Stancombe Wood - Conifer woodland
✦ Ancient woodland2 ha
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.95457, -1.94581
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
- 🌿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 km13 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Diamond WayWalking route106 km▾
Named routeRef DIALength 106 kmRegional walking route
Donnington WayWalking route100 km▾
Named routeLength 100 kmLocal walking route
Windrush WayWalking route22 km▾
Winchcombe - Bourton-on-the-Water. No longer classified as a long distance walk by the LDWA.
Named routeRef WinLength 22 km
Warden's WayWalking route22 km▾
Winchcombe - Bourton-on-the-Water. No longer classified as a long distance route by the LDWA
Named routeRef WarLength 22 km
Stancombe Lanepublic footpath · 479 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 479 mPath type: unclassified
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Oxon and Glos)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Cotswold CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef CCRegional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
13,156 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,156 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Jackdaw +42
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Cyanistes caeruleus obscurusCyanistes caeruleus obscurus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐝Insects8 species
springsummer
2025▾
Southern Hawker · Common Blue Damselfly · Willow Bean-galler · Lesser Stag Beetle · Harlequin Ladybird +3
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Willow Bean-gallerEuura proxima
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,156 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Jackdaw +42
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Cyanistes caeruleus obscurusCyanistes caeruleus obscurus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐝Insects8 species
springsummer
2025▾
Southern Hawker · Common Blue Damselfly · Willow Bean-galler · Lesser Stag Beetle · Harlequin Ladybird +3
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Willow Bean-gallerEuura proxima
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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