Stonepits Copse - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.27006, -1.94649
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
Millennium Way (Warks)Walking route100 km▾
A 100 mile long distance footpath, across the centre of England from Pershore to Chipping Warden via Meriden.
Named routeLength 100 kmRegional walking route
Arden WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 42Regional walking route
Haydon Way Wood TrailWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 1.75 mLocal walking route
Miller's TrailWalking route▾
88 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
Redditch Cycle Route 17Cycling route▾
From Abbey Stadium, through Abbeydale, Church Hill, Winyates, Matchborough, to Washford - mostly following the Bus Lane.
Named routeRef 17Local cycle route
Redditch Cycle Route 14Cycling route▾
From Crabbs Cross, Oakenshaw, Greenlands, Ipsley, Washford, Matchborough, to Mappleborough Green. A mixture of roads, paths, and paved bridleways.
Named routeRef 14Local cycle route
Redditch Cycle Route 15Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 15Local cycle route
Redditch Cycle Route 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12Local cycle route
Route SRCycling route▾
Named routeRef SRLocal cycle route
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12,829 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
12,829 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds56 species
winterspring
2026▾
Collared Dove · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Nuthatch +51
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
🦌Mammals2 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Roe Deer
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects31 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis) · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Greater Bulb-Fly · Coccidae · Scathophaga stercoraria +26
- Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2025
- CoccidaeCoccidae
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,829 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds56 species
winterspring
2026▾
Collared Dove · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Nuthatch +51
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
🦌Mammals2 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Roe Deer
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects31 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis) · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Greater Bulb-Fly · Coccidae · Scathophaga stercoraria +26
- Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2025
- CoccidaeCoccidae
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
PsychodaPsychodaPsychodaPsychodaSylvicolaSylvicolaSylvicolaSylvicolaPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusIndet. AnthomyiidAnthomyzidaeIndet. AnthomyiidAnthomyzidaeSuillia variegataSuillia variegataSuillia variegataSuillia variegataZyginaZyginaZyginaZyginaEupteryx decemnotataEupteryx decemnotataEupteryx decemnotataEupteryx decemnotataGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleAcletoxenus formosusAcletoxenus formosus2025Acletoxenus formosusAcletoxenus formosus2025Andromeda LacebugStephanitis takeyai2025Andromeda LacebugStephanitis takeyai2025Peplomyza lituraPeplomyza litura2025Peplomyza lituraPeplomyza litura2025Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025Yellow-legged BlackPachygaster leachii2025Yellow-legged BlackPachygaster leachii2025Baccha elongataBaccha elongata2025Baccha elongataBaccha elongata2025Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2025Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025Murky-legged Black LegionnaireBeris chalybata2025Murky-legged Black LegionnaireBeris chalybata2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2025Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2025Common Ground-hopperTetrix undulata2025Common Ground-hopperTetrix undulata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025