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Stockton Ride

✦ Ancient woodland22 ha

📷 John Phillips · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome22 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, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mute Swan, Canada Goose, Carrion Crow +67 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mute Swan, Canada Goose, Carrion Crow +67 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants

Varies

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, 7-spot Ladybird, Blue-tailed Damselfly +30 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, 7-spot Ladybird, Blue-tailed Damselfly +30 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Berrington Pool WalkWalking route1 km

Named routeLength 1 kmRound trip

Herefordshire TrailWalking route246.5 km

Named routeLength 246.5 kmRegional walking route

Berrington Parkland WalkWalking route3.1 km

Named routeLength 3.1 kmRound trip

Stockton Ridepublic footpath · 2.4 km

Public pathpublic footpathLength 2.4 kmPath type: footway

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

National Byway (Herefordshire)Cycling route

National Byway in Herefordshire

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

🐴

Horse riding

1 public path nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

5,005 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,005 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

summerautumn

2026

Mute Swan · Carrion Crow · Moorhen · Canada Goose · Robin +45

Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
CootFulica atra2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Great TitParus major2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025

🐝

Insects6 species

summer

2025

Common Blue Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Pine Ladybird · Migrant Hawker · Banded Demoiselle +1

Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,005 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

summerautumn

2026

Mute Swan · Carrion Crow · Moorhen · Canada Goose · Robin +45

Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
CootFulica atra2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Great TitParus major2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025

🐝

Insects6 species

summer

2025

Common Blue Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Pine Ladybird · Migrant Hawker · Banded Demoiselle +1

Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 John Phillips · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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