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Stoven Wood

✦ Ancient woodland32 ha

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome32 ha

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦84+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wigeon and Shoveler
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦84+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wigeon and Shoveler
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Wigeon, Shoveler, Black-tailed Godwit +81 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Wigeon, Shoveler, Black-tailed Godwit +81 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Hawthorn, Ivy, Blackthorn +23 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Hawthorn, Blackthorn, Bramble +2 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Spotted Regal-sawfly, Common Darter, Migrant Hawker +7 more · last seen 2023; Insects — Spotted Regal-sawfly, Common Darter, Migrant Hawker +7 more · last seen 2023

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

21 public paths nearby

Public paths

Hood's Lanepublic footpath · 174 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 174 mSurface groundPath type: service

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Cycling

26 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 1Cycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Southwald to Reedham Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef 31Regional cycle route

Heart of Suffolk RouteCycling route

Named routeRef HoSRRegional cycle route

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 1Cycling route

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

Wolf WayCycling route400 km

Named routeRef Wolf WayLength 400 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

N/ACycling route310 m

Named routeRef 31Length 310 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

12,341 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

12,341 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds90 species

wintersummerautumn

2025

Wigeon · Shoveler · Black-tailed Godwit · Mediterranean Gull · Osprey +85

WigeonMareca penelope
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
OspreyPandion haliaetus
PintailAnas acuta
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
Limosa limosa islandicaLimosa limosa islandica
SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
BitternBotaurus stellaris
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2024
MerlinFalco columbarius
BuzzardButeo buteo
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Little OwlAthene noctua2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Red KiteMilvus milvus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
RuffCalidris pugnax2023
PochardAythya ferina2022
Aegithalos caudatus rosaceusAegithalos caudatus rosaceus2022
Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus2022
Hirundo rustica rusticaHirundo rustica rustica2022
Buteo buteo buteoButeo buteo buteo2022
Columba palumbus palumbusColumba palumbus palumbus2022
Columba oenas oenasColumba oenas oenas2022
Hedge AccentorPrunella modularis occidentalis2022
Parus major newtoniParus major newtoni2022
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
RobinErithacus rubecula
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Cyanistes caeruleus obscurusCyanistes caeruleus obscurus2022
Turdus merula merulaTurdus merula merula2022
Alectoris rufa rufaAlectoris rufa rufa2022
Troglodytes troglodytes indigenusTroglodytes troglodytes indigenus2022
Falco tinnunculus tinnunculusFalco tinnunculus tinnunculus2022
Barn OwlTyto alba
WhitethroatCurruca communis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
JackdawColoeus monedula
DunnockPrunella modularis
Common GullLarus canus2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
GarganeySpatula querquedula2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Pyrrhula pyrrhula pileataPyrrhula pyrrhula pileata2022
Regulus regulus regulusRegulus regulus regulus2022
Gallinula chloropus chloropusGallinula chloropus chloropus2022
Passer domesticus domesticusPasser domesticus domesticus2022
Phylloscopus collybita collybitaPhylloscopus collybita collybita2022
Carduelis carduelis britannicaCarduelis carduelis britannica2022
Corvus frugilegus frugilegusCorvus frugilegus frugilegus2022
Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2022
Picus viridis viridisPicus viridis viridis2022
Great TitParus major
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
RookCorvus frugilegus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
RavenCorvus corax2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
Coccothraustes coccothraustes coccothraustesCoccothraustes coccothraustes coccothraustes2023
TwiteLinaria flavirostris2022
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris2022
Linaria cannabina cannabinaLinaria cannabina cannabina2022
Dendrocopos major anglicusDendrocopos major anglicus2022
Turdus philomelos clarkeiTurdus philomelos clarkei2022
Milvus milvus milvusMilvus milvus milvus2022
Coloeus monedula spermologusColoeus monedula spermologus2022
Sylvia atricapilla atricapillaSylvia atricapilla atricapilla2022
Ardea cinerea cinereaArdea cinerea cinerea2022
Curruca communis communisCurruca communis communis2022
Delichon urbicum urbicumDelichon urbicum urbicum2022
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2022
Athene noctua vidaliiAthene noctua vidalii2022

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Mammals7 species

summerautumnwinter

2025

Grey Seal · Harbour Seal · Common Porpoise · Mole · Polecat-Ferret +2

Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina2023
Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena2024
MoleTalpa europaea
Polecat-FerretMustela furo x putorius2022
Fallow DeerDama dama2022
Brown HareLepus europaeus2022

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Insects10 species

summer

2023

Spotted Regal-sawfly · Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Chrysolina banksii +5

Spotted Regal-sawflyNematus septentrionalis
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2022
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2022
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2022
Chrysolina banksiiChrysolina banksii
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2022
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2022
Silver FishLepisma saccharinum2022
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2022

