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Barrow Hills

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Coot
✦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

🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Coot
✦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

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Coot, Mallard +65 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Coot, Mallard +65 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, 7-spot Ladybird, Marmalade Hoverfly +1 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, 7-spot Ladybird, Marmalade Hoverfly +1 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

10 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Oxford Green Belt WayWalking route87 km

Named routeLength 87 kmRegional walking route

Shakespeare's WayWalking route235 km

Named routeLength 235 kmRegional walking route

Ramblers Jubilee Circular WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Hinksey Heights Nature TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

The Roman WayWalking route274.5 km

Named routeLength 274.5 kmRegional walking route

The Cinder Trackpublic footpath · 565 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 565 mSurface pavedPath type: cycleway

🚴

Cycling

72 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route

Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network

Eaton - WoottonCycling route

Named routeXcn

Route 7Cycling route

Named routeRef 7Local cycle route

Route 5Cycling route

Named routeRef 5Local cycle route

Route 6Cycling route

Named routeRef 6Local cycle route

Route 10Cycling route

Named routeRef 10Local cycle route

Wildlife to spot

156,591 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

156,591 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

winter

2026

Mallard · Blue Tit · Long-tailed Tit · Coot · Robin +44

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
CootFulica atra
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
GadwallMareca strepera
MagpiePica pica
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
RedwingTurdus iliacus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great TitParus major
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025

🦌

Mammals4 species

winter

2026

Hedgehog · Muntjac · Indian Muntjac · Grey Squirrel

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Indian MuntjacMuntiacus muntjak
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects4 species

winterspring

2026

Dark-edged Bee-fly · 7-spot Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Common Quaker

Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Common QuakerOrthosia cerasi

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

156,591 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

winter

2026

Mallard · Blue Tit · Long-tailed Tit · Coot · Robin +44

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
CootFulica atra
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
GadwallMareca strepera
MagpiePica pica
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
RedwingTurdus iliacus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great TitParus major
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025

🦌

Mammals4 species

winter

2026

Hedgehog · Muntjac · Indian Muntjac · Grey Squirrel

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Indian MuntjacMuntiacus muntjak
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects4 species

winterspring

2026

Dark-edged Bee-fly · 7-spot Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Common Quaker

Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Common QuakerOrthosia cerasi

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Peter · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Circular crop mark at Barrow Hills

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