Stockingpool Plantation
18 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🌿Foraging🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome18 ha
Getting here
52.33471, -2.46225
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 221m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 221m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 23 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Shropshire Way (Route 11, Link to Severn Way)Walking route14 km▾
Named routeLength 14 kmRegional walking route
Photos
Bridge in Stockingpool Plantation
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Wildlife to spot
3,519 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,519 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
3,519 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