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Yoells Copse

✦ Ancient woodland6 ha

WildlifeSeasonalBirds

Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha

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50.91183, -1.02128

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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
🅿️Parking 79m away — 8 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
🅿️Parking 79m away — 8 car parks within reach

Good to know

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

Parking

Best for

10 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Wood Anemone, Bird Cherry, Solomon's-seal +1 more · last seen 2024

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +29 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +29 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Meadow Brown, Speckled Wood, Gatekeeper +55 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Meadow Brown, Speckled Wood, Gatekeeper +55 more · last seen 2026

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

11 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Wayfarers WalkWalking route

Walbury Hill, Berkshire to Emsworth, Hampshire

Named routeRegional walking route

Monarch's WayWalking route990 km

approximate route of Charles II's escape

Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route

Pilgrims' TrailWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Staunton WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Long Woodland TrailWalking route8 km

Named routeLength 8 kmLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

61 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 222Cycling route

Named routeRef 222National Cycle Network

Havant Borough NetworkCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Havant Borough Cycle NetworkCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 22Cycling route

Named routeRef 22National Cycle Network

Havant Borough NetworkCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Havant Borough NetworkCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

🚵

Mountain biking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Horndean Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route

Named route

Horndean Off Road Cycle Trail (shortcut)Mountain bike route

Named route

Queen Elizabeth Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route

Named route

Shipwright's WayMountain bike route

Named route

🐴

Horse riding

8 public paths nearby

Public paths

Crouch Lanebyway open to all traffic · 187 m

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 187 mPath type: track

Coldhill Lanebyway open to all traffic · 26 m

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 26 mPath type: unclassified

Coldhill Lanebyway open to all traffic · 66 m

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 66 mPath type: unclassified

Coldhill Lanebyway open to all traffic · 348 m

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 348 mPath type: track

Coldhill Lanebyway open to all traffic · 187 m

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 187 mPath type: unclassified

Wildlife to spot

43,349 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

43,349 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds35 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Robin · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Collared Dove +30

RobinErithacus rubecula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
MagpiePica pica2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Great TitParus major2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
NuthatchSitta europaea
BuzzardButeo buteo
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2024

🦌

Mammals5 species

winterspringsummer

2025

Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Stoat · Badger

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
Brown HareLepus europaeus
StoatMustela erminea
BadgerMeles meles

🦎

Reptiles3 species

winterspring

2025

Common Lizard · Grass Snake · Slow-worm

Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Slow-wormAnguis fragilis

🐸

Amphibians1 species

wintersummer

2025

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects58 species

summer

2026

Meadow Brown · Speckled Wood · Gatekeeper · Brimstone · Small White +53

Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
Small WhitePieris rapae2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2024
PeacockAglais io2024
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2024
Dingy SkipperErynnis tages2024
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
Pterostichus nigerPterostichus niger
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2025
NeoasciaNeoascia2025
Cacoxenus indagatorCacoxenus indagator2025
Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor2025
Stenagostus rhombeusStenagostus rhombeus2025
Brown HairstreakThecla betulae2024
Silver-spotted SkipperHesperia comma2024
Brown ArgusAricia agestis2024
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024
Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2024
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2024
Viburnum Leaf BeetlePyrrhalta viburni2024
White AdmiralLimenitis camilla2024
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024
Wool Carder BeeAnthidium manicatum2024
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2024
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Small BlueCupido minimus2024
Adonis BluePolyommatus bellargus2024
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2024
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2024
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2024
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2024

🌿

Plants4 species

spring

2024

Bugle · Wood Anemone · Bird Cherry · Solomon's-seal

BugleAjuga reptans
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
Bird CherryPrunus padus
Solomon's-sealPolygonatum multiflorum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

43,349 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds35 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Robin · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Collared Dove +30

RobinErithacus rubecula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
MagpiePica pica2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Great TitParus major2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
NuthatchSitta europaea
BuzzardButeo buteo
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2024

🦌

Mammals5 species

winterspringsummer

2025

Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Stoat · Badger

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
Brown HareLepus europaeus
StoatMustela erminea
BadgerMeles meles

🦎

Reptiles3 species

winterspring

2025

Common Lizard · Grass Snake · Slow-worm

Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Slow-wormAnguis fragilis

🐸

Amphibians1 species

wintersummer

2025

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects58 species

summer

2026

Meadow Brown · Speckled Wood · Gatekeeper · Brimstone · Small White +53

Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
Small WhitePieris rapae2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2024
PeacockAglais io2024
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2024
Dingy SkipperErynnis tages2024
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
Pterostichus nigerPterostichus niger
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2025
NeoasciaNeoascia2025
Cacoxenus indagatorCacoxenus indagator2025
Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor2025
Stenagostus rhombeusStenagostus rhombeus2025
Brown HairstreakThecla betulae2024
Silver-spotted SkipperHesperia comma2024
Brown ArgusAricia agestis2024
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024
Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2024
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2024
Viburnum Leaf BeetlePyrrhalta viburni2024
White AdmiralLimenitis camilla2024
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024
Wool Carder BeeAnthidium manicatum2024
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2024
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Small BlueCupido minimus2024
Adonis BluePolyommatus bellargus2024
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2024
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2024
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2024
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2024

🌿

Plants4 species

spring

2024

Bugle · Wood Anemone · Bird Cherry · Solomon's-seal

BugleAjuga reptans
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
Bird CherryPrunus padus
Solomon's-sealPolygonatum multiflorum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Basher Eyre · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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