Jock's Copse Explained

Jock's Copse
Type:	Local Nature Reserve
Grid Ref Uk:	SU 856 703
Location:	Bracknell, Berkshire
Area:	1.5ha
Manager:	Bracknell Forest Borough Council

Jock's Copse is a 1.5abbr=offNaNabbr=off Local Nature Reserve on the northern outskirts of Bracknell in Berkshire. It is owned and managed by Bracknell Forest Borough Council.^{[1] [2]}

Along with Temple Copse and Tinkers Copse it forms part of what is known locally as The Three Copses.^[3] It is ancient coppiced woodland, mainly oak and hazel.^[1]

History

The site was named after an itinerant Scotsman who lived in the wood in the 1800s.^[4] An old air strip prior to 1930s ran between Jock’s and Tinker's Copse.^[3]

In 2002 the site was declared as a local nature reserve by Bracknell Forest Borough Council.^[1]

Fauna

The site has the following fauna:^{[1] [3] [5]}

Mammals

• European badger
• Roe deer
• Wood mouse
• Eastern gray squirrel

Amphibians and Reptiles

• Grass snake

Birds

• Great spotted woodpecker
• Lesser spotted woodpecker
• European green woodpecker
• Jay
• Eurasian bullfinch
• European robin
• Eurasian blue tit

Invertebrates

• Small tortoiseshell

Flora

The site has the following flora:^{[1] [3] [6] [5]}

Trees

• Sorbus torminalis
• Quercus robur
• Corylus avellana
• Carpinus betulus

Plants

• Primula vulgaris
• Lychnis flos-cuculi
• Hyacinthoides non-scripta

References

51.425°N -0.77°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jock's Copse . Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 22 December 2019.
2. Web site: Map of Jock's Copse . Local Nature Reserves . Natural England. 22 December 2019.
3. Web site: The Three Copses: Parks to visit - Bracknell Forest Council . Bracknell-forest.gov.uk . 2017-04-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170427003306/http://www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/thethreecopses . 2017-04-27 . dead .
4. Web site: Jock's Copse . Woodland Trust . 2017-04-25.
5. Web site: BRACKNELL FOREST THE THREE COPSES . Bracknell Forest Council . 2017-04-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170207033055/http://www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/the-three-copses.pdf . 2017-02-07 . dead .
6. Web site: Bluebell walks around Berkshire . Familiesonline.co.uk . 2014-04-14 . 2017-04-25.