Stockton's Wood - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
53.35377, -2.88215
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿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
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿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 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Trans-Pennine Trail (Southport to Liverpool)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Wirral Circular TrailWalking route60 km▾
Named routeRef WCTLength 60 kmRegional walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Liverpool to Warrington)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Mersey WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Allerton Country WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
109 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
University Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
Woolton & WavertreeCycling route▾
Named routeRef WooltonLocal cycle route
City Centre - OtterspoolCycling route▾
Named routeRef OtterspoolLocal cycle route
Route 56Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 56National Cycle Network
Route 56Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 56National Cycle Network
Liverpool Loop LineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
33,595 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
33,595 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Magpie · Robin · Blue Tit +18
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Field Vole · Red Fox · Mole · Harvest Mouse · Brown Rat
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
Wood Avens · Common Nettle · Himalayan Balsam · Ivy · Hogweed +48
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- IvyHedera helix
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
33,595 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Magpie · Robin · Blue Tit +18
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Field Vole · Red Fox · Mole · Harvest Mouse · Brown Rat
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
Wood Avens · Common Nettle · Himalayan Balsam · Ivy · Hogweed +48
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- IvyHedera helix
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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