Woollens Copse
✦ Ancient woodland65 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome65 ha
Getting here
50.93687, -1.89328
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 — Swallow, Blue Tit, Chaffinch +66 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Swallow, Blue Tit, Chaffinch +66 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Bluebell, Bracken · last seen 2019
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Large White, Meadow Brown +58 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small White, Large White, Meadow Brown +58 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 12 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▾
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Wildlife to spot
3,246 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,246 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Starling · Chaffinch · Robin · House Martin · Raven +30
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- RavenCorvus corax
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Golden PheasantChrysolophus pictus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Great TitParus major
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Roe Deer · Hedgehog · Pygmy Shrew · Rabbit · Brown Hare
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Slow-worm
Bramble · Hogweed · Common Dog-violet · Dog's Mercury · Lords-and-Ladies +77
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Urtica dioica subsp. dioicaUrtica dioica subsp. dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,246 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Starling · Chaffinch · Robin · House Martin · Raven +30
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- RavenCorvus corax
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Golden PheasantChrysolophus pictus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Great TitParus major
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Roe Deer · Hedgehog · Pygmy Shrew · Rabbit · Brown Hare
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Slow-worm
Bramble · Hogweed · Common Dog-violet · Dog's Mercury · Lords-and-Ladies +77
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Urtica dioica subsp. dioicaUrtica dioica subsp. dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
