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Bignell Spinney

6 ha

📷 Des Blenkinsopp · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha

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51.89607, -1.19077

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Teal and Green Sandpiper
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 249m away — 4 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Teal and Green Sandpiper
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 249m away — 4 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Teal, Green Sandpiper, Gadwall +76 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Teal, Green Sandpiper, Gadwall +76 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Common Darter, Willow Emerald Damselfly, Field Grasshopper +5 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Darter, Willow Emerald Damselfly, Field Grasshopper +5 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Good match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 3 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

The Roman WayWalking route274.5 km

Named routeLength 274.5 kmRegional walking route

Bicester West Health RouteWalking route5 km

Named routeLength 5 kmLocal walking route

Langford 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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Cycling

68 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN 51Cycling route

Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network

BR1Cycling route

Named routeRef BR1Local cycle route

BR10Cycling route

Named routeRef BR10Local cycle route

BR11Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

BR22Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

BR15Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

13,537 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

13,537 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds42 species

winter

2026

Teal · Gadwall · Little Egret · Shoveler · Green Sandpiper +37

TealAnas crecca2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

13,537 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds42 species

winter

2026

Teal · Gadwall · Little Egret · Shoveler · Green Sandpiper +37

TealAnas crecca2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025

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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