Spring Copse - Conifer woodland
✦ Ancient woodland3 ha
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
51.72294, -1.25653
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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🅿️Parking· Free🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient 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
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km20 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Oxford Green Belt WayWalking route87 km▾
Named routeLength 87 kmRegional walking route
Boundary PatrolWalking route▾
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Sandpit WalkWalking route▾
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Northwood TrailWalking route▾
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Shakespeare's WayWalking route235 km▾
Named routeLength 235 kmRegional walking route
112 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
Route 8Cycling route▾
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Route 9Cycling route▾
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Eaton - WoottonCycling route▾
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Bridge carrying footpath over A34
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Wildlife to spot
77,348 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
77,348 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Long-tailed Tit · Dunnock · Jay · Woodpigeon +36
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- MagpiePica pica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- CootFulica atra
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Muntjac · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Roe Deer
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
Blue Shieldbug · Eristalis pertinax · Syrphus · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Marmalade Hoverfly +21
- Blue ShieldbugZicrona caerulea
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
77,348 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Long-tailed Tit · Dunnock · Jay · Woodpigeon +36
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- MagpiePica pica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- CootFulica atra
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Muntjac · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Roe Deer
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
Blue Shieldbug · Eristalis pertinax · Syrphus · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Marmalade Hoverfly +21
- Blue ShieldbugZicrona caerulea
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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