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Stanton Park

✦ Ancient woodland33 ha

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome33 ha

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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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Parking· Free

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Carrion Crow +62 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Carrion Crow +62 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Herb-Robert, Ivy-leaved Toadflax, Field Scabious +87 more · last seen 2024

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Nettle-leaved Bellflower, Meadowsweet, White Dead-nettle +10 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Common Darter, Magdalis armigera +5 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Common Darter, Magdalis armigera +5 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Macmillan WayWalking route290 km

Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route

🚴

Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Wiltshire CyclewayCycling route155 km

Named routeRef WCLength 155 kmRound tripRegional cycle route

Avon Wiltshire Cycle LinkCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

🐴

Horse riding

6 public paths nearby

Public paths

Manor Farm Roadbridleway · 234 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 234 mPath type: unclassified

Wildlife to spot

3,754 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,754 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds68 species

winterspring

2025

Woodpigeon · Robin · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Blackbird +63

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Great TitParus major
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RookCorvus frugilegus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
JackdawColoeus monedula
BuzzardButeo buteo
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
RavenCorvus corax
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
MagpiePica pica
Coal TitPeriparus ater
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
NuthatchSitta europaea
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
DunnockPrunella modularis
RedwingTurdus iliacus
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Herring GullLarus argentatus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Red KiteMilvus milvus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
SwiftApus apus2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
SwallowHirundo rustica
House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
LinnetLinaria cannabina
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2022
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
SiskinSpinus spinus
Rock DoveColumba livia2021
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2021
Barn OwlTyto alba2021
Common GullLarus canus2021
Corvus frugilegus frugilegusCorvus frugilegus frugilegus
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
Water RailRallus aquaticus2022
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2021
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2021
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2020
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2020
Mute SwanCygnus olor2020

🦌

Mammals8 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2025

Hedgehog · Muntjac · Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer +3

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Brown HareLepus europaeus2021
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2021
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2021
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2021
Feral CatFelis catus2023

🐸

Amphibians2 species

autumn

2021

Common Frog · Common Toad

Common FrogRana temporaria
Common ToadBufo bufo2020

🐝

Insects8 species

autumn

2025

Harlequin Ladybird · Common Darter · Magdalis armigera · Batman Hoverfly · Green Shieldbug +3

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2020
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Magdalis armigeraMagdalis armigera
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2023
Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides2021
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2021
Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2020

🌿

Plants91 species

summer

2024

Herb-Robert · Ivy-leaved Toadflax · Field Scabious · Nettle-leaved Bellflower · Meadowsweet +86

Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2022
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2022
Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis2022
Nettle-leaved BellflowerCampanula trachelium2022
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2022
BetonyBetonica officinalis2022
Bush VetchVicia sepium2022
Field MadderSherardia arvensis2022
NipplewortLapsana communis2022
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2022
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2022
DaisyBellis perennis2023
Red CampionSilene dioica2022
Viper's-buglossEchium vulgare2022
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2022
Hoary PlantainPlantago media2022
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2022
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2023
White Dead-nettleLamium album2023
Lady's-mantleAlchemilla vulgaris2022
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2022
IvyHedera helix2021
AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2021
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2021
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2023
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2023
Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus2022
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2022
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2022
Quaking-grassBriza media2022
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2022
RagwortSenecio2022
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2022
Biting StonecropSedum acre2022
Creeping-JennyLysimachia nummularia2022
Reflexed StonecropPetrosedum rupestre2022
Wall LettuceMycelis muralis2022
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2022
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2022
White StonecropSedum album2022
YarrowAchillea millefolium2021
KnapweedCentaurea2021
St. John's-WortHypericum2021
Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2021
SpindleEuonymus europaeus
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Streblotrichum convolutumStreblotrichum convolutum2023
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2023
CowslipPrimula veris2023
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2023
FritillaryFritillaria meleagris2023
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia2023
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2023
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2023
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2022
DandelionTaraxacum2022
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2022
DropwortFilipendula vulgaris2022
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2022
Musk-mallowMalva moschata2022
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2022
Rough Hawk's-beardCrepis biennis2022
White CloverTrifolium repens2022
BrambleRubus2022
Small Leaved ElmUlmus minor2022
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2022
Small ScabiousScabiosa columbaria2021
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2021
Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2021
ValerianValeriana2021
DockRumex2021
Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2021
English StonecropSedum anglicum2021
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2020
HollyIlex aquifolium2020
Somerset SkullcapScutellaria altissima2020
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2020
Sherard's Downy-roseRosa sherardii2020

