1km section of the north Oxfordshire Grim's Ditch running from Out Wood to Berring's Wood
4 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
51.88389, -1.40164
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Blue Tit
- ✦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
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Blue Tit
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Chaffinch, Blue Tit, Robin +66 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Chaffinch, Blue Tit, Robin +66 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Meadow Brown, Ringlet +23 more · last seen 2024
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Hart's-tongue Thyme-moss, Lateral Cryphaea, Cypress-leaved Plait-moss +6 more · last seen 2023
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Oxfordshire WayWalking route110 km▾
a traverse of Oxfordshire from the Cotswolds to the Chilterns
Named routeRef OWLength 110 kmRegional walking route
Shakespeare's WayWalking route235 km▾
Named routeLength 235 kmRegional walking route
Wychwood WayWalking route59.5 km▾
Named routeLength 59.5 kmRegional walking route
The Roman WayWalking route274.5 km▾
Named routeLength 274.5 kmRegional walking route
European walking route E2 west, UK, South East EnglandWalking 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 routeRef E2International walking route
35 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
Cotswold Line Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 442National Cycle Network
National Byway (Oxon and Glos)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route368 m▾
Named routeRef 5Length 368 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route756 m▾
Named routeRef 442Length 756 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.2 km▾
Named routeRef 5Length 2.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Photos
A44 at the bridleway through Berring's Wood
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
5,002 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,002 records · National Biodiversity NetworkChaffinch · Marsh Tit · Linnet · Nuthatch · Woodpigeon +39
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2023
Barbastelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle
- BarbastelleBarbastella barbastellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Meadow Brown · Small White · Large White · Ringlet · Gatekeeper +13
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
Hart's-tongue Thyme-moss
- Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,002 records · National Biodiversity NetworkChaffinch · Marsh Tit · Linnet · Nuthatch · Woodpigeon +39
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2023
Barbastelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle
- BarbastelleBarbastella barbastellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Meadow Brown · Small White · Large White · Ringlet · Gatekeeper +13
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
Hart's-tongue Thyme-moss
- Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
2023
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2023Green-veined WhitePieris napi2023Common BluePolyommatus icarus2023Common BluePolyommatus icarus2023PeacockAglais ioPeacockAglais ioSilver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2023Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2023CommaPolygonia c-album2023CommaPolygonia c-album2023BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2023BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2023Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2023Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2023Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2023Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2023Brown ArgusAricia agestisBrown ArgusAricia agestisHolly BlueCelastrina argiolusHolly BlueCelastrina argiolusCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiEvents & activities nearby
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