Furzefield Copse - Woodland plantation
8 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
50.93398, -0.40176
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
- 🌿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
- 🌿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
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
South Downs WayWalking route160 km▾
Named routeLength 160 kmNational walking route
Knepp Wildland Blue RouteWalking route▾
West Sussex Literary TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
The Heritage TrailWalking route▾
Knepp Wildland Yellow RouteWalking route▾
Named routeRound trip
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
A24 CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
South Downs WayMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef 89National Cycle Network
1 public path nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
7,064 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,064 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Long-tailed Tit · Mallard · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Dunnock +13
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects4 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Rhacocleis annulata · Glow-worm · Dark-edged Bee-fly
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Rhacocleis annulataRhacocleis annulata
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Hawthorn · Dog's Mercury · Hart's-tongue Thyme-moss · Holly · Pendulous Sedge +149
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
- Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,064 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Long-tailed Tit · Mallard · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Dunnock +13
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects4 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Rhacocleis annulata · Glow-worm · Dark-edged Bee-fly
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Rhacocleis annulataRhacocleis annulata
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Hawthorn · Dog's Mercury · Hart's-tongue Thyme-moss · Holly · Pendulous Sedge +149
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
- Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
