White's Copse ✦ Ancient woodland 28 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🍄 Fungi
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 28 ha
Places › England › South East › Horsham Getting here
51.09922, -0.39378
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🍄 Mushroom 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 🍄 Mushroom 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; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Swallow, Marsh Tit, Hawfinch +52 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Swallow, Marsh Tit, Hawfinch +52 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Blushing Bracket, Spindle Toughshank, King Alfred's Cakes +33 more · last seen 2016; Fungi — Blushing Bracket, Spindle Toughshank, King Alfred's Cakes +33 more · last seen 2016
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Bluebell, Giant Hogweed, Hornbeam +17 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Small White, Large White +20 more · last seen 2019; Insects — Meadow Brown, Small White, Large White +20 more · last seen 2019
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 5 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
West Sussex Literary Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Sussex Border Path Walking route 220 km ▾
Named route Length 220 km Regional walking route
Show on map Downs Link Walking route 59 km ▾
A 37 mile shared route for walkers, horse riders and cyclists linking the North Downs Way with the South Downs Way
Named route Length 59 km Regional walking route
Show on map Capel walk (SCC) Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Riverside Walk Walking route 13 km ▾
A circular walk around Horsham following the Chennels Brook, Horn Brook, Arun, and Boldings Brook
Named route Length 13 km Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Millfold public footpath · 116 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 116 m Path type: service
Show on map 16 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Surrey Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Leigh Hill link
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Horsham to Warnham Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map National Cycle Route 228 Crawley to Pulborough (proposed) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 228 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 223 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 223 National Cycle Network
Show on map Worthing Road to Horsham Station Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Pedlars Way Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map 3 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
✦ Ancient woodland — continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD. A rare and irreplaceable habitat, rich in biodiversity and historical character.
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Wildlife to spot
838 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 838 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 32 species
winter spring
2025 ▾
Marsh Tit · Hawfinch · Goldcrest · Chaffinch · Long-tailed Tit +27
Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2021 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2020 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2018 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Swallow Hirundo rustica Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Barn Owl Tyto alba2024 House Martin Delichon urbicum2023 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2022 Redwing Turdus iliacus2021 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2021 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2021 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2016 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2024 Merlin Falco columbarius2024 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2022 Jay Garrulus glandarius2021 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2021 Blackbird Turdus merula2018 Robin Erithacus rubecula2018 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2018 Great Tit Parus major2018 Rook Corvus frugilegus2018 Hobby Falco subbuteo2016 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2016 🦌 Mammals 4 species
winter spring summer autumn
2022 ▾
Hedgehog · Roe Deer · Polecat · Rabbit
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2018 Polecat Mustela putorius2021 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2018 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2025 ▾
Common Toad
Meadow Brown · Small White · Large White · Brown Hairstreak · Comma +8
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina Small White Pieris rapae Large White Pieris brassicae Brown Hairstreak Thecla betulae2018 Comma Polygonia c-album Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta 🍄 Fungi 24 species
summer autumn
2016 ▾
Blushing Bracket · Spindle Toughshank · King Alfred's Cakes · Beefsteak Fungus · Green Elfcup +19
Blushing Bracket Daedaleopsis confragosa Spindle Toughshank Gymnopus fusipes King Alfred's Cakes Daldinia concentrica Beefsteak Fungus Fistulina hepatica Green Elfcup Chlorociboria aeruginascens Rusty Porecrust Fuscoporia ferruginosa Bluebell · Hornbeam · Giant Hogweed · Cuckooflower · Hedge Woundwort +15
Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta2017 Hornbeam Carpinus betulus Giant Hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum Cuckooflower Cardamine pratensis2019 Hedge Woundwort Stachys sylvatica Lyell's Bristle-moss Pulvigera lyellii Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 838 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 32 species
winter spring
2025 ▾
Marsh Tit · Hawfinch · Goldcrest · Chaffinch · Long-tailed Tit +27
Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2021 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2020 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2018 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Swallow Hirundo rustica Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Barn Owl Tyto alba2024 House Martin Delichon urbicum2023 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2022 Redwing Turdus iliacus2021 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2021 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2021 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2016 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2024 Merlin Falco columbarius2024 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2022 Jay Garrulus glandarius2021 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2021 Blackbird Turdus merula2018 Robin Erithacus rubecula2018 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2018 Great Tit Parus major2018 Rook Corvus frugilegus2018 Hobby Falco subbuteo2016 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2016 🦌 Mammals 4 species
winter spring summer autumn
2022 ▾
Hedgehog · Roe Deer · Polecat · Rabbit
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2018 Polecat Mustela putorius2021 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2018 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2025 ▾
Common Toad
Meadow Brown · Small White · Large White · Brown Hairstreak · Comma +8
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina Small White Pieris rapae Large White Pieris brassicae Brown Hairstreak Thecla betulae2018 Comma Polygonia c-album Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta 🍄 Fungi 24 species
summer autumn
2016 ▾
Blushing Bracket · Spindle Toughshank · King Alfred's Cakes · Beefsteak Fungus · Green Elfcup +19
Blushing Bracket Daedaleopsis confragosa Spindle Toughshank Gymnopus fusipes King Alfred's Cakes Daldinia concentrica Beefsteak Fungus Fistulina hepatica Green Elfcup Chlorociboria aeruginascens Rusty Porecrust Fuscoporia ferruginosa Bluebell · Hornbeam · Giant Hogweed · Cuckooflower · Hedge Woundwort +15
Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta2017 Hornbeam Carpinus betulus Giant Hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum Cuckooflower Cardamine pratensis2019 Hedge Woundwort Stachys sylvatica Lyell's Bristle-moss Pulvigera lyellii Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae
Peacock Aglais io
Peacock Aglais io
Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus2018
Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus2018
Common Blue Polyommatus icarus2018
Common Blue Polyommatus icarus2018
Birch Woodwart Jackrogersella multiformis
Birch Woodwart Jackrogersella multiformis
Tripe Fungus Auricularia mesenterica
Tripe Fungus Auricularia mesenterica
Iodine Bonnet Mycena filopes
Iodine Bonnet Mycena filopes
Rooting Shank Hymenopellis radicata
Rooting Shank Hymenopellis radicata
Yellowing Curtain Crust Stereum subtomentosum
Yellowing Curtain Crust Stereum subtomentosum
Razor Strop Fungus Fomitopsis betulina
Razor Strop Fungus Fomitopsis betulina
Matt Bolete Xerocomellus pruinatus
Matt Bolete Xerocomellus pruinatus
Dead Moll's Fingers Xylaria longipes
Dead Moll's Fingers Xylaria longipes
Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus
Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus
Yellow Stagshorn Calocera viscosa
Yellow Stagshorn Calocera viscosa
Madarch y Coed Agaricus sylvicola
Madarch y Coed Agaricus sylvicola
Deceiver Laccaria laccata
Deceiver Laccaria laccata
Collared Parachute Marasmius rotula
Collared Parachute Marasmius rotula
Mulch Fieldcap Agrocybe putaminum
Mulch Fieldcap Agrocybe putaminum
Peeling Oysterling Crepidotus mollis
Peeling Oysterling Crepidotus mollis
Inocybe phaeoleuca Inocybe phaeoleuca
Inocybe phaeoleuca Inocybe phaeoleuca
Goldenhaired Inkcap Parasola auricoma
Goldenhaired Inkcap Parasola auricoma
Pale Brittlestem Psathyrella candolleana
Pale Brittlestem Psathyrella candolleana Forked Veilwort
Forked Veilwort
Metzgeria furcata
Metzgeria furcata
Field Maple Acer campestre
Field Maple Acer campestre
Pendulous Sedge Carex pendula
Pendulous Sedge Carex pendula
Dilated Scalewort Frullania dilatata
Dilated Scalewort Frullania dilatata
Ground-ivy Glechoma hederacea2023
Ground-ivy Glechoma hederacea2023
Bugle Ajuga reptans2019
Bugle Ajuga reptans2019
Wood Spurge Euphorbia amygdaloides2019
Wood Spurge Euphorbia amygdaloides2019
Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens2019
Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens2019
Primrose Primula vulgaris2019
Primrose Primula vulgaris2019
Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2019
Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2019
Wood Anemone Anemone nemorosa2019
Wood Anemone Anemone nemorosa2019
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum2019
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum2019
Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera2016
Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera2016
Giant Knotweed Reynoutria sachalinensis2016
Giant Knotweed Reynoutria sachalinensis2016 