Little Stanney Wood - Broadleaved woodland
8 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
53.26560, -2.86461
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 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
North Cheshire WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 114kmRegional walking route
North Cheshire Way (Chester Spur)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Canalside TrailWalking route▾
72 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Brown RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef BrownLocal cycle route
Route 563Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 563National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
Route 71Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 71Regional cycle route
Cheshire CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70Regional cycle route
Route 56Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 56National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
20,010 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
20,010 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Robin · Magpie · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Herring Gull +45
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
Water Vole
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius
Pond Terrapin
- Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta
🐝Insects11 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Darter · Southern Hawker · Migrant Hawker · Ruddy Darter · Banded Demoiselle +6
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,010 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Robin · Magpie · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Herring Gull +45
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
Water Vole
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius
Pond Terrapin
- Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta
🐝Insects11 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Darter · Southern Hawker · Migrant Hawker · Ruddy Darter · Banded Demoiselle +6
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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