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,754 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds68 species

winterspring

2025

Woodpigeon · Robin · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Blackbird +63

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Great TitParus major
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RookCorvus frugilegus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
JackdawColoeus monedula
BuzzardButeo buteo
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
RavenCorvus corax
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
MagpiePica pica
Coal TitPeriparus ater
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
NuthatchSitta europaea
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
DunnockPrunella modularis
RedwingTurdus iliacus
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Herring GullLarus argentatus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Red KiteMilvus milvus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
SwiftApus apus2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
SwallowHirundo rustica
House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
LinnetLinaria cannabina
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2022
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
SiskinSpinus spinus
Rock DoveColumba livia2021
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2021
Barn OwlTyto alba2021
Common GullLarus canus2021
Corvus frugilegus frugilegusCorvus frugilegus frugilegus
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
Water RailRallus aquaticus2022
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2021
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2021
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2020
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2020
Mute SwanCygnus olor2020

🦌

Mammals8 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2025

Hedgehog · Muntjac · Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer +3

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Brown HareLepus europaeus2021
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2021
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2021
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2021
Feral CatFelis catus2023

🐸

Amphibians2 species

autumn

2021

Common Frog · Common Toad

Common FrogRana temporaria
Common ToadBufo bufo2020

🐝

Insects8 species

autumn

2025

Harlequin Ladybird · Common Darter · Magdalis armigera · Batman Hoverfly · Green Shieldbug +3

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2020
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Magdalis armigeraMagdalis armigera
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2023
Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides2021
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2021
Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2020

🌿

Plants91 species

summer

2024

Herb-Robert · Ivy-leaved Toadflax · Field Scabious · Nettle-leaved Bellflower · Meadowsweet +86

Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2022
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2022
Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis2022
Nettle-leaved BellflowerCampanula trachelium2022
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2022
BetonyBetonica officinalis2022
Bush VetchVicia sepium2022
Field MadderSherardia arvensis2022
NipplewortLapsana communis2022
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2022
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2022
DaisyBellis perennis2023
Red CampionSilene dioica2022
Viper's-buglossEchium vulgare2022
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2022
Hoary PlantainPlantago media2022
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2022
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2023
White Dead-nettleLamium album2023
Lady's-mantleAlchemilla vulgaris2022
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2022
IvyHedera helix2021
AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2021
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2021
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2023
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2023
Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus2022
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2022
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2022
Quaking-grassBriza media2022
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2022
RagwortSenecio2022
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2022
Biting StonecropSedum acre2022
Creeping-JennyLysimachia nummularia2022
Reflexed StonecropPetrosedum rupestre2022
Wall LettuceMycelis muralis2022
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2022
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2022
White StonecropSedum album2022
YarrowAchillea millefolium2021
KnapweedCentaurea2021
St. John's-WortHypericum2021
Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2021
SpindleEuonymus europaeus
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Streblotrichum convolutumStreblotrichum convolutum2023
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2023
CowslipPrimula veris2023
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2023
FritillaryFritillaria meleagris2023
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia2023
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2023
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2023
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2022
DandelionTaraxacum2022
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2022
DropwortFilipendula vulgaris2022
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2022
Musk-mallowMalva moschata2022
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2022
Rough Hawk's-beardCrepis biennis2022
White CloverTrifolium repens2022
BrambleRubus2022
Small Leaved ElmUlmus minor2022
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2022
Small ScabiousScabiosa columbaria2021
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2021
Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2021
ValerianValeriana2021
DockRumex2021
Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2021
English StonecropSedum anglicum2021
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2020
HollyIlex aquifolium2020
Somerset SkullcapScutellaria altissima2020
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2020
Sherard's Downy-roseRosa sherardii2020

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Neil Owen · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

A clearing in Stanton Park

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