Stoke Bushes - Woodland
4 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
51.95530, -1.17184
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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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕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
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cross Bucks WayWalking route▾
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Bicester West Health RouteWalking route5 km▾
Named routeLength 5 kmLocal walking route
Bicester North East Health RouteWalking route5 km▾
Named routeLength 5 kmLocal walking route
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Wildlife to spot
2,496 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,496 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Red-legged Partridge · Blue Tit · Jackdaw · Pheasant · Kestrel +44
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great TitParus major
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- RavenCorvus corax
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Brown Long-eared Bat
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
Common Blue Damselfly · Cortinicara gibbosa · Black-tailed Skimmer · Criorhina floccosa · Cartodere nodifer +25
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Cortinicara gibbosaCortinicara gibbosa
- Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
- Criorhina floccosaCriorhina floccosa
- Cartodere nodiferCartodere nodifer
- Dienerella clathrataDienerella clathrata
- Catops tristis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,496 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Red-legged Partridge · Blue Tit · Jackdaw · Pheasant · Kestrel +44
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great TitParus major
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- RavenCorvus corax
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Brown Long-eared Bat
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
Common Blue Damselfly · Cortinicara gibbosa · Black-tailed Skimmer · Criorhina floccosa · Cartodere nodifer +25
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Cortinicara gibbosaCortinicara gibbosa
- Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
- Criorhina floccosaCriorhina floccosa
- Cartodere nodiferCartodere nodifer
- Dienerella clathrataDienerella clathrata
- Catops tristis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Catops tristis
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