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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Places › England › South East › West Oxfordshire Getting here
51.72544, -1.49300
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🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Great Spotted Woodpecker, Barn Owl, Jay +70 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Great Spotted Woodpecker, Barn Owl, Jay +70 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Darter, Southern Hawker, Common Blue Damselfly +31 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Darter, Southern Hawker, Common Blue Damselfly +31 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Windrush Path Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Windrush Path Walking route ▾
Named route 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 3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Vale Cycle Links Cycling route ▾
Netherton - Hinton Waldrist Cycling route ▾
Fyfield - Buckland Cycling route ▾
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Wildlife to spot
5,022 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 5,022 records · National Biodiversity Network Great Spotted Woodpecker · Peregrine · Goldfinch · Hobby · Blackcap +41
Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Peregrine Falco peregrinus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Hobby Falco subbuteo2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Barn Owl Tyto alba2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Wigeon Mareca penelope2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Redwing Turdus iliacus Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Shoveler Spatula clypeata2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Brown Hare
Brown Hare Lepus europaeus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2025 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 14 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Common Darter · Southern Hawker · Broad-bodied Chaser · Corizus hyoscyami · Migrant Hawker +9
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 5,022 records · National Biodiversity Network Great Spotted Woodpecker · Peregrine · Goldfinch · Hobby · Blackcap +41
Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Peregrine Falco peregrinus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Hobby Falco subbuteo2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Barn Owl Tyto alba2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Wigeon Mareca penelope2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Redwing Turdus iliacus Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Shoveler Spatula clypeata2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Brown Hare
Brown Hare Lepus europaeus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2025 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 14 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Common Darter · Southern Hawker · Broad-bodied Chaser · Corizus hyoscyami · Migrant Hawker +9
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Hornet Hoverfly
Hornet Hoverfly
Volucella zonaria
Volucella zonaria
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens
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