Little Grove - Woodland
37 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome37 ha
Getting here
51.89177, -1.33815
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕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
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Named cycling route nearby: National Cycle Network Route 5
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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
Oxford Canal WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional 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
Dornford Lanepublic footpath · 2.6 km▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 2.6 kmSurface gravelPath type: cycleway
22 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
National BywayCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
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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Wildlife to spot
3,131 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,131 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blue Tit · Chaffinch · Wren · Blackbird +49
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Great TitParus major
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- CootFulica atra2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspring
2025▾
Brown Hare · Muntjac · Roe Deer
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Roesel's Bush-cricket · Cercopis vulnerata · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Speckled Bush-cricket · Volucella bombylans +5
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans
- Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis
Polytrichum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,131 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blue Tit · Chaffinch · Wren · Blackbird +49
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Great TitParus major
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- CootFulica atra2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspring
2025▾
Brown Hare · Muntjac · Roe Deer
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Roesel's Bush-cricket · Cercopis vulnerata · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Speckled Bush-cricket · Volucella bombylans +5
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans
- Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis
Polytrichum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Chrysotoxum cautum
Chrysotoxum cautum
Chrysotoxum cautum
Chrysotoxum cautum
Oedemera luridaOedemera luridaOedemera luridaOedemera luridaFace FlyMusca autumnalisFace FlyMusca autumnalisBombadier BeetleBrachinus crepitansBombadier BeetleBrachinus crepitansEvents & activities nearby
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