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Stapledon Wood

50 ha

📷 Sue Adair · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome50 ha

Getting here

53.36361, -3.16404

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Ring O'Bells Cark Park 136m away — 10 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Ring O'Bells Cark Park 136m away — 10 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

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 — Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull, Turnstone +96 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull, Turnstone +96 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Large Red Damselfly, Alder Leaf Beetle +32 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Hogweed, White-stemmed Bramble, Common Nettle

Varies

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Alexanders Rust · last seen 2026; Fungi — Alexanders Rust · last seen 2026

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Wirral Circular TrailWalking route60 km

Named routeRef WCTLength 60 kmRegional walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Birkenhead to Welsh BorderWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

Wirral WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

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Cycling

44 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Burton Marsh GreenwayCycling route

Named routeRef 568National Cycle Network

Alternative RouteCycling route916 m

Named routeRef 89Length 916 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route174 m

Named routeRef 89Length 174 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose

N/ACycling route16 m

Named routeRef 89Length 16 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface other

N/ACycling route10 m

Named routeRef 89Length 10 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

N/ACycling route24 m

Named routeRef 89Length 24 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

35,449 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

35,449 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds61 species

autumn

2026

Turnstone · Oystercatcher · Black-headed Gull · Redshank · Shelduck +56

TurnstoneArenaria interpres
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Light-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla hrota2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Tringa totanus robustaTringa totanus robusta2025
Numenius arquata arquataNumenius arquata arquata2025
Pica pica picaPica pica pica2025
British Lesser Black-Backed GullLarus fuscus graellsii2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Little StintCalidris minuta2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2025
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus2025
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects1 species

autumn

2025

22-spot Ladybird

22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata

🍄

Fungi1 species

winter

2026

Alexanders Rust

Alexanders RustPuccinia smyrnii

🌿

Plants1 species

autumn

2025

White-stemmed Bramble

White-stemmed BrambleRubus cockburnianus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

35,449 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds61 species

autumn

2026

Turnstone · Oystercatcher · Black-headed Gull · Redshank · Shelduck +56

TurnstoneArenaria interpres
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Light-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla hrota2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Tringa totanus robustaTringa totanus robusta2025
Numenius arquata arquataNumenius arquata arquata2025
Pica pica picaPica pica pica2025
British Lesser Black-Backed GullLarus fuscus graellsii2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Little StintCalidris minuta2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2025
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus2025
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects1 species

autumn

2025

22-spot Ladybird

22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata

🍄

Fungi1 species

winter

2026

Alexanders Rust

Alexanders RustPuccinia smyrnii

🌿

Plants1 species

autumn

2025

White-stemmed Bramble

White-stemmed BrambleRubus cockburnianus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Sue Adair · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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