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Bertie Park

1 ha

📷 Des Blenkinsopp · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha

Getting here

51.73290, -1.25055

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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
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking· PaidPlayground

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Woodpigeon +60 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Woodpigeon +60 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Orange Ladybird +84 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Orange Ladybird +84 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground; Urban park — family destination

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

19 signed routes nearby · 17 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Oxford Green Belt WayWalking route87 km

Named routeLength 87 kmRegional walking route

Boundary PatrolWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Sandpit WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Northwood TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Shakespeare's WayWalking route235 km

Named routeLength 235 kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

122 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route

Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network

Route 8Cycling route

Named routeRef 8Local cycle route

Route 8aCycling route

Named routeRef 8aLocal cycle route

Route 9Cycling route

Named routeRef 9Local cycle route

Route 3aCycling route

Named routeRef 3aLocal cycle route

Eaton - WoottonCycling route

Named routeXcn

Wildlife to spot

86,177 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

86,177 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds40 species

winterspring

2026

Robin · Blue Tit · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Jay +35

RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
JayGarrulus glandarius
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
MagpiePica pica
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Great TitParus major
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
RedwingTurdus iliacus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
CootFulica atra
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025

🦌

Mammals5 species

winter

2026

Muntjac · Badger · Hedgehog · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel

MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
BadgerMeles meles
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2026

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects40 species

spring

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Eristalis pertinax · Harlequin Ladybird · Meliscaeva auricollis +35

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Blue ShieldbugZicrona caerulea
SyrphusSyrphus
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
Phaonia subventaPhaonia subventa
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
EupeodesEupeodes
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
Agallia consobrinaAgallia consobrina
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Platycheirus ambiguusPlatycheirus ambiguus
PlatycheirusPlatycheirus
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
Rhombic LeatherbugSyromastus rhombeus
Forget-me-not ShieldbugSehirus luctuosus
16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae
Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
Helina evectaHelina evecta
Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria
Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
EristalisEristalis
Field Damsel BugNabis (Nabis) ferus
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Asiraca clavicornisAsiraca clavicornis
Culiseta annulataCuliseta annulata
Rhinoceros BeetleSinodendron cylindricum
Epuraea melanocephalaEpuraea melanocephala
Common Pollen BeetleMeligethes aeneus
Hairy Spider WeevilExomias pellucidus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

86,177 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds40 species

winterspring

2026

Robin · Blue Tit · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Jay +35

RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
JayGarrulus glandarius
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
MagpiePica pica
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Great TitParus major
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
RedwingTurdus iliacus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
CootFulica atra
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025

🦌

Mammals5 species

winter

2026

Muntjac · Badger · Hedgehog · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel

MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
BadgerMeles meles
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2026

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects40 species

spring

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Eristalis pertinax · Harlequin Ladybird · Meliscaeva auricollis +35

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Blue ShieldbugZicrona caerulea
SyrphusSyrphus
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
Phaonia subventaPhaonia subventa
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
EupeodesEupeodes
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
Agallia consobrinaAgallia consobrina
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Platycheirus ambiguusPlatycheirus ambiguus
PlatycheirusPlatycheirus
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
Rhombic LeatherbugSyromastus rhombeus
Forget-me-not ShieldbugSehirus luctuosus
16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae
Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
Helina evectaHelina evecta
Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria
Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
EristalisEristalis
Field Damsel BugNabis (Nabis) ferus
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Asiraca clavicornisAsiraca clavicornis
Culiseta annulataCuliseta annulata
Rhinoceros BeetleSinodendron cylindricum
Epuraea melanocephalaEpuraea melanocephala
Common Pollen BeetleMeligethes aeneus
Hairy Spider WeevilExomias pellucidus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Des Blenkinsopp · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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