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Cowleaze Copse

7 ha

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WildlifeBirdsFungi
Free entryDogs welcome7 ha

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
  • 🍄Mushroom 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

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Robin +67 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Robin +67 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Sporidesmiella hyalosperma, Phaeosphaeria caricis, Calcarisporium arbuscula +101 more · last seen 2019; Fungi — Sporidesmiella hyalosperma, Phaeosphaeria caricis, Calcarisporium arbuscula +101 more · last seen 2019

Varies

Insect spotting

Insects — Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Marbled White +38 more · last seen 2023; Insects — Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Marbled White +38 more · last seen 2023

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Fungi — Coesyn Melfed, Hazel Bracket, False Chanterelle

Varies

Seasonal nature

Plants — Burnet-saxifrage, Salix caprea x cinerea = S. x reichardtii, Common Centaury +5 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Burnet-saxifrage, Salix caprea x cinerea = S. x reichardtii, Common Centaury +5 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Oxford Green Belt WayWalking route87 km
Named routeLength 87 kmRegional walking route
Shakespeare's WayWalking route235 km
Named routeLength 235 kmRegional walking route
The Roman WayWalking route274.5 km
Named routeLength 274.5 kmRegional walking route
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Cycling

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Garsington-GreatMiltonCycling route
Named routeXcn
BlackbirdLeys-GarsingtonCycling route
Named routeXcn
Wheatley-GreatMiltonCycling route
Named routeXcn

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