Moated site at Sodington Hall
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.33655, -2.45184
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Blue Tit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Blue Tit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon +55 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon +55 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Southern Hawker, Common Darter, Azure Damselfly +40 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Worcestershire WayWalking route50 km▾
Walking route from Bewdley to Great Malvern
Named routeLength 50 kmRegional walking route
Geopark WayWalking route175 km▾
Named routeRef geoLength 175 kmRegional walking route
Simon Evans WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Shropshire Way (Route 11, Link to Severn Way)Walking route14 km▾
Named routeLength 14 kmRegional walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wyre Forest Green RouteMountain bike route▾
Wyre Forest Blue RouteMountain bike route▾
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
4,413 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,413 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springsummer
2025▾
Blackbird · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Robin +37
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- RavenCorvus corax
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
Southern Hawker · Common Darter · Azure Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Brown Hawker +9
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Broad-bodied Chaser
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,413 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springsummer
2025▾
Blackbird · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Robin +37
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- RavenCorvus corax
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
Southern Hawker · Common Darter · Azure Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Brown Hawker +9
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Broad-bodied Chaser
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Libellula depressa
Libellula depressa
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataFour-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2024Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2024Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024