Stock Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.76865, -2.61960
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 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Offa's Dyke PathWalking route285 km▾
Named routeRef ODPLength 285 kmNational walking route
Wye Valley WalkWalking route218 km▾
Named routeRef WVWLength 218 kmRegional walking route
Highmeadow TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Forest of Dean Sculpture TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef FoDSTLocal walking route
13 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 42Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 42National Cycle Network
Family cycle route (easy)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Hicksters Way LoopCycling route▾
Shorter alternative return route to Cannop Cycle Centre or Beechenhurst than following the Family Cycle Trail
Named routeLocal cycle route
Symond's Yat RockCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Family skills route (moderate)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Coleford, Milkwall & Parkend railway path FOD06Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
19 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
VerderersMountain bike route▾
FreeminersMountain bike route▾
Ski RunMountain bike route▾
Mr RootyMountain bike route▾
CountdownMountain bike route▾
Push up routeMountain bike route▾
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Wildlife to spot
15,285 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
15,285 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Robin · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Wren +43
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SwiftApus apus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RavenCorvus corax
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2024▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects7 species
springsummer
2025▾
Lasius alienus · Glow-worm · Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Chilenocaecilius ornatipennis +2
- Lasius alienusLasius alienus2024
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Chilenocaecilius ornatipennisChilenocaecilius ornatipennis2024
- Platycis minutus
🌿Plants3 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Fox-tail Feather-moss · Bruch's Pincushion · Strap-leaved Earth-moss
- Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum
- Bruch's PincushionUlota bruchii2024
- Strap-leaved Earth-mossEphemerum recurvifolium2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,285 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Robin · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Wren +43
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SwiftApus apus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RavenCorvus corax
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2024▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects7 species
springsummer
2025▾
Lasius alienus · Glow-worm · Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Chilenocaecilius ornatipennis +2
- Lasius alienusLasius alienus2024
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Chilenocaecilius ornatipennisChilenocaecilius ornatipennis2024
- Platycis minutus
🌿Plants3 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Fox-tail Feather-moss · Bruch's Pincushion · Strap-leaved Earth-moss
- Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum
- Bruch's PincushionUlota bruchii2024
- Strap-leaved Earth-mossEphemerum recurvifolium2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Platycis minutus2024
Platycis minutus2024
Rhinoceros BeetleSinodendron cylindricum2024Rhinoceros BeetleSinodendron cylindricum2024Events & activities nearby
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