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Getting here
51.75361, -1.58813
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦52+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 242m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦52+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 242m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Swift, Woodpigeon, Starling +49 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Swift, Woodpigeon, Starling +49 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Red Admiral, Small White +105 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Dove's-foot Crane's-bill, Mugwort, Wall Speedwell +246 more · last seen 2022
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
D'Arcy Dalton WayWalking route107 km▾
Follows roughly the western boundary of Oxfordshire in unspoilt countryside.
Named routeLength 107 kmRegional walking route
The Roman WayWalking route274.5 km▾
Named routeLength 274.5 kmRegional walking route
18 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 57Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 57National Cycle Network
National Byway (Oxon and Glos)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Alternative RouteCycling route524 m▾
Named routeRef 57Length 524 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.1 km▾
Named routeRef 57Length 2.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route36 m▾
Named routeRef 57Length 36 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route274 m▾
Named routeRef 57Length 274 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
RAF Brize Norton Gate One
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
7,367 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,367 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Starling · Carrion Crow · Swift · Blackbird +42
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SwiftApus apus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- Rock DoveColumba livia2022
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2022
- RavenCorvus corax2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2022
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumnwinter
2023▾
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2022
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2022
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects41 species
springsummer
2025▾
Swollen-thighed Beetle · Harlequin Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Southern Hawker · Sitaris muralis +36
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Sitaris muralisSitaris muralis
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
Dove's-foot Crane's-bill · Black Bryony · Mugwort · Wall Speedwell · Sun Spurge +2
- Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
- Black BryonyTamus communis
- MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
- Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis
- Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia
- Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
- Woolly ThistleCirsium eriophorum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,367 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Starling · Carrion Crow · Swift · Blackbird +42
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SwiftApus apus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- Rock DoveColumba livia2022
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2022
- RavenCorvus corax2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2022
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumnwinter
2023▾
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2022
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2022
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects41 species
springsummer
2025▾
Swollen-thighed Beetle · Harlequin Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Southern Hawker · Sitaris muralis +36
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Sitaris muralisSitaris muralis
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
Dove's-foot Crane's-bill · Black Bryony · Mugwort · Wall Speedwell · Sun Spurge +2
- Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
- Black BryonyTamus communis
- MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
- Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis
- Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia
- Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
- Woolly ThistleCirsium eriophorum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle
Pyrochroa serraticornis
Pyrochroa serraticornis
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2024Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2024Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2024Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2024EupeodesEupeodes2023EupeodesEupeodes2023Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctusBirch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctusRugged Oil-beetleMeloe rugosusRugged Oil-beetleMeloe rugosusRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusCream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttataCream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttataIssus coleoptratusIssus coleoptratus2024Issus coleoptratusIssus coleoptratus2024Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2024Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2024Timothy GrassbugStenotus binotatus2024Timothy GrassbugStenotus binotatus20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024Oedemera luridaOedemera lurida2024Oedemera luridaOedemera lurida2024Meadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrata2024Meadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrata2024Sheep-strike GreenbottleLucilia sericata2024Sheep-strike GreenbottleLucilia sericata2024Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2024Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2024Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2024Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2024Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2024Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2024Downlooker SnipeflyRhagio scolopaceus2024Downlooker SnipeflyRhagio scolopaceus2024Cantharis lividaCantharis livida2024Cantharis lividaCantharis livida2024Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2024Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2024Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus2024Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus2024Legnotus limbosusLegnotus limbosus2024Legnotus limbosusLegnotus limbosus2024Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2024Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami202414-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202414-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2024Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2024Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris20242-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20242-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata202422-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202422-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2024Onthophagus coenobitaOnthophagus coenobita2024Onthophagus coenobitaOnthophagus coenobita2024Parent BugElasmucha grisea2023Parent BugElasmucha grisea2023Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2023Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2023Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2023Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2023Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2023Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2023Cordylepherus viridisCordylepherus viridis2023Cordylepherus viridisCordylepherus viridis2023Events & activities nearby
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