Broadleaved woodland near Milton
5 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
51.62879, -1.30571
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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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Milton Church Car Park 263m away — 8 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Milton Church Car Park 263m away — 8 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
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
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 24 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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
Ock Valley River WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Milton Lane Footbridgepublic footpath · 30 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 30 mPath type: footway
Little Lanepublic footpath · 64 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 64 mSurface pavedPath type: footway
91 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
13 public paths nearby
Public paths
Mill Lanebridleway · 444 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 444 mPath type: service
Milton Lanebridleway · 335 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 335 mSurface compactedPath type: bridleway
Milton Lanebridleway · 338 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 338 mSurface dirtPath type: bridleway
Milton Lanebridleway · 376 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 376 mSurface cobblestonePath type: bridleway
Milton Lanebridleway · 23 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 23 mSurface dirtPath type: bridleway
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Wildlife to spot
16,614 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
16,614 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
springsummer
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Lapwing · House Sparrow · Mallard · Starling +31
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
🦌Mammals6 species
springautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Otter · Roe Deer · Badger · Bank Vole +1
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- OtterLutra lutra
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
- BadgerMeles meles
- Bank VoleMyodes glareolus2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Harlequin Ladybird · Euophryum confine · Enicmus transversus · Cryptophagus scanicus · Sitona striatellus +48
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Euophryum confineEuophryum confine2025
- Enicmus transversusEnicmus transversus2025
- Cryptophagus scanicusCryptophagus scanicus2025
- Sitona striatellusSitona striatellus2025
- Hairy Cellar Beetle
Springy Turf-moss
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,614 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
springsummer
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Lapwing · House Sparrow · Mallard · Starling +31
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
🦌Mammals6 species
springautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Otter · Roe Deer · Badger · Bank Vole +1
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- OtterLutra lutra
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
- BadgerMeles meles
- Bank VoleMyodes glareolus2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Harlequin Ladybird · Euophryum confine · Enicmus transversus · Cryptophagus scanicus · Sitona striatellus +48
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Euophryum confineEuophryum confine2025
- Enicmus transversusEnicmus transversus2025
- Cryptophagus scanicusCryptophagus scanicus2025
- Sitona striatellusSitona striatellus2025
- Hairy Cellar Beetle
Springy Turf-moss
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Mycetaea subterranea2025
Mycetaea subterranea2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDock BugCoreus marginatusDock BugCoreus marginatusRose ChaferCetonia aurataRose ChaferCetonia aurataPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusAsiraca clavicornisAsiraca clavicornisAsiraca clavicornisAsiraca clavicornisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisBrachypera zoilusBrachypera zoilus2025Brachypera zoilusBrachypera zoilus2025Phloeophagus lignariusPhloeophagus lignarius2025Phloeophagus lignariusPhloeophagus lignarius2025Ivy Boring BeetleOchina ptinoides2025Ivy Boring BeetleOchina ptinoides2025Anommatus duodecimstriatusAnommatus duodecimstriatus2025Anommatus duodecimstriatusAnommatus duodecimstriatus2025Brown ChaferSerica brunnea2025Brown ChaferSerica brunnea2025Anthrenus fuscusAnthrenus fuscus2025Anthrenus fuscusAnthrenus fuscus2025Cabbage Stem WeevilCeutorhynchus pallidactylus2025Cabbage Stem WeevilCeutorhynchus pallidactylus2025Aderus populneusAderus populneus2025Aderus populneusAderus populneus2025Melanotus villosusMelanotus villosus2025Melanotus villosusMelanotus villosus2025Common Furniture BeetleAnobium punctatum2025Common Furniture BeetleAnobium punctatum2025Notiophilus biguttatusNotiophilus biguttatus2025Notiophilus biguttatusNotiophilus biguttatus2025Melinopterus prodromusMelinopterus prodromus2025Melinopterus prodromusMelinopterus prodromus2025Sericoderus lateralisSericoderus lateralis2025Sericoderus lateralisSericoderus lateralis2025Uroleucon (Uromelan) sonchiUroleucon (Uromelan) sonchi2025Uroleucon (Uromelan) sonchiUroleucon (Uromelan) sonchi2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025EupeodesEupeodes2025EupeodesEupeodes2025Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2025Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus2025Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria2025Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria2025Oxyomus sylvestrisOxyomus sylvestris2025Oxyomus sylvestrisOxyomus sylvestris2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025Scarlet TigerCallimorpha dominula2025Scarlet TigerCallimorpha dominula2025CinnabarTyria jacobaeae2025CinnabarTyria jacobaeae2025Poplar Hawk-mothLaothoe populi2025Poplar Hawk-mothLaothoe populi2025Rhinoceros BeetleSinodendron cylindricum2025Rhinoceros BeetleSinodendron cylindricum2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025Spindle ErmineYponomeuta cagnagella2025Spindle ErmineYponomeuta cagnagella2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2025Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2025Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus2025Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus2025Events & activities nearby
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