Burnt Platt - Conifer woodland
✦ Ancient woodland8 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
51.54383, -1.00173
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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
The RidgewayWalking route140 km▾
Named routeRef RWLength 140 kmNational walking route
The Chiltern WayWalking route275 km▾
A waymarked long-distance footpath in southern England
Named routeRef CWLength 275 kmRegional walking route
Oxfordshire WayWalking route110 km▾
a traverse of Oxfordshire from the Cotswolds to the Chilterns
Named routeRef OWLength 110 kmRegional walking route
Shakespeare's WayWalking route235 km▾
Named routeLength 235 kmRegional walking route
The Chiltern Way Southern ExtensionWalking route▾
Long distance path
Named routeRef CWSRegional walking route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
Chilterns CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route18.5 km▾
Named routeRef 5Length 18.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Judges' RideMountain bike route▾
12 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
17,545 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,545 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Blackbird · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Blackcap · Green Woodpecker · Pheasant +41
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RavenCorvus corax
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- CootFulica atra
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Squirrel · Muntjac +5
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2023
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- SquirrelSciurus2023
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Slow-worm
🐝Insects13 species
springsummer
2025▾
Oak Bush-cricket · Bibio lanigerus · Rhombic Leatherbug · Bibio varipes · Nimbus obliteratus +8
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
- Bibio lanigerusBibio lanigerus
- Rhombic LeatherbugSyromastus rhombeus
- Bibio varipesBibio varipes
- Nimbus obliteratusNimbus obliteratus
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
🌿Plants2 species
winterautumn
2024▾
Heather · Bank Haircap
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris
- Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,545 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Blackbird · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Blackcap · Green Woodpecker · Pheasant +41
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RavenCorvus corax
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- CootFulica atra
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Squirrel · Muntjac +5
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2023
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- SquirrelSciurus2023
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Slow-worm
🐝Insects13 species
springsummer
2025▾
Oak Bush-cricket · Bibio lanigerus · Rhombic Leatherbug · Bibio varipes · Nimbus obliteratus +8
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
- Bibio lanigerusBibio lanigerus
- Rhombic LeatherbugSyromastus rhombeus
- Bibio varipesBibio varipes
- Nimbus obliteratusNimbus obliteratus
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
🌿Plants2 species
winterautumn
2024▾
Heather · Bank Haircap
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris
- Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Rabbit
Rabbit
Oryctolagus cuniculus2024
Oryctolagus cuniculus2024
BadgerMeles meles2023BadgerMeles meles2023Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2023Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2023NoctuleNyctalus noctula2023NoctuleNyctalus noctula2023Cixius nervosusCixius nervosus2024Cixius nervosusCixius nervosus2024Dusky AntFormica fusca2024Dusky AntFormica fusca2024Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2023Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2023Cantharis fuscaCantharis fusca2023Cantharis fuscaCantharis fusca2023Empis tessellataEmpis tessellata2023Empis tessellataEmpis tessellata2023Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2023Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2023Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2023Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2023