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Plants26 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Hawthorn · Ivy · Blackthorn · Great Willowherb · Ground-ivy +21

HawthornCrataegus monogyna
IvyHedera helix
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2022
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Black BryonyTamus communis
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
BrambleRubus fruticosus2022
DogwoodCornus sanguinea
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Three-nerved SandwortMoehringia trinervia2024
SanicleSanicula europaea2024
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2022
AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2022
AshFraxinus excelsior2022
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2022
Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2022
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2022
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2022
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus2022
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2022
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2022
Procumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculata2022
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2022
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

12,341 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds90 species

wintersummerautumn

2025

Wigeon · Shoveler · Black-tailed Godwit · Mediterranean Gull · Osprey +85

WigeonMareca penelope
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
OspreyPandion haliaetus
PintailAnas acuta
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
Limosa limosa islandicaLimosa limosa islandica
SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
BitternBotaurus stellaris
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2024
MerlinFalco columbarius
BuzzardButeo buteo
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Little OwlAthene noctua2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Red KiteMilvus milvus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
RuffCalidris pugnax2023
PochardAythya ferina2022
Aegithalos caudatus rosaceusAegithalos caudatus rosaceus2022
Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus2022
Hirundo rustica rusticaHirundo rustica rustica2022
Buteo buteo buteoButeo buteo buteo2022
Columba palumbus palumbusColumba palumbus palumbus2022
Columba oenas oenasColumba oenas oenas2022
Hedge AccentorPrunella modularis occidentalis2022
Parus major newtoniParus major newtoni2022
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
RobinErithacus rubecula
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Cyanistes caeruleus obscurusCyanistes caeruleus obscurus2022
Turdus merula merulaTurdus merula merula2022
Alectoris rufa rufaAlectoris rufa rufa2022
Troglodytes troglodytes indigenusTroglodytes troglodytes indigenus2022
Falco tinnunculus tinnunculusFalco tinnunculus tinnunculus2022
Barn OwlTyto alba
WhitethroatCurruca communis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
JackdawColoeus monedula
DunnockPrunella modularis
Common GullLarus canus2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
GarganeySpatula querquedula2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Pyrrhula pyrrhula pileataPyrrhula pyrrhula pileata2022
Regulus regulus regulusRegulus regulus regulus2022
Gallinula chloropus chloropusGallinula chloropus chloropus2022
Passer domesticus domesticusPasser domesticus domesticus2022
Phylloscopus collybita collybitaPhylloscopus collybita collybita2022
Carduelis carduelis britannicaCarduelis carduelis britannica2022
Corvus frugilegus frugilegusCorvus frugilegus frugilegus2022
Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2022
Picus viridis viridisPicus viridis viridis2022
Great TitParus major
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
RookCorvus frugilegus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
RavenCorvus corax2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
Coccothraustes coccothraustes coccothraustesCoccothraustes coccothraustes coccothraustes2023
TwiteLinaria flavirostris2022
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris2022
Linaria cannabina cannabinaLinaria cannabina cannabina2022
Dendrocopos major anglicusDendrocopos major anglicus2022
Turdus philomelos clarkeiTurdus philomelos clarkei2022
Milvus milvus milvusMilvus milvus milvus2022
Coloeus monedula spermologusColoeus monedula spermologus2022
Sylvia atricapilla atricapillaSylvia atricapilla atricapilla2022
Ardea cinerea cinereaArdea cinerea cinerea2022
Curruca communis communisCurruca communis communis2022
Delichon urbicum urbicumDelichon urbicum urbicum2022
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2022
Athene noctua vidaliiAthene noctua vidalii2022

🦌

Mammals7 species

summerautumnwinter

2025

Grey Seal · Harbour Seal · Common Porpoise · Mole · Polecat-Ferret +2

Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina2023
Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena2024
MoleTalpa europaea
Polecat-FerretMustela furo x putorius2022
Fallow DeerDama dama2022
Brown HareLepus europaeus2022

🐝

Insects10 species

summer

2023

Spotted Regal-sawfly · Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Chrysolina banksii +5

Spotted Regal-sawflyNematus septentrionalis
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2022
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2022
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2022
Chrysolina banksiiChrysolina banksii
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2022
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2022
Silver FishLepisma saccharinum2022
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2022

🌿

Plants26 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Hawthorn · Ivy · Blackthorn · Great Willowherb · Ground-ivy +21

HawthornCrataegus monogyna
IvyHedera helix
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2022
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Black BryonyTamus communis
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
BrambleRubus fruticosus2022
DogwoodCornus sanguinea
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Three-nerved SandwortMoehringia trinervia2024
SanicleSanicula europaea2024
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2022
AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2022
AshFraxinus excelsior2022
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2022
Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2022
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2022
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2022
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus2022
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2022
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2022
Procumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculata2022
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2022
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Helen Steed · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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