Colesheath Copse - Broadleaved woodland
5 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
51.73979, -1.03633
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
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 km6 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Oxfordshire WayWalking route110 km▾
a traverse of Oxfordshire from the Cotswolds to the Chilterns
Named routeRef OWLength 110 kmRegional walking route
The Wychert WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Thame Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Wychert Way LinkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Bernwood Jubilee WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
24 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Bernwood Forest Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Menmarsh-WorminghallCycling route▾
Named routeXcn
Worminghall-WheatleyCycling route▾
Named routeXcn
Garsington-GreatMiltonCycling route▾
Named routeXcn
Wheatley-GreatMiltonCycling route▾
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NCN National Route 57Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 57National Cycle Network
Photos
Thame Valley Way near Rycote
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Wildlife to spot
12,551 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,551 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Raven · Peregrine · Hobby · Long-eared Owl · Wren +31
- RavenCorvus corax
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
🦌Mammals1 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Meadow Brown · Large White · Speckled Wood · Gatekeeper · Harlequin Ladybird +3
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,551 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Raven · Peregrine · Hobby · Long-eared Owl · Wren +31
- RavenCorvus corax
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
🦌Mammals1 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Meadow Brown · Large White · Speckled Wood · Gatekeeper · Harlequin Ladybird +3
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024Small WhitePieris rapae2024Small WhitePieris rapae2024