900m section of the north Oxfordshire Grim's Ditch 200m north of Grim's Dyke Farm, running north into Hark Wood
2 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.87624, -1.38823
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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 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
- 🐦57+ 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 +54 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Chaffinch, Blue Tit, Robin +54 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Meadow Brown, Ringlet +25 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Cock's-foot, False Oat-grass, Bramble +46 more · last seen 2023
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 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
Blenheim Community PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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 route2.2 km▾
Named routeRef 5Length 2.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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Open Road in Oxfordshire the A44
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Wildlife to spot
4,514 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,514 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMarsh Tit · Linnet · Chaffinch · Kestrel · Red-legged Partridge +25
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Meadow Brown · Small White · Large White · Gatekeeper · Ringlet +14
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
False Oat-grass · Bramble · Cock's-foot · Ribwort Plantain · Creeping Thistle +36
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,514 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMarsh Tit · Linnet · Chaffinch · Kestrel · Red-legged Partridge +25
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Meadow Brown · Small White · Large White · Gatekeeper · Ringlet +14
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
False Oat-grass · Bramble · Cock's-foot · Ribwort Plantain · Creeping Thistle +36
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2023Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2023PeacockAglais io2024PeacockAglais io2024Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2023Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2023Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2023Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2023Common BluePolyommatus icarus2023Common BluePolyommatus icarus2023Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinumOak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinumBrown ArgusAricia agestis2024Brown ArgusAricia agestis2024Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2024Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2024Common WaspVespula vulgaris2023Common WaspVespula vulgaris2023CommaPolygonia c-album2023CommaPolygonia c-album2023Green-veined WhitePieris napi2023Green-veined WhitePieris napi2023BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2023BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2023HawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaRed FescueFestuca rubraRed FescueFestuca rubraYellow Oat-grassTrisetum flavescensYellow Oat-grassTrisetum flavescensGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaDandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumFairy FlaxLinum catharticumFairy FlaxLinum catharticumSmooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensisSmooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensisHollyIlex aquifoliumHollyIlex aquifoliumGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysHairy VioletViola hirtaHairy VioletViola hirtaCowslipPrimula verisCowslipPrimula verisIvyHedera helixIvyHedera helixRoseRosaRoseRosaField MapleAcer campestreField MapleAcer campestreSalad BurnetPoterium sanguisorbaSalad BurnetPoterium sanguisorbaCreeping BentAgrostis stoloniferaCreeping BentAgrostis stoloniferaCommon KnapweedCentaurea nigraCommon KnapweedCentaurea nigraHedge BedstrawGalium albumHedge BedstrawGalium albumUpright BromeBromopsis erectaUpright BromeBromopsis erectaAgrimonyAgrimoniaAgrimonyAgrimoniaBlackthornPrunus spinosaBlackthornPrunus spinosaWild ParsnipPastinaca sativaWild ParsnipPastinaca sativaCommon SorrelRumex acetosaCommon SorrelRumex acetosaMeadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensisMeadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensisCommon Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatusCommon Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatusWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumDevil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensisDevil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensisRed CloverTrifolium pratenseRed CloverTrifolium pratenseCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusQuaking-grassBriza mediaQuaking-grassBriza mediaGlaucous SedgeCarex flaccaGlaucous SedgeCarex flaccaBulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosusBulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosusAshFraxinus excelsiorAshFraxinus excelsior