Wolvercote Mill Woodland - Broadleaved woodland
6 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
51.79588, -1.31190
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 km14 signed routes nearby · 23 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Oxford Green Belt WayWalking route87 km▾
Named routeLength 87 kmRegional walking route
Shakespeare's WayWalking route235 km▾
Named routeLength 235 kmRegional walking route
Oxford Canal WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Wychwood WayWalking route59.5 km▾
Named routeLength 59.5 kmRegional walking route
Kidlington Circular Walk (Short Route)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
King's Weirpublic footpath · 25 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 25 mPath type: footway
131 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 9Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 9Local cycle route
Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
Route 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 7Local cycle route
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Footpath under the railway near the site of Yarnton Junction Station
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Wildlife to spot
20,715 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
20,715 records · National Biodiversity NetworkShoveler · Wigeon · Mallard · Pochard · Robin +24
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- WigeonMareca penelope
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- TealAnas crecca
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- CootFulica atra
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great TitParus major
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
- PintailAnas acuta2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MerlinFalco columbarius2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Common Wainscot · Brown-line Bright-eye · Lesser Yellow Underwing · Willow Beauty · Dingy Footman +58
- Common WainscotMythimna pallens
- Brown-line Bright-eyeMythimna conigera
- Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes
- Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria
- Dingy FootmanEilema griseola
- Lime-speck PugEupithecia centaureata
- Shuttle-shaped Dart
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,715 records · National Biodiversity NetworkShoveler · Wigeon · Mallard · Pochard · Robin +24
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- WigeonMareca penelope
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- TealAnas crecca
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- CootFulica atra
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great TitParus major
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
- PintailAnas acuta2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MerlinFalco columbarius2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Common Wainscot · Brown-line Bright-eye · Lesser Yellow Underwing · Willow Beauty · Dingy Footman +58
- Common WainscotMythimna pallens
- Brown-line Bright-eyeMythimna conigera
- Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes
- Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria
- Dingy FootmanEilema griseola
- Lime-speck PugEupithecia centaureata
- Shuttle-shaped Dart
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Agrotis puta
Agrotis puta
Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.Dusky SallowEremobia ochroleucaDusky SallowEremobia ochroleucaSmall ScallopIdaea emarginataSmall ScallopIdaea emarginataCommon FootmanEilema lurideolaCommon FootmanEilema lurideolaShaded Broad-barScotopteryx chenopodiataShaded Broad-barScotopteryx chenopodiataDrinkerEuthrix potatoriaDrinkerEuthrix potatoriaPale-streaked Grass-mothAgriphila selasellaPale-streaked Grass-mothAgriphila selasellaCommon PlumeEmmelina monodactylaCommon PlumeEmmelina monodactylaSpindle MothYpsolopha mucronellaSpindle MothYpsolopha mucronellaScalloped OakCrocallis elinguariaScalloped OakCrocallis elinguariaRiband WaveIdaea aversataRiband WaveIdaea aversataLeast CarpetIdaea rusticataLeast CarpetIdaea rusticataPale ProminentPterostoma palpinaPale ProminentPterostoma palpinaTree-lichen BeautyCryphia algaeTree-lichen BeautyCryphia algaeRuby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosaRuby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosaFlame ShoulderOchropleura plectaFlame ShoulderOchropleura plectaKnot GrassAcronicta rumicisKnot GrassAcronicta rumicisSingle-dotted WaveIdaea dimidiataSingle-dotted WaveIdaea dimidiataUncertainHoplodrina octogenariaUncertainHoplodrina octogenariaScarce FootmanEilema complanaScarce FootmanEilema complanaHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisMigrant HawkerAeshna mixtaMigrant HawkerAeshna mixtaChevron Grass-mothAgriphila geniculeaChevron Grass-mothAgriphila geniculeaGrey SmokeLuffia lapidellaGrey SmokeLuffia lapidellaCommon Grass-veneerAgriphila tristellaCommon Grass-veneerAgriphila tristellaFlounced RusticLuperina testaceaFlounced RusticLuperina testaceaCentre-barred SallowAtethmia centragoCentre-barred SallowAtethmia centragoCuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumariusCuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumariusYponomeutaYponomeutaYponomeutaYponomeutaTreble Brown SpotIdaea trigeminataTreble Brown SpotIdaea trigeminataStrawberry-blossom WeevilAnthonomus rubiStrawberry-blossom WeevilAnthonomus rubiSphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scriptaHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumScorched CarpetLigdia adustataScorched CarpetLigdia adustataCanary-shouldered ThornEnnomos alniariaCanary-shouldered ThornEnnomos alniariaCloaked MinorMesoligia furunculaCloaked MinorMesoligia furunculaMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusPurple ThornSelenia tetralunariaPurple ThornSelenia tetralunariaEarly ThornSelenia dentariaEarly ThornSelenia dentariaRed Twin-spot CarpetXanthorhoe spadiceariaRed Twin-spot CarpetXanthorhoe spadiceariaLesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua jantheLesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua jantheGarden StrawAgapeta hamanaGarden StrawAgapeta hamanaFernHorisme tersataFernHorisme tersataYellow-tailEuproctis similisYellow-tailEuproctis similisDark ArchesApamea monoglyphaDark ArchesApamea monoglyphaLeast Yellow UnderwingNoctua interjectaLeast Yellow UnderwingNoctua interjectaWhite-banded Grass-mothCrambus pascuellaWhite-banded Grass-mothCrambus pascuellaDun-barCosmia trapezinaDun-barCosmia trapezinaNut-tree TussockColocasia coryliNut-tree TussockColocasia coryliBurnished BrassDiachrysia chrysitisBurnished BrassDiachrysia chrysitisDwarf Cream WaveIdaea fuscovenosaDwarf Cream WaveIdaea fuscovenosaFlameAxylia putrisFlameAxylia putrisSmall GreyEudonia mercurellaSmall GreyEudonia mercurellaBuff ErmineSpilosoma luteaBuff ErmineSpilosoma luteaGrey/Dark DaggerAcronicta psi/tridensGrey/Dark DaggerAcronicta psi/tridensCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaEvents & activities nearby
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