Easton's Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
11 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome11 ha
Getting here
51.62219, -1.27618
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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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Oxford Green Belt WayWalking route87 km▾
Named routeLength 87 kmRegional walking route
The Vale WayWalking route43 km▾
Route through the Vale of White Horse in Oxfordshire, UK. (27 miles).
Named routeLength 43 kmLocal walking route
European walking route E2 west, UK, South East EnglandWalking route▾
Westroute: Stranraer (UK) - Birminhgham (UK) - Calais (FR) - Zoersel (BE) / Eastroute: Stranraer (UK) - Harwich (UK) - Rotterdam (NL) - Zoersel (BE) / Both Routes: Zoersel (BE) - Maastrich (NL) - Luxembourg (LUX) - Lake Geneva (CH) - Nice (FR)
Named routeRef E2International walking route
Marcham Jubilee WalksWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Hanson WayWalking route▾
93 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
Route 544Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 544National Cycle Network
Wantage to Harwell Campus (Icknield Greenway)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
Didcot to Culham Science CentreCycling route▾
Named routeRef 8Local cycle route
Didcot to Milton ParkCycling route▾
Named routeRef 6Local cycle route
Didcot to Harwell CampusCycling route▾
Named routeRef 5Local cycle route
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
Cow Lanebridleway · 5 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 5 mSurface asphaltPath type: track
Cow Lanebridleway · 235 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 235 mSurface dirtPath type: bridleway
Cow Lanebridleway · 191 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 191 mSurface dirtPath type: track
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12,479 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
12,479 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springwinter
2026▾
House Sparrow · Starling · Blackbird · Goldfinch · Woodpigeon +41
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- GadwallMareca strepera2024
- TealAnas crecca2024
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2024
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Roe Deer · Otter · Grey Squirrel · Muntjac · Badger +3
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- OtterLutra lutra
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- BadgerMeles meles
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians2 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Common Frog · Great Crested Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2024
🐝Insects63 species
springsummer
2026▾
Cinnabar · Burnet Companion · Harlequin Ladybird · Field Grasshopper · 7-spot Ladybird +58
- CinnabarTyria jacobaeae2025
- Burnet CompanionEuclidia glyphica2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Springy Turf-moss
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,479 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springwinter
2026▾
House Sparrow · Starling · Blackbird · Goldfinch · Woodpigeon +41
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- GadwallMareca strepera2024
- TealAnas crecca2024
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2024
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Roe Deer · Otter · Grey Squirrel · Muntjac · Badger +3
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- OtterLutra lutra
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- BadgerMeles meles
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians2 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Common Frog · Great Crested Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2024
🐝Insects63 species
springsummer
2026▾
Cinnabar · Burnet Companion · Harlequin Ladybird · Field Grasshopper · 7-spot Ladybird +58
- CinnabarTyria jacobaeae2025
- Burnet CompanionEuclidia glyphica2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Springy Turf-moss
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025Meadow Grasshopper
Meadow Grasshopper
Pseudochorthippus parallelus2025
Pseudochorthippus parallelus2025
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