Stockley Copse
✦ Ancient woodland28 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Free entryDogs welcome28 ha
Getting here
51.81513, -1.56828
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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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +55 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +55 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — White Clover, Jacobaea, Bluebell +258 more · last seen 2021
Free
Plants — Smooth Hawk's-beard, Water Mint, Hogweed +29 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Orange-tip, Glow-worm, Small White +33 more · last seen 2023
Free
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wychwood WayWalking route59.5 km▾
Named routeLength 59.5 kmRegional walking route
The Roman WayWalking route274.5 km▾
Named routeLength 274.5 kmRegional walking route
30 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 57Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 57National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 57Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 57National Cycle Network
National Byway (Oxon and Glos)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Alternative RouteCycling route524 m▾
Named routeRef 57Length 524 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.1 km▾
Named routeRef 57Length 2.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route36 m▾
Named routeRef 57Length 36 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
3 public paths nearby
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Wildlife to spot
2,067 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,067 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
springautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Pheasant · Robin · Blackbird · Blue Tit +34
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great TitParus major2024
- MagpiePica pica
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
🦌Mammals9 species
springwinter
2025▾
Brown Hare · Hedgehog · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Harvest Mouse +4
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
🦎Reptiles3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Lizard · Slow-worm · Grass Snake
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects6 species
springsummer
2023▾
7-spot Ladybird · Black-tailed Skimmer · Emperor Dragonfly · Fine Streaked Bugkin · Glow-worm +1
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Fine Streaked BugkinMiris striatus
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,067 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
springautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Pheasant · Robin · Blackbird · Blue Tit +34
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great TitParus major2024
- MagpiePica pica
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
🦌Mammals9 species
springwinter
2025▾
Brown Hare · Hedgehog · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Harvest Mouse +4
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
🦎Reptiles3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Lizard · Slow-worm · Grass Snake
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects6 species
springsummer
2023▾
7-spot Ladybird · Black-tailed Skimmer · Emperor Dragonfly · Fine Streaked Bugkin · Glow-worm +1
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Fine Streaked BugkinMiris striatus
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
2023
Fallow DeerDama dama2023Fallow DeerDama dama2023BadgerMeles meles2022BadgerMeles meles2022Water VoleArvicola amphibius2022Water VoleArvicola amphibius20222022
2022
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