Sane Copse - Woodland plantation
8 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
52.18243, -0.75290
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
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
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
Named hiking route nearby: Northamptonshire Round
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Northamptonshire RoundWalking route▾
Milton Keynes Boundary WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional walking route
Three Shires WayWalking route79 km▾
49 mile route liking the Swan's Way to the Grafham Water circular walk, which it now incorporates, made up largely of bridleways.
Named routeLength 79 kmRegional walking route
Hanslope Circular RideWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
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Sane Copse across a cereal field
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Wildlife to spot
22,482 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
22,482 records · National Biodiversity NetworkChaffinch · Jackdaw · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Pheasant +36
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
🦌Mammals5 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Roe Deer · Rabbit · Fallow Deer · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Cheilosia grossa · Schwenckfeldina carbonaria · Scathophaga stercoraria · Tipula obsoleta +3
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Cheilosia grossaCheilosia grossa
- Schwenckfeldina carbonariaSchwenckfeldina carbonaria2025
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2025
- Tipula obsoletaTipula obsoleta2025
- Dicranomyia modestaDicranomyia modesta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
22,482 records · National Biodiversity NetworkChaffinch · Jackdaw · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Pheasant +36
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
🦌Mammals5 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Roe Deer · Rabbit · Fallow Deer · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Cheilosia grossa · Schwenckfeldina carbonaria · Scathophaga stercoraria · Tipula obsoleta +3
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Cheilosia grossaCheilosia grossa
- Schwenckfeldina carbonariaSchwenckfeldina carbonaria2025
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2025
- Tipula obsoletaTipula obsoleta2025
- Dicranomyia modestaDicranomyia modesta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Tipula paludosaTipula paludosa2025Tipula paludosaTipula paludosa2025Scathophaga furcataScathophaga furcata2025Scathophaga furcataScathophaga furcata2025