Earthworks near Brill Church
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.81995, -1.04965
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Jackdaw +54 more · last seen 2025
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Jackdaw +54 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Ringlet +25 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named hiking route nearby: Bernwood Jubilee Way; Named hiking route nearby: Bernwood Jubilee Way
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 36 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Outer Aylesbury RingWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Thame Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Wychert Way LinkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Bernwood Jubilee WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
South Hillspublic footpath · 69 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 69 mSurface compactedPath type: residential
South Hillspublic footpath · 58 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 58 mSurface compactedPath type: residential
South Hillspublic footpath · 100 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 100 mSurface compactedPath type: residential
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Islip-HortonCycling route▾
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National Byway (Bernwood Forest Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway (Bucks)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Horton-MenmarshCycling route▾
Named routeXcn
Menmarsh-WorminghallCycling route▾
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All Saints' Church, Brill
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Wildlife to spot
27,344 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
27,344 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Blue Tit · Great Tit · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Robin +27
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- MagpiePica pica
- RavenCorvus corax
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2024▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Speckled Wood · Small White · Large White · Comma · Red Admiral +11
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- CommaPolygonia c-album2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
27,344 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Blue Tit · Great Tit · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Robin +27
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- MagpiePica pica
- RavenCorvus corax
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2024▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Speckled Wood · Small White · Large White · Comma · Red Admiral +11
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- CommaPolygonia c-album2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024Southern HawkerAeshna cyaneaSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaMeadow BrownManiola jurtina2024Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024Brown HairstreakThecla betulae2024Brown HairstreakThecla betulae2024Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerumCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerumLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgoBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgoGatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024