Lowercommon Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland7 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
51.57359, -0.98186
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
The RidgewayWalking route140 km▾
Named routeRef RWLength 140 kmNational walking route
The Chiltern WayWalking route275 km▾
A waymarked long-distance footpath in southern England
Named routeRef CWLength 275 kmRegional walking route
Oxfordshire WayWalking route110 km▾
a traverse of Oxfordshire from the Cotswolds to the Chilterns
Named routeRef OWLength 110 kmRegional walking route
Shakespeare's WayWalking route235 km▾
Named routeLength 235 kmRegional walking route
The Chiltern Way Southern ExtensionWalking route▾
Long distance path
Named routeRef CWSRegional walking route
Lion Meadowpublic footpath · 21 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 21 mPath type: residential
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
Chilterns CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route18.5 km▾
Named routeRef 5Length 18.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Judges' RideMountain bike route▾
13 public paths nearby
Public paths
Mill Roadbridleway · 254 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 254 mSurface asphaltPath type: track
Mill Roadbridleway · 52 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 52 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
8,084 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
8,084 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Robin · Great Tit · Blackbird · Dunnock · Woodpigeon +38
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
Roe Deer · Bank Vole · Muntjac · Fallow Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Bank VoleMyodes glareolus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Fallow DeerDama dama
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
Marmalade Hoverfly · Migrant Hawker · Emperor Dragonfly · Southern Hawker · Eristalis pertinax +18
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
- Cheilosia sororCheilosia soror
Bank Haircap
- Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,084 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Robin · Great Tit · Blackbird · Dunnock · Woodpigeon +38
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
Roe Deer · Bank Vole · Muntjac · Fallow Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Bank VoleMyodes glareolus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Fallow DeerDama dama
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
Marmalade Hoverfly · Migrant Hawker · Emperor Dragonfly · Southern Hawker · Eristalis pertinax +18
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
- Cheilosia sororCheilosia soror
Bank Haircap
- Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaSphaerophoriaSphaerophoriaSphaerophoriaSphaerophoriaDryomyza anilisDryomyza anilisDryomyza anilisDryomyza anilisVolucella inanisVolucella inanisVolucella inanisVolucella inanisOedemera luridaOedemera luridaOedemera luridaOedemera luridaEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxFerdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cupreaCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiDownland VillaVilla cingulataDownland VillaVilla cingulataCheilosiaCheilosiaCheilosiaCheilosiaVolucella pellucensVolucella pellucensVolucella pellucensVolucella pellucensMeadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelusMeadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelusSarcophagaSarcophagaSarcophagaSarcophagaCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerumCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum