Swanpond Copse - Woodland plantation
✦ Ancient woodland16 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome16 ha
Getting here
50.70524, -1.15636
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
- 🅿️Parking 414m away — 2 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 414m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 signed routes nearby · 14 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Yar River TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Isle of Wight Coastal PathWalking route113 km▾
Named routeLength 113 kmRound tripRegional walking route
The Bembridge TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
The Culver TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Nunwell TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
26 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Round the Island RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 67Regional cycle route
Route 22Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 22National Cycle Network
RSPB Brading MarshesCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Route 23Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 23National Cycle Network
Adgestone Quiet RoadsCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Red Squirrel TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Chalk Ridge ExtremeMountain bike route▾
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
12,164 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,164 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Robin · Herring Gull · Jackdaw +29
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Great TitParus major
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MagpiePica pica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Red Squirrel · Pygmy Shrew · Stoat
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus
- StoatMustela erminea
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2025▾
Palmate Newt · Smooth Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects14 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Red-legged Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Dark Bush-cricket · Mesembrina meridiana · Harlequin Ladybird +9
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,164 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Robin · Herring Gull · Jackdaw +29
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Great TitParus major
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MagpiePica pica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Red Squirrel · Pygmy Shrew · Stoat
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
- Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus
- StoatMustela erminea
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2025▾
Palmate Newt · Smooth Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects14 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Red-legged Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Dark Bush-cricket · Mesembrina meridiana · Harlequin Ladybird +9
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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