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Colley's Ladder East

✦ Ancient woodland3 ha

📷 Steve Daniels · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome3 ha

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51.71903, -1.25239

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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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Parking· Free

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Goldcrest, Kingfisher, Blue Tit +56 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Goldcrest, Kingfisher, Blue Tit +56 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 24-spot Ladybird, Orange Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird +54 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 24-spot Ladybird, Orange Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird +54 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Common Tamarisk-moss · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Heritage

Good match

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

19 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Oxford Green Belt WayWalking route87 km

Named routeLength 87 kmRegional walking route

Boundary PatrolWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Sandpit WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Northwood TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Shakespeare's WayWalking route235 km

Named routeLength 235 kmRegional walking route

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Cycling

110 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route

Named routeRef 5National 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

Eaton - WoottonCycling route

Named routeXcn

Wildlife to spot

75,523 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

75,523 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds29 species

spring

2026

Goldcrest · Nuthatch · Wren · Blue Tit · Robin +24

GoldcrestRegulus regulus
NuthatchSitta europaea
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RobinErithacus rubecula
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Great TitParus major
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
JayGarrulus glandarius
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
JackdawColoeus monedula
DunnockPrunella modularis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
MagpiePica pica
Mute SwanCygnus olor
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
RedwingTurdus iliacus

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2026

Hedgehog

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus

🐝

Insects21 species

spring

2026

Blue Shieldbug · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Eristalis pertinax · Syrphus · Meliscaeva auricollis +16

Blue ShieldbugZicrona caerulea
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
SyrphusSyrphus
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Platycheirus ambiguusPlatycheirus ambiguus
PlatycheirusPlatycheirus
16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae
Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
Helina evectaHelina evecta
Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
EristalisEristalis
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

75,523 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds29 species

spring

2026

Goldcrest · Nuthatch · Wren · Blue Tit · Robin +24

GoldcrestRegulus regulus
NuthatchSitta europaea
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RobinErithacus rubecula
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Great TitParus major
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
JayGarrulus glandarius
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
JackdawColoeus monedula
DunnockPrunella modularis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
MagpiePica pica
Mute SwanCygnus olor
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
RedwingTurdus iliacus

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2026

Hedgehog

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus

🐝

Insects21 species

spring

2026

Blue Shieldbug · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Eristalis pertinax · Syrphus · Meliscaeva auricollis +16

Blue ShieldbugZicrona caerulea
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
SyrphusSyrphus
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Platycheirus ambiguusPlatycheirus ambiguus
PlatycheirusPlatycheirus
16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae
Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
Helina evectaHelina evecta
Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
EristalisEristalis
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Steve Daniels · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

A track in Colley's Ladder East

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