Stockley Copse - Conifer woodland
✦ Ancient woodland12 ha
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome12 ha
Getting here
51.81590, -1.56478
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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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wychwood WayWalking route59.5 km▾
Named routeLength 59.5 kmRegional walking route
The Roman WayWalking route274.5 km▾
Named routeLength 274.5 kmRegional walking route
29 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 57Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 57National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 57Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 57National Cycle Network
National Byway (Oxon and Glos)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Alternative RouteCycling route524 m▾
Named routeRef 57Length 524 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.1 km▾
Named routeRef 57Length 2.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route36 m▾
Named routeRef 57Length 36 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
1,811 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,811 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springautumn
2025▾
Robin · Wren · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Blue Tit +35
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great TitParus major2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
🦌Mammals7 species
springwinter
2025▾
Brown Hare · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Fallow Deer · Muntjac +2
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Fallow DeerDama dama2023
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2023
- BadgerMeles meles
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common FrogRana temporaria2022
7-spot Ladybird · Fine Streaked Bugkin · Glow-worm · Xanthogramma pedissequum · Agrypnus murinus +1
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Fine Streaked BugkinMiris striatus
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2022
- Agrypnus murinusAgrypnus murinus2022
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Pyramidal Orchid
- Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,811 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springautumn
2025▾
Robin · Wren · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Blue Tit +35
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great TitParus major2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
🦌Mammals7 species
springwinter
2025▾
Brown Hare · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Fallow Deer · Muntjac +2
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Fallow DeerDama dama2023
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2023
- BadgerMeles meles
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common FrogRana temporaria2022
7-spot Ladybird · Fine Streaked Bugkin · Glow-worm · Xanthogramma pedissequum · Agrypnus murinus +1
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Fine Streaked BugkinMiris striatus
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2022
- Agrypnus murinusAgrypnus murinus2022
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Pyramidal Orchid
- Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2022
2022
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022HedgehogErinaceus europaeus20222022
2022
