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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Places › England › South East › Vale of White Horse Getting here
51.75084, -1.29340
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 ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Coffee#1 — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ 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 ☕ Coffee#1 — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Free 🚻 Toilets
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mallard, Moorhen, Greylag Goose +68 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mallard, Moorhen, Greylag Goose +68 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Hollyhock Weevil +245 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Hollyhock Weevil +245 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Good match
toilets
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 16 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Oxford Green Belt Way Walking route 87 km ▾
Named route Length 87 km Regional walking route
Show on map Shakespeare's Way Walking route 235 km ▾
Named route Length 235 km Regional walking route
Show on map Oxford Canal Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Ramblers Jubilee Circular Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Kidlington Circular Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 131 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 5 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 8 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 8 Local cycle route
Show on map Route 8a Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 8a Local cycle route
Show on map Route 9 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 9 Local cycle route
Show on map Eaton - Wootton Cycling route ▾
Named route Xcn
Show on map Route 1 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 1 Local cycle route
Show on map Photos Looking towards the chapel at Botley Cemetery
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Wildlife to spot
38,816 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 38,816 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 41 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Mallard · Robin · Moorhen · Black-headed Gull · Magpie +36
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Robin Erithacus rubecula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Magpie Pica pica Greylag Goose Anser anser Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Canada Goose Branta canadensis Mute Swan Cygnus olor Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Blackbird Turdus merula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea House Sparrow Passer domesticus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Great Tit Parus major Redwing Turdus iliacus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Shelduck Tadorna tadorna Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐝 Insects 17 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Common Quaker · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Spring Harbinger · Epistrophe eligans +12
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Common Quaker Orthosia cerasi Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Spring Harbinger Tortricodes alternella Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans March Tubic Diurnea fagella Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 38,816 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 41 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Mallard · Robin · Moorhen · Black-headed Gull · Magpie +36
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Robin Erithacus rubecula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Magpie Pica pica Greylag Goose Anser anser Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Canada Goose Branta canadensis Mute Swan Cygnus olor Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Blackbird Turdus merula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea House Sparrow Passer domesticus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Great Tit Parus major Redwing Turdus iliacus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Shelduck Tadorna tadorna Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐝 Insects 17 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Common Quaker · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Spring Harbinger · Epistrophe eligans +12
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Common Quaker Orthosia cerasi Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Spring Harbinger Tortricodes alternella Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans March Tubic Diurnea fagella Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Vine Weevil
Vine Weevil
Otiorhynchus sulcatus
Otiorhynchus sulcatus
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
Drinker Euthrix potatoria
Drinker Euthrix potatoria
Mocydia crocea Mocydia crocea
Mocydia crocea Mocydia crocea
Small Quaker Orthosia cruda
Small Quaker Orthosia cruda
Lead-coloured Drab Orthosia populeti
Lead-coloured Drab Orthosia populeti
Early Grey Xylocampa areola
Early Grey Xylocampa areola
Chestnut Conistra vaccinii
Chestnut Conistra vaccinii
Hebrew Character Orthosia gothica
Hebrew Character Orthosia gothica
Spring Usher Agriopis leucophaearia
Spring Usher Agriopis leucophaearia
Common Fern Moth Psychoides filicivora
Common Fern Moth Psychoides filicivora 