Stiles Spinney - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.42668, -0.79180
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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
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
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Jurassic WayWalking route142 km▾
Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Main RouteCycling route40 m▾
Named routeRef 552Length 40 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route138 m▾
Named routeRef 552Length 138 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route164 m▾
Named routeRef 552Length 164 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route847 m▾
Named routeRef 552Length 847 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route451 m▾
Named routeRef 552Length 451 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
8,268 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,268 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds16 species
springsummer
2025▾
Goldfinch · Swift · Nuthatch · Woodpigeon · Mallard +11
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SwiftApus apus2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects45 species
springautumn
2026▾
Acrossus rufipes · Eristalis pertinax · Limnephilus lunatus · Black Sexton Beetle · Stenophylax permistus +40
- Acrossus rufipesAcrossus rufipes2025
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
- Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2025
- Black Sexton BeetleNicrophorus humator2025
- Stenophylax permistusStenophylax permistus2025
Thale Cress · Oxeye Daisy · Common Chickweed · Groundsel · Red Dead-nettle +72
- Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana
- Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,268 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds16 species
springsummer
2025▾
Goldfinch · Swift · Nuthatch · Woodpigeon · Mallard +11
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SwiftApus apus2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects45 species
springautumn
2026▾
Acrossus rufipes · Eristalis pertinax · Limnephilus lunatus · Black Sexton Beetle · Stenophylax permistus +40
- Acrossus rufipesAcrossus rufipes2025
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
- Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2025
- Black Sexton BeetleNicrophorus humator2025
- Stenophylax permistusStenophylax permistus2025
Thale Cress · Oxeye Daisy · Common Chickweed · Groundsel · Red Dead-nettle +72
- Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana
- Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
