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Part of the Chiddingfold Forest Site of Special Scientific Interest, which is the single, largest woodland complex on the Weald Clay, Fir Tree Copse is small in size but rich in wildlife and one of the best sites in Surrey for moths.
Comprising of oak and ash with an understorey of hazel coppice, it is particularly worth a visit in spring when the ground flora includes bluebell, wood anemone, yellow pimpernel, dog’s mercury, enchanter’s nightshade, wood speedwell, pignut and wood sorrel.
Look carefully and you may spot lily-of-the-valley or wild daffodil, which is only found in a few Surrey Wealden woodlands.
Recent surveys have uncovered some real surprises such as the nationally scarce common fan-foot moth, the county rare lichen Thelotrema lepadinum and a new British record for fungus Seticyphella tenuispora. Many of the interesting fungi species are found on rotting log piles in areas where Surrey Wildlife Trust (SWT) has made charcoal.

Chiddingfold Forest is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in south west Surrey and west Sussex. It lies near Chiddingfold and Dunsfold. The Forestry Commission owns and/or manages some 830 hectares of woodland in the forest complex of which 543.9 hectares is designated SSSI. The site lies within the Low Weald natural area and Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).
The rare pearl-bordered fritillary grows in the forest. This is an important butterfly egg-laying area. There are also rare moths in this locality including: the Argent & Sable, Common Fan-foot, White-line snout, Waved carpet and Drab looper moth.
Chiddingfold Forest is home to the Bechstein's Bat. Three maternity colonies have been identified which have at least eighty breeding females.
Fir Tree Copse, which lies within the forest is particularly noted for rare moths, lichen and fungi.