Pusey Common Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland5 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🌿Foraging
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
51.67932, -1.47680
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
- 🐕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
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Vale WayWalking route43 km▾
Route through the Vale of White Horse in Oxfordshire, UK. (27 miles).
Named routeLength 43 kmLocal walking route
Windrush PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Thames PathWalking route296 km▾
Named routeRef TPLength 296 kmNational walking route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Vale Cycle LinksCycling route▾
Netherton - Hinton WaldristCycling route▾
Fyfield - BucklandCycling route▾
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Bend on A420 as it passes through woodland near Pusey Furze
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Wildlife to spot
3,293 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,293 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
springautumn
2025▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Great Tit +43
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MagpiePica pica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
Muntjac · Brown Hare · Polecat · Badger · Red Fox +2
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- PolecatMustela putorius
- BadgerMeles meles
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects19 species
winterspring
2025▾
Humming-bird Hawk-moth · 7-spot Ladybird · Golden Dot · Green Shieldbug · Scarlet Tiger +14
- Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Golden DotStigmella aurella
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024
- Scarlet TigerCallimorpha dominula
- Mother ShiptonCallistege mi
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,293 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
springautumn
2025▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Great Tit +43
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MagpiePica pica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
Muntjac · Brown Hare · Polecat · Badger · Red Fox +2
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- PolecatMustela putorius
- BadgerMeles meles
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects19 species
winterspring
2025▾
Humming-bird Hawk-moth · 7-spot Ladybird · Golden Dot · Green Shieldbug · Scarlet Tiger +14
- Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Golden DotStigmella aurella
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024
- Scarlet TigerCallimorpha dominula
- Mother ShiptonCallistege mi
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas