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Stockwood Park Rugby Club

📷 Thomas Nugent · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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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
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
☕Stockwood Park Golf Club — a good base for a longer summer day out

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
☕Stockwood Park Golf Club — a good base for a longer summer day out

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingCaféParking· FreeToilets

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Rock Dove, Carrion Crow, Magpie +58 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Rock Dove, Carrion Crow, Magpie +58 more · last seen 2025

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Butterfly-bush, Groundsel, Shining Crane's-bill +59 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Butterfly-bush, Groundsel, Shining Crane's-bill +59 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Harmonia axyridis form succinea +33 more · last seen 2025; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Harmonia axyridis form succinea +33 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — White Dead-nettle, Mouse-ear-hawkweed, Common Nettle +8 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

12 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

The Chiltern WayWalking route275 km

A waymarked long-distance footpath in southern England

Named routeRef CWLength 275 kmRegional walking route

Lea Valley Walk (link to Leagrave Station)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Lea Valley Walk (link to Luton Parkway station)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Ver Valley Walk 2Walking route

The Upper Ver Valley

Named routeRef Ver2Local walking route

Lea Valley WalkWalking route

Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route

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Cycling

77 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 606Cycling route

Named routeRef 606National Cycle Network

NCN National Route 57Cycling route

Named routeRef 57National Cycle Network

Recreational Cycle Route 16Cycling route

Local circular? cycle route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Chilterns CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route

Ride on the wild sideCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 6Cycling route

Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

6,960 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,960 records · National Biodiversity Network

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Birds66 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Rock Dove · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull +61

Rock DoveColumba livia
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MagpiePica pica
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Red KiteMilvus milvus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
SwiftApus apus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
RobinErithacus rubecula
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
BuzzardButeo buteo
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
House SparrowPasser domesticus
DunnockPrunella modularis
NuthatchSitta europaea
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Great TitParus major
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
RookCorvus frugilegus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
JayGarrulus glandarius
SwallowHirundo rustica
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
Periparus ater britannicusPeriparus ater britannicus2023
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
Common GullLarus canus2023
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023

🦌

Mammals5 species

summer

2024

Common Pipistrelle · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg. · Rabbit

Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023

🐝

Insects36 species

summerautumn

2025

7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Harmonia axyridis form succinea · Swollen-thighed Beetle +31

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2023
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2024
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis

🌿

Plants62 species

summer

2026

Butterfly-bush · Groundsel · Shining Crane's-bill · Common Toadflax · Wood Avens +57

Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2024
Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris2023
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2023
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,960 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds66 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Rock Dove · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull +61

Rock DoveColumba livia
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MagpiePica pica
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Red KiteMilvus milvus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
SwiftApus apus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
RobinErithacus rubecula
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
BuzzardButeo buteo
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
House SparrowPasser domesticus
DunnockPrunella modularis
NuthatchSitta europaea
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Great TitParus major
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
RookCorvus frugilegus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
JayGarrulus glandarius
SwallowHirundo rustica
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
Periparus ater britannicusPeriparus ater britannicus2023
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
Common GullLarus canus2023
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023

🦌

Mammals5 species

summer

2024

Common Pipistrelle · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg. · Rabbit

Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023

🐝

Insects36 species

summerautumn

2025

7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Harmonia axyridis form succinea · Swollen-thighed Beetle +31

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2023
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2024
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis

🌿

Plants62 species

summer

2026

Butterfly-bush · Groundsel · Shining Crane's-bill · Common Toadflax · Wood Avens +57

Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2024
Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris2023
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2023
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Thomas Nugent · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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