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🦅 Birds✦ Heritage🦉 Wildlife
Public access Dogs welcome 166 ha
Getting here
52.06131, -2.57725
Open directionsv Stoke Edith House is a derelict country house with surrounding park in Stoke Edith, Herefordshire, England. The present 17th century quadrangular mansion was preceded by a multi-gabled, Elizabethan home. Set within gardens, it was destroyed by fire in 1927.
Read more on Wikipedia → Park Grade II listed park and garden c. 1697
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Pheasant ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦 72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Pheasant ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Carrion Crow, Pheasant, Jackdaw +69 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Historic site with public access; Grade II* listed building: HEREFORD LODGE,GATE PIERS TO WEST AND FLANKING BRICK WALL TO EAST
Free
Birds — Carrion Crow, Pheasant, Jackdaw +69 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Large White, Green-veined White +48 more · last seen 2024; Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Vetch, Elder, Hawthorn +72 more · last seen 2023
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 10 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Three Choirs Way (Kilcot to Woolhope) Walking route ▾
A route between Gloucester, Hereford and Worcester with a theme linked to the music festival celebrated annually in the three Cathedrals.
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Three Choirs Way (Woolhope to Withington) Walking route ▾
A route between Gloucester, Hereford and Worcester with a theme linked to the music festival celebrated annually in the three Cathedrals.
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Wye Valley Walk Walking route 218 km ▾
Named route Ref WVW Length 218 km Regional walking route
Show on map Herefordshire Trail Walking route 246.5 km ▾
Named route Length 246.5 km Regional walking route
Show on map Mordiford Loop Walking route 4 km ▾
Named route Length 4 km Local walking route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Route 46 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 46 National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
3,037 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 3,037 records · National Biodiversity Network Pheasant · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Rook +44
Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Carrion Crow Corvus corone Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Rook Corvus frugilegus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Robin Erithacus rubecula Blackbird Turdus merula Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Great Tit Parus major Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Magpie Pica pica Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Jay Garrulus glandarius Starling Sturnus vulgaris Greenfinch Chloris chloris Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 Skylark Alauda arvensis2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2023 Whitethroat Curruca communis2023 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2023 Little Egret Egretta garzetta Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Raven Corvus corax Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2024 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula2024 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2024 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2024 Coot Fulica atra2024 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2024 Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus2024 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2023 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2023 Swift Apus apus2022 Hedgehog · Brown Hare · Polecat · Otter · Rabbit +7
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Brown Hare Lepus europaeus Polecat Mustela putorius Otter Lutra lutra Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2024 Stoat Mustela erminea2024 Water Shrew Neomys fodiens 🐝 Insects 2 species
spring summer
2024 ▾
Volucella bombylans · White Admiral
Volucella bombylans Volucella bombylans White Admiral Limenitis camilla2022 Blue Fleabane
Blue Fleabane Erigeron acris Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 3,037 records · National Biodiversity Network Pheasant · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Rook +44
Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Carrion Crow Corvus corone Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Rook Corvus frugilegus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Robin Erithacus rubecula Blackbird Turdus merula Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Great Tit Parus major Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Magpie Pica pica Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Jay Garrulus glandarius Starling Sturnus vulgaris Greenfinch Chloris chloris Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 Skylark Alauda arvensis2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2023 Whitethroat Curruca communis2023 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2023 Little Egret Egretta garzetta Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Raven Corvus corax Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2024 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula2024 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2024 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2024 Coot Fulica atra2024 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2024 Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus2024 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2023 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2023 Swift Apus apus2022 Hedgehog · Brown Hare · Polecat · Otter · Rabbit +7
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Brown Hare Lepus europaeus Polecat Mustela putorius Otter Lutra lutra Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2024 Stoat Mustela erminea2024 Water Shrew Neomys fodiens 🐝 Insects 2 species
spring summer
2024 ▾
Volucella bombylans · White Admiral
Volucella bombylans Volucella bombylans White Admiral Limenitis camilla2022 Blue Fleabane
Blue Fleabane Erigeron acris Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2024
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2024
Badger Meles meles2024
Badger Meles meles2024
Fallow Deer Dama dama2023
Fallow Deer Dama dama2023
Bat Chiroptera2022
Bat Chiroptera2022
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2022
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2022 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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