Shutts Copse

Last updated
Shutts Copse
Entrance to Shutts Copse (geograph 3984889).jpg
TypeNature reserve
LocationWest Meon, Hampshire
OS grid SU637261
Area5 hectares (12 acres)
Managed byHampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust

Shutts Copse is a 5-hectare (12-acre) nature reserve north of West Meon in Hampshire. It is managed by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust. [1]

This small wood has a ground layer of wild flowers, such as primroses and bluebells. There is a healthy population of dormice and birds include coal tits, tawny owls and great spotted woodpeckers. [1]

Related Research Articles

Borthwood Copse

Borthwood Copse, near Sandown, Isle of Wight, England is a piece of woodland owned by the National Trust and is one of the numerous copses which make up part of the medieval forest which covered most of the eastern end of the Island. Borthwood Copse sits on the outskirts of Newchurch, and is close to the neighbouring hamlet of Apse Heath and the villages of Queen's Bower and Alverstone. Borthwood Copse was originally a royal hunting ground. It was bequeathed to the National Trust in 1926 by Frank Morey. He had purchased it a few years earlier to preserve it for wildlife. Subsequent additions have added to the land and it now covers a total of 60 acres (240,000 m2).

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust is a Wildlife Trust with 27,000 members across the counties of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, England.

Chappetts Copse beech woodland in the Meon Valley, Hampshire, England

Chappetts Copse is a 12-hectare (30-acre) nature reserve east of West Meon in Hampshire. It is owned and managed by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust.

Eaglehead and Bloodstone Copses

Eaglehead and Bloodstone Copses is a 10.3-hectare (25-acre) Site of Special Scientific Interest which is south of Ashey on the Isle of Wight. The site was notified in 1987 for its biological value.

St. Catherines Hill, Hampshire hillfort in Hampshire

St. Catherine's Hill is a 43-hectare (110-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the outskirts of Winchester in Hampshire. It is managed by Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust, and most of it is an Iron Age hillfort, which is a Scheduled Monument.

Winnall Moors area of the flood plain in Winchester city

Winnall Moors is a 64-hectare (160-acre) nature reserve in Winchester in Hampshire. It is managed by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust.

Pamber Forest and Silchester Common

Pamber Forest and Silchester Common is a 341.7-hectare (844-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Tadley in Hampshire. Pamber Forest and Upper Inhams Copse is managed by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust and Pamber Forest is a Local Nature Reserve.

Ron Ward's Meadow With Tadley Pastures is a site of Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). It is based on the edge of Tadley in Hampshire, England. It is managed by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust.

Broughton Down

Broughton Down is a 45.8-hectare (113-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Broughton in Hampshire. The eastern half is a nature reserve managed by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust

Foxlease and Ancells Meadows

Foxlease and Ancells Meadows is a 68.8-hectare (170-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the western outskirts of Farnborough in Hampshire.The site is in seven areas, two of which are nature reserves managed by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust, Ancells Farm and Whitehouse Meadow.

Greywell Fen

Greywell Fen is a 38-hectare (94-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Greywell in Hampshire. It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade 2, and an area of 13 hectares is a nature resserve called Greywell Moors, which is managed by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust.

Hook Common and Bartley Heath

Hook Common and Bartley Heath is a 129.4-hectare (320-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the southern outskirts of Hook in Hampshire. It is managed by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust.

Warnborough Green SSSI

Warnborough Green is a 4.4-hectare (11-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in North Warnborough in Hampshire. It is owned and managed by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust.

Boldre Foreshore

Boldre Foreshore is a 193.3-hectare (478-acre) Local Nature Reserve east of Lymington in Hampshire. It is owned by New Forest District Council and managed by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust. It is part of Solent and Southampton Water Ramsar site and Special Protection Area, Solent Maritime Special Area of Conservation, Hurst Castle and Lymington River Estuary Site of Special Scientific Interest and Lymington and Keyhaven Marshes, a nature reserve managed by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust.

Ancells Farm

Ancells Farm is a 12-hectare (30-acre) nature reserve in Fleet in Hampshire. It is managed by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust. It is part of Foxlease and Ancells Meadows, which is a Sites of Special Scientific Interest.

Hockley Meadows

Hockley Meadows is a 9-hectare (22-acre) nature reserve south of Winchester in Hampshire. It is managed by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust. It is part of the River Itchen SSSI and Special Area of Conservation.

Milton Locks

Milton Locks is a 1-hectare (2.5-acre) nature reserve in Milton in Hampshire. It is managed by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust.

St Clairs Meadow

St Clair's Meadow is a 16-hectare (40-acre) nature reserve near Soberton in Hampshire. It is managed by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust.

Swanwick Lakes

Swanwick Lakes is a 35-hectare (86-acre) nature reserve in Swanwick in Hampshire. It is managed by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust.

References

  1. 1 2 "Shutts Copse". Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 30 May 2020.

Coordinates: 51°01′52″N1°05′35″W / 51.031°N 1.093°W / 51.031; -1.093