Wayside cross at Stumps Cross
0 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
51.97198, -1.89128
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ✦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
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ✦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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Chaffinch, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +57 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Chaffinch, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +57 more · last seen 2025
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Small White, Gatekeeper +43 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Small White, Gatekeeper +43 more · last seen 2025
Free
Named hiking route nearby: Cotswold Way
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Diamond WayWalking route106 km▾
Named routeRef DIALength 106 kmRegional walking route
Donnington WayWalking route100 km▾
Named routeLength 100 kmLocal walking route
Windrush WayWalking route22 km▾
Winchcombe - Bourton-on-the-Water. No longer classified as a long distance walk by the LDWA.
Named routeRef WinLength 22 km
Warden's WayWalking route22 km▾
Winchcombe - Bourton-on-the-Water. No longer classified as a long distance route by the LDWA
Named routeRef WarLength 22 km
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Oxon and Glos)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Cotswold CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef CCRegional cycle route
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
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1,636 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
1,636 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Chaffinch · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Linnet · Yellowhammer +44
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- RavenCorvus corax
- MagpiePica pica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- SwiftApus apus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
Meadow Brown · Small White · Speckled Wood · Ringlet · Gatekeeper +22
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,636 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Chaffinch · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Linnet · Yellowhammer +44
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- RavenCorvus corax
- MagpiePica pica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- SwiftApus apus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
Meadow Brown · Small White · Speckled Wood · Ringlet · Gatekeeper +22
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2023Large WhitePieris brassicae2023CommaPolygonia c-album2023CommaPolygonia c-album2023SyrphusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusGreen-veined WhitePieris napi2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024Melangyna cinctaMelangyna cincta2024Melangyna cinctaMelangyna cincta2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2023Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2023Common BluePolyommatus icarus2023Common BluePolyommatus icarus2023Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2023Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2023PeacockAglais io2023PeacockAglais io2023BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2023BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2023Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2023Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2023Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2023Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2023Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor2023Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor2023Forget-me-not ShieldbugSehirus luctuosus2023Forget-me-not ShieldbugSehirus luctuosus2023Tachina feraTachina fera2023Tachina feraTachina fera2023Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2023Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2023Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2023Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2023Lathbury's Nomad BeeNomada lathburiana2023Lathbury's Nomad BeeNomada lathburiana2023Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023Coppice Mining BeeAndrena helvola2023Coppice Mining BeeAndrena helvola2023