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🦅 Birds✦ Heritage🦉 Wildlife
Public access Dogs welcome 120 ha
Getting here
51.53506, -0.60220
Open directionsv Stoke Park is a private sporting and leisure estate in Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire. The mansion building is located in the middle of 300 acres (1. 2 km2) of parkland, lakes, gardens and monuments.
Read more on Wikipedia → Estate Grade II listed park and garden
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Moorhen ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting 🛝 Playground 142m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦 57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Moorhen ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting 🛝 Playground 142m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Moorhen, Coot +54 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
✦ Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: MANOR HOUSE; Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Moorhen, Coot +54 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Stag Beetle, Vine's Rustic, Common Rustic agg. +162 more · last seen 2025; Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 7 signed routes nearby · 32 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Shakespeare's Way Walking route 235 km ▾
Named route Length 235 km Regional walking route
Show on map Jubilee River Path Walking route ▾
Colne Valley Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map European walking route E2 west, UK, South East England Walking route ▾
Westroute: Stranraer (UK) - Birminhgham (UK) - Calais (FR) - Zoersel (BE) / Eastroute: Stranraer (UK) - Harwich (UK) - Rotterdam (NL) - Zoersel (BE) / Both Routes: Zoersel (BE) - Maastrich (NL) - Luxembourg (LUX) - Lake Geneva (CH) - Nice (FR)
Named route Ref E2 International walking route
Show on map Beeches Way Walking route 25 km ▾
Named route Length 25 km Local walking route
Show on map Duffield Park public footpath · 218 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 218 m Path type: service
Show on map 92 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Round Berkshire Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map NCN National Route 61 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 61 National Cycle Network
Show on map Link to National Route 61 Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map NCN route 461 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 461 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 61 Cycling route 34 km ▾
Route 61 travels from Maidenhead to Hatfield, Welwyn Garden City and Hertford before arriving near Hoddesdon.
Named route Ref 61 Length 34 km National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 4 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 4 National Cycle Network
Show on map 3 public paths nearby
Public paths
Church Road bridleway · 53 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 53 m Path type: residential
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Weather for this location Next 14 days Nearby places Useful places within 5 km
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UK green spaces mapped from open public data — so anyone can find the woodland, trail, or nature reserve closest to them.
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Wildlife to spot
14,582 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 14,582 records · National Biodiversity Network Jackdaw · Moorhen · Woodpigeon · Coot · Carrion Crow +46
Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Black Swan Cygnus atratus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 Periparus ater britannicus Periparus ater britannicus2024 Jay Garrulus glandarius2024 Larus argentatus argenteus Larus argentatus argenteus2025 Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus2025 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis2025 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis2025 White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2024 South African Shelduck Tadorna cana2024 Common Gull Larus canus2024 Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae2024 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2024 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2024 Greylag Goose Anser anser2024 Siskin Spinus spinus2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Sand Martin Riparia riparia2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2023 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2024 ▾
Great Crested Newt
Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus Stag Beetle · Red-legged Shieldbug · Marmalade Hoverfly · Rose Chafer · Common Blue Damselfly +24
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata2024 Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria Syrphus Common Frillwort
Common Frillwort Fossombronia pusilla Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 14,582 records · National Biodiversity Network Jackdaw · Moorhen · Woodpigeon · Coot · Carrion Crow +46
Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Black Swan Cygnus atratus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 Periparus ater britannicus Periparus ater britannicus2024 Jay Garrulus glandarius2024 Larus argentatus argenteus Larus argentatus argenteus2025 Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus2025 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis2025 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis2025 White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2024 South African Shelduck Tadorna cana2024 Common Gull Larus canus2024 Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae2024 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2024 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2024 Greylag Goose Anser anser2024 Siskin Spinus spinus2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Sand Martin Riparia riparia2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2023 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2024 ▾
Great Crested Newt
Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus Stag Beetle · Red-legged Shieldbug · Marmalade Hoverfly · Rose Chafer · Common Blue Damselfly +24
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata2024 Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria Syrphus Common Frillwort
Common Frillwort Fossombronia pusilla Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Syrphus
Syrphus
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata2024
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata2024
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2024
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2024
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2024
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2024
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2024
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2024
Asaphidion flavipes Asaphidion flavipes2022
Asaphidion flavipes Asaphidion flavipes2022
Acericerus heydenii Acericerus heydenii2022
Acericerus heydenii Acericerus heydenii2022
Dermestidae Dermestidae2022
Dermestidae Dermestidae2022
Pterostichus Pterostichus2022
Pterostichus Pterostichus2022
Indet. Mothfly Psychodidae2022
Indet. Mothfly Psychodidae2022
Cloeon dipterum Cloeon dipterum2022
Cloeon dipterum Cloeon dipterum2022
16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata2022
16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata2022
Rhyzobius forestieri Rhyzobius forestieri2022
Rhyzobius forestieri Rhyzobius forestieri2022
Glyphotaelius pellucidus Glyphotaelius pellucidus2022
Glyphotaelius pellucidus Glyphotaelius pellucidus2022
Kite-tailed Robberfly Machimus atricapillus2022
Kite-tailed Robberfly Machimus atricapillus2022
Phaonia Phaonia2022
Phaonia Phaonia2022
Orientus ishidae Orientus ishidae2022
Orientus ishidae Orientus ishidae2022
Geotrupes spiniger Geotrupes spiniger2022
Geotrupes spiniger Geotrupes spiniger2022
Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni2022
Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni2022
Limoniidae Limoniidae2022
Limoniidae Limoniidae2022
Culiseta annulata Culiseta annulata2022
Culiseta annulata Culiseta annulata2022
Microtendipes pedellus Microtendipes pedellus2022
Microtendipes pedellus Microtendipes pedellus2022 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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