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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
Free entry Dogs welcome 11 ha
Places › England › South East › Vale of White Horse Getting here
51.66404, -1.46037
Open directionsv ✦ Scheduled Ancient Monument — Nationally protected archaeological site on the National Heritage List for England (NHLE). Scheduled monuments represent the best surviving examples of England's irreplaceable archaeological heritage.
Marsh fort scheduled monument
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🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Lapwing, Skylark, Woodpigeon +60 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Lapwing, Skylark, Woodpigeon +60 more · last seen 2025
Free
Plants — Common Nettle, Elder, Hogweed +16 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Large White, Small Tortoiseshell, Small White +36 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Horse-radish, Common Nettle, Elder +131 more · last seen 2017; Plants — Horse-radish, Common Nettle, Elder +131 more · last seen 2017
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Vale Way Walking route 43 km ▾
Route through the Vale of White Horse in Oxfordshire, UK. (27 miles).
Named route Length 43 km Local walking route
Show on map Thames Path Walking route 296 km ▾
Named route Ref TP Length 296 km National walking route
Show on map 5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Eaton-Fyfield Cycling route ▾
Named route Xcn
Show on map Wootton-Fyfield Cycling route ▾
Named route Xcn
Show on map Vale Cycle Links Cycling route ▾
Netherton - Hinton Waldrist Cycling route ▾
Fyfield - Buckland Cycling route ▾
Photos Aerial view of Cherbury Camp
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Wildlife to spot
5,691 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 5,691 records · National Biodiversity Network Lapwing · Woodpigeon · Song Thrush · Skylark · Blackbird +41
Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Skylark Alauda arvensis2024 Blackbird Turdus merula Robin Erithacus rubecula Rook Corvus frugilegus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Carrion Crow Corvus corone Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2024 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Great Tit Parus major Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Magpie Pica pica2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Whitethroat Curruca communis2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 House Martin Delichon urbicum Canada Goose Branta canadensis Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Linnet Linaria cannabina2024 Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 Greylag Goose Anser anser Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra2024 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Barn Owl Tyto alba Redwing Turdus iliacus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2024 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2024 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria2024 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2024 Swift Apus apus2023 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2023 Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Muntjac · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel +4
Brown Hare Lepus europaeus Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2024 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Stoat Mustela erminea2023 Polecat 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2023 ▾
Smooth Newt
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris 🐝 Insects 8 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Burnet Companion · Tawny Mining Bee · Sphaerophoria scripta · Dock Bug · Swollen-thighed Beetle +3
Burnet Companion Euclidia glyphica Tawny Mining Bee Andrena fulva Sphaerophoria scripta Sphaerophoria scripta2023 Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2023 Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2023 Hollyhock Weevil Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 5,691 records · National Biodiversity Network Lapwing · Woodpigeon · Song Thrush · Skylark · Blackbird +41
Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Skylark Alauda arvensis2024 Blackbird Turdus merula Robin Erithacus rubecula Rook Corvus frugilegus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Carrion Crow Corvus corone Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2024 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Great Tit Parus major Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Magpie Pica pica2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Whitethroat Curruca communis2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 House Martin Delichon urbicum Canada Goose Branta canadensis Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Linnet Linaria cannabina2024 Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 Greylag Goose Anser anser Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra2024 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Barn Owl Tyto alba Redwing Turdus iliacus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2024 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2024 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria2024 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2024 Swift Apus apus2023 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2023 Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Muntjac · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel +4
Brown Hare Lepus europaeus Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2024 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Stoat Mustela erminea2023 Polecat 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2023 ▾
Smooth Newt
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris 🐝 Insects 8 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Burnet Companion · Tawny Mining Bee · Sphaerophoria scripta · Dock Bug · Swollen-thighed Beetle +3
Burnet Companion Euclidia glyphica Tawny Mining Bee Andrena fulva Sphaerophoria scripta Sphaerophoria scripta2023 Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2023 Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2023 Hollyhock Weevil Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Mustela putorius
Mustela putorius
Badger Meles meles
Badger Meles meles
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Rhopalapion longirostre2023
Rhopalapion longirostre2023
Wasp Beetle Clytus arietis2023
Wasp Beetle Clytus arietis2023
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo2023
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo2023 