Long Meadow - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
51.76208, -1.23032
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
- 🌿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 km21 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Oxford Green Belt WayWalking route87 km▾
Named routeLength 87 kmRegional walking route
Oxfordshire WayWalking route110 km▾
a traverse of Oxfordshire from the Cotswolds to the Chilterns
Named routeRef OWLength 110 kmRegional walking route
Boundary PatrolWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Sandpit WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Northwood TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Cuckoo Lanepublic footpath · 408 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 408 mSurface dirtPath type: footway
149 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
Cotswold Line Cycle Route (under development)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 442National Cycle Network
Route 8Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 8Local cycle route
Route 8aCycling route▾
Named routeRef 8aLocal cycle route
Route 9Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 9Local cycle route
Route 3aCycling route▾
Named routeRef 3aLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
33,093 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
33,093 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds29 species
winterspring
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Mallard +24
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Water Vole
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects25 species
springwinter
2026▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Rose Chafer · Pea-leaf Weevil · 7-spot Ladybird · Notiophilus biguttatus +20
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Rose ChaferCetonia aurata
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Notiophilus biguttatusNotiophilus biguttatus
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Wall Screw-moss · Lateral Cryphaea · Marble Screw-moss
- Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
- Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla
- Marble Screw-mossSyntrichia papillosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
33,093 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds29 species
winterspring
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Mallard +24
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Water Vole
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects25 species
springwinter
2026▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Rose Chafer · Pea-leaf Weevil · 7-spot Ladybird · Notiophilus biguttatus +20
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Rose ChaferCetonia aurata
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Notiophilus biguttatusNotiophilus biguttatus
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Wall Screw-moss · Lateral Cryphaea · Marble Screw-moss
- Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
- Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla
- Marble Screw-mossSyntrichia papillosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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