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West Stow Country Park

18 ha

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome18 ha

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Coot and Lapwing
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
☕The Bothy Tea Room — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Coot and Lapwing
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
☕The Bothy Tea Room — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

CaféParking· Paid

Best for

9 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Coot, Lapwing, Black-headed Gull +71 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Coot, Lapwing, Black-headed Gull +71 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Minotaur Beetle · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Family friendly

Good match

café

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

15 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km

long distance footpath 169 km

Named routeLength 169 kmRegional walking route

Nature TrailWalking route1.5 km

Named routeLength 1.5 kmLocal walking route

Beowulf & Grendel TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Lake TrailWalking route3.5 km

Named routeLength 3.5 kmLocal walking route

Lark Valley PathWalking route

Named routeListed length 24 kmLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Wolf WayCycling route400 km

Named routeRef Wolf WayLength 400 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Icknield Way Cycle TrailMountain bike route226 km

This is the off-road or mountain cycling route of the Icknield Way Trail.

Named routeLength 226 kmRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

144,067 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

144,067 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

winter

2026

Lapwing · Gadwall · Long-tailed Tit · Blackbird · Greylag Goose +57

LapwingVanellus vanellus
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Great TitParus major2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
CootFulica atra2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2025
Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025

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Plants2 species

winter

2026

Springbeauty · Blackthorn

SpringbeautyClaytonia perfoliata
BlackthornPrunus spinosa

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

144,067 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

winter

2026

Lapwing · Gadwall · Long-tailed Tit · Blackbird · Greylag Goose +57

LapwingVanellus vanellus
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Great TitParus major2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
CootFulica atra2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2025
Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025

🌿

Plants2 species

winter

2026

Springbeauty · Blackthorn

SpringbeautyClaytonia perfoliata
BlackthornPrunus spinosa

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 N Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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