Sandy Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.68922, -1.38677
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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
- 🌿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
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Semi-improved grassland — butterflies and wildflowers
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Oxford Green Belt WayWalking route87 km▾
Named routeLength 87 kmRegional walking route
Marcham Jubilee WalksWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Windrush PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Thames PathWalking route296 km▾
Named routeRef TPLength 296 kmNational walking route
7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Eaton - WoottonCycling route▾
Named routeXcn
Eaton-FyfieldCycling route▾
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Botley-EatonCycling route▾
Named routeXcn
Wootton-FyfieldCycling route▾
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Vale Cycle LinksCycling route▾
Netherton - Hinton WaldristCycling route▾
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Wildlife to spot
4,455 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,455 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGoldfinch · Chaffinch · Blackbird · Robin · Great Spotted Woodpecker +40
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- SwiftApus apus2021
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great TitParus major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2022
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2022
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2020
🦌Mammals9 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Badger · Muntjac · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Polecat +4
- BadgerMeles meles
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- PolecatMustela putorius2023
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Glow-worm · Six-spot Burnet · Azure Damselfly · Four-spotted Chaser · Emperor Dragonfly +39
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2023
- Six-spot BurnetZygaena filipendulae2021
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2021
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2021
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2021
- Western Conifer Seed Bug
Pennyroyal
- PennyroyalMentha pulegium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,455 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGoldfinch · Chaffinch · Blackbird · Robin · Great Spotted Woodpecker +40
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- SwiftApus apus2021
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great TitParus major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2022
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2022
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2020
🦌Mammals9 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Badger · Muntjac · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Polecat +4
- BadgerMeles meles
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- PolecatMustela putorius2023
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Glow-worm · Six-spot Burnet · Azure Damselfly · Four-spotted Chaser · Emperor Dragonfly +39
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2023
- Six-spot BurnetZygaena filipendulae2021
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2021
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2021
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2021
- Western Conifer Seed Bug
Pennyroyal
- PennyroyalMentha pulegium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Indet. Deer
Indet. Deer
Cervidae2022
Cervidae2022
OtterLutra lutra2022OtterLutra lutra2022Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2021Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2021Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus2021Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus2021Leptoglossus occidentalis2020
Leptoglossus occidentalis2020
Nebria brevicollisNebria brevicollisNebria brevicollisNebria brevicollisSouthern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionaleSouthern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionaleSphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scriptaDock BugCoreus marginatusDock BugCoreus marginatusScarlet TigerCallimorpha dominulaScarlet TigerCallimorpha dominulaCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiRed-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornisRed-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornisBox BugGonocerus acuteangulatusBox BugGonocerus acuteangulatusLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024Water Stick InsectRanatra (Ranatra) linearis2024Water Stick InsectRanatra (Ranatra) linearis2024Brown BagwormTaleporia tubulosa2024Brown BagwormTaleporia tubulosa2024Red UnderwingCatocala nupta2023Red UnderwingCatocala nupta2023Svensson's/Copper UnderwingAmphipyra pyramidea/berbera subsp. svenssoni2023Svensson's/Copper UnderwingAmphipyra pyramidea/berbera subsp. svenssoni2023Heart & ClubAgrotis clavis2023Heart & ClubAgrotis clavis2023Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2023Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2023Netted TortrixAcleris forsskaleana2023Netted TortrixAcleris forsskaleana2023Dusky ClearwingParanthrene tabaniformis2023Dusky ClearwingParanthrene tabaniformis2023Peppered MothBiston betularia2022Peppered MothBiston betularia2022Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2021Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2021Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2021Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2021Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2021Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2021Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2021Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2021Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2021Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2021White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2021White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2021Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2021Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2021Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2021Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2021Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria2020Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria2020Maple DotStigmella aceris2020Maple DotStigmella aceris2020Hawthorn ParornixParornix anglicella2020Hawthorn ParornixParornix anglicella2020Common Thorn Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter oxyacanthae2020Common Thorn Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter oxyacanthae2020Hawthorn Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter corylifoliella2020Hawthorn Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter corylifoliella2020Apple Leaf MinerLyonetia clerkella2020Apple Leaf MinerLyonetia clerkella2020Least Hawthorn DotStigmella perpygmaeella2020Least Hawthorn DotStigmella perpygmaeella2020Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2020Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2020Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus2020Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus2020Mycomya parvaMycomya parva2020Mycomya parvaMycomya parva2020Coelosia fuscaCoelosia fusca2020Coelosia fuscaCoelosia fusca2020Tetragoneura sylvaticaTetragoneura sylvatica2020Tetragoneura sylvaticaTetragoneura sylvatica2020