMyriocoleopsis minutissima2018
Yellow Feather-mossHomalothecium lutescens2018
Even ScalewortRadula complanata2018
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2018
Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius2018
Slender Mouse-tail MossIsothecium myosuroides2018
Ulota crispaUlota crispa2018
Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum2018
Variable-leaved CrestwortLophocolea heterophylla2018
Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum2018
Bird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculata2018
Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus2018
Larger Mouse-tail MossIsothecium alopecuroides2018
Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum2018
Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum2018
Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata2018
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2018
Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum2018
Clustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertum2018
Fairy BeadsMicrolejeunea ulicina2018
Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens2018
Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2018
Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2018
Big Shaggy-mossHylocomiadelphus triquetrus2018
Cypress-leaved Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme2018
Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla2018
Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2018

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,507 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

summer

2025

Buzzard · Blackbird · Blue Tit · House Martin · Tawny Owl +50

BuzzardButeo buteo
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Red KiteMilvus milvus
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
WhitethroatCurruca communis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
SwiftApus apus2023
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
RobinErithacus rubecula2022
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Little OwlAthene noctua2021
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
JackdawColoeus monedula2022
SwallowHirundo rustica2022
Great TitParus major2022
Barn OwlTyto alba2021
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
NuthatchSitta europaea2021
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2020
RedwingTurdus iliacus2020
JayGarrulus glandarius
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
MagpiePica pica2022
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2021
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2021
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
RookCorvus frugilegus2022
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2022
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2022
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2021
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2021
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2020
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2020
RavenCorvus corax2020
CuckooCuculus canorus2020
Water PipitAnthus spinoletta2019
Coal TitPeriparus ater2018
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2018
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2017
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2017
SiskinSpinus spinus2017

🦌

Mammals6 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2023

Otter · Badger · Fallow Deer · Pipistrelle · Indet. Deer +1

OtterLutra lutra
BadgerMeles meles2022
Fallow DeerDama dama2019
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2017
Indet. DeerCervidae2016
Rat spp.Rattus2016

🦎

Reptiles2 species

springsummer

2023

Slow-worm · Grass Snake

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2020
Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica

🐟

Fish1 species

autumn

2021

Pike

PikeEsox lucius

🐝

Insects70 species

summer

2025

Brimstone · Small White · Meadow Brown · Green-veined White · Peacock +65

BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
PeacockAglais io2019
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2019
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2019
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2019
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019
Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2018
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2018
Brown ArgusAricia agestis2019
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024
Green HairstreakCallophrys rubi2019
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
HornetVespa crabro
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2023
Grizzled SkipperPyrgus malvae2019
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2018
Purple EmperorApatura iris2018
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2017
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2016
Dark Green FritillarySpeyeria aglaja2015
Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.2015
Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2015
Common FootmanEilema lurideola2015
Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa2015
Clouded YellowColias croceus2014
Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024
Downland VillaVilla cingulata2024
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
Liparus coronatusLiparus coronatus2024
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2022
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2022
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2020
Barberry FusehornArge berberidis2020
Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2019
Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2019
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2019
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2017
Magpie MothAbraxas grossulariata2017
Striped LychnisCucullia lychnitis2017
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2016
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2016
Poplar Hawk-mothLaothoe populi2015
Dusky SallowEremobia ochroleuca2015
Uncertain/RusticHoplodrina octogenaria/blanda2015
Double-square SpotXestia triangulum2015
Dusky BrocadeApamea remissa2015
Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua fimbriata2015
Burnished BrassDiachrysia chrysitis2015
ClayMythimna ferrago2015
Grey/Dark DaggerAcronicta psi/tridens2015
July HighflyerHydriomena furcata2015
Common WainscotMythimna pallens2015
Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2015
Scarce FootmanEilema complana2015

🌿

Plants41 species

winter

2023

White Helleborine · Redshank · Supine Plait-moss · Wall Scalewort · Schreberian Earth-moss +36

White HelleborineCephalanthera damasonium
RedshankCeratodon purpureus2018
Supine Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatum2018
Wall ScalewortPorella platyphylla2018
Schreberian Earth-mossTortula acaulon var. acaulon2018
Crimson-tuber Thread-mossBryum rubens2018
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2018
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2018
Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium2018
Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum2018
Flat NeckeraNeckera complanata2018
Elegant Bristle-mossOrthotrichum pulchellum2018
Marble Screw-mossSyntrichia papillosa2018
Cape Thread-mossOrthodontium lineare2018
Minute PouncewortMyriocoleopsis minutissima2018
Yellow Feather-mossHomalothecium lutescens2018
Even ScalewortRadula complanata2018
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2018
Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius2018
Slender Mouse-tail MossIsothecium myosuroides2018
Ulota crispaUlota crispa2018
Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum2018
Variable-leaved CrestwortLophocolea heterophylla2018
Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum2018
Bird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculata2018
Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus2018
Larger Mouse-tail MossIsothecium alopecuroides2018
Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum2018
Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum2018
Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata2018
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2018
Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum2018
Clustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertum2018
Fairy BeadsMicrolejeunea ulicina2018
Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens2018
Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2018
Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2018
Big Shaggy-mossHylocomiadelphus triquetrus2018
Cypress-leaved Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme2018
Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla2018
Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2018

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Mr Ignavy · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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