Stapledon Wood - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.37727, -3.14243
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
- ☕Nosebag Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- ☕Nosebag Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out
- £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
Wirral Circular TrailWalking route60 km▾
Named routeRef WCTLength 60 kmRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Birkenhead to Welsh BorderWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Wirral WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
96 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 56Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 56National Cycle Network
Burton Marsh GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 568National Cycle Network
Alternative RouteCycling route359 m▾
Named routeLength 359 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route704 m▾
Named routeRef 56Length 704 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route171 m▾
Named routeRef 56Length 171 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route280 m▾
Named routeRef 56Length 280 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
48,972 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
48,972 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Magpie · Blackbird · Herring Gull · Robin +106
🦌Mammals11 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Soprano Pipistrelle · Noctule · Mole +6
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri
🦎Reptiles2 species
summerautumn
2023▾
Turtles, Terrapins and Tortoises · Common Lizard
- Turtles, Terrapins and TortoisesTestudines
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians3 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad · Salamanders, Sirens and Newts · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo2023
- Salamanders, Sirens and NewtsCaudata
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects54 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Azure Damselfly · Dock Bug · Alder Leaf Beetle · Blue-tailed Damselfly · 2-spot Ladybird +49
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2024
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2024
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Yew · Spear Thistle · Hogweed · Intermediate Polypody
- YewTaxus baccata
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Intermediate PolypodyPolypodium interjectum2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
48,972 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Magpie · Blackbird · Herring Gull · Robin +106
🦌Mammals11 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Soprano Pipistrelle · Noctule · Mole +6
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri
🦎Reptiles2 species
summerautumn
2023▾
Turtles, Terrapins and Tortoises · Common Lizard
- Turtles, Terrapins and TortoisesTestudines
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians3 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad · Salamanders, Sirens and Newts · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo2023
- Salamanders, Sirens and NewtsCaudata
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects54 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Azure Damselfly · Dock Bug · Alder Leaf Beetle · Blue-tailed Damselfly · 2-spot Ladybird +49
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2024
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2024
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Yew · Spear Thistle · Hogweed · Intermediate Polypody
- YewTaxus baccata
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Intermediate PolypodyPolypodium interjectum2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Daubenton's Bat
Daubenton's Bat
Myotis daubentonii
Myotis daubentonii
Water VoleArvicola amphibiusWater VoleArvicola amphibiusRed FoxVulpes vulpesRed FoxVulpes vulpesFeral CatFelis catus2024Feral CatFelis catus2024RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus20242024
2024
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2024Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2024Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusCis bilamellatusCis bilamellatus2024Cis bilamellatusCis bilamellatus2024Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024Cantharis decipiensCantharis decipiens2024Cantharis decipiensCantharis decipiens2024Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2023Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2023Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2023Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2023Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2023Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2023Heather Mining BeeAndrena fuscipesHeather Mining BeeAndrena fuscipesAnoplius nigerrimusAnoplius nigerrimusAnoplius nigerrimusAnoplius nigerrimusHeather (Girdled) ColletesColletes succinctusHeather (Girdled) ColletesColletes succinctusWhite-zoned Furrow BeeLasioglossum leucozoniumWhite-zoned Furrow BeeLasioglossum leucozoniumCommon Carder BeeBombus pascuorumCommon Carder BeeBombus pascuorumVine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatusVine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatusEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024Ptenidium pusillumPtenidium pusillum2024Ptenidium pusillumPtenidium pusillum2024Hairy Cellar BeetleMycetaea subterranea2024Hairy Cellar BeetleMycetaea subterranea2024Cartodere bifasciataCartodere bifasciata2024Cartodere bifasciataCartodere bifasciata2024Notiophilus biguttatusNotiophilus biguttatus2024Notiophilus biguttatusNotiophilus biguttatus2024Leistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbis2024Leistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbis2024Octotemnus glabriculusOctotemnus glabriculus2024Octotemnus glabriculusOctotemnus glabriculus2024Aspidiphorus orbiculatusAspidiphorus orbiculatus2024Aspidiphorus orbiculatusAspidiphorus orbiculatus2024Omonadus floralisOmonadus floralis2024Omonadus floralisOmonadus floralis2024Nut Leaf WeevilStrophosoma melanogrammum2024Nut Leaf WeevilStrophosoma melanogrammum2024Cis boletiCis boleti2024Cis boletiCis boleti2024Bembidion quadrimaculatumBembidion quadrimaculatum2024Bembidion quadrimaculatumBembidion quadrimaculatum2024Helophilus trivittatusHelophilus trivittatus2024Helophilus trivittatusHelophilus trivittatus2024Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024Ivy BeeColletes hederae2023Ivy BeeColletes hederae2023Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2023Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2023Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2023Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2023Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2023Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2023Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber2023Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber2023Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2023Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2023Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2023Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2023Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2023Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2023Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2023Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2023Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus2023Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus2023Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium2023Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium2023Events & activities nearby
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