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East Hagbourne Recreation Ground

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51.59478, -1.23428

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐝145+ species of insects recorded here — summer is peak season; Light Brown Apple Moth and Large Yellow Underwing are among those observed
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐝145+ species of insects recorded here — summer is peak season; Light Brown Apple Moth and Large Yellow Underwing are among those observed
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

8 activities

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Light Brown Apple Moth, Large Yellow Underwing, Turnip Moth +142 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Light Brown Apple Moth, Large Yellow Underwing, Turnip Moth +142 more · last seen 2026

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Redwing +20 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Redwing +20 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground; Playing field

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

7 signed routes nearby · 36 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

The RidgewayWalking route140 km

Named routeRef RWLength 140 kmNational walking route

The Roman WayWalking route274.5 km

Named routeLength 274.5 kmRegional walking route

The Vale WayWalking route43 km

Route through the Vale of White Horse in Oxfordshire, UK. (27 miles).

Named routeLength 43 kmLocal walking route

European walking route E2 west, UK, South East EnglandWalking route

Westroute: Stranraer (UK) - Birminhgham (UK) - Calais (FR) - Zoersel (BE) / Eastroute: Stranraer (UK) - Harwich (UK) - Rotterdam (NL) - Zoersel (BE) / Both Routes: Zoersel (BE) - Maastrich (NL) - Luxembourg (LUX) - Lake Geneva (CH) - Nice (FR)

Named routeRef E2International walking route

Hanson WayWalking route

Named route

Wilcher Closepublic footpath · 21 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 21 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential

Fieldsidepublic footpath · 171 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 171 mPath type: unclassified

Bakers Lanepublic footpath · 28 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 28 mSurface unpavedPath type: service

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Cycling

77 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route

Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network

Route 544Cycling route

Named routeRef 544National Cycle Network

Wantage to Harwell Campus (Icknield Greenway)Cycling route

Named routeRef 1Local cycle route

Didcot to Culham Science CentreCycling route

Named routeRef 8Local cycle route

Didcot to Milton ParkCycling route

Named routeRef 6Local cycle route

Didcot to Harwell CampusCycling route

Named routeRef 5Local cycle route

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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

King Alfred's WayMountain bike route

King Alfreds Way is 350km (220 miles) off road route designed to be ridden clockwise. It starts & ends in Winchester. It is suitable for gravel or cross-country bikes.

Named routeRegional cycle route

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Horse riding

4 public paths nearby

Public paths

Great Meadbridleway · 185 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 185 mSurface gravelPath type: service

Great Meadbridleway · 98 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 98 mSurface asphaltPath type: service

Wildlife to spot

68,593 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

68,593 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds24 species

autumn

2026

Red Kite · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Redwing · Moorhen +19

Red KiteMilvus milvus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
MagpiePica pica2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Great TitParus major2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025

🐝

Insects145 species

autumn

2026

Light Brown Apple Moth · Large Yellow Underwing · Turnip Moth · Shuttle-shaped Dart · Vine's Rustic +140

Light Brown Apple MothEpiphyas postvittana2025
Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2025
Turnip MothAgrotis segetum2025
Shuttle-shaped DartAgrotis puta2025
Vine's RusticHoplodrina ambigua2025
White-pointMythimna albipuncta2025
Australian Orange-tipTachystola acroxantha2025
Silver YAutographa gamma2025
Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2025
Black RusticAporophyla nigra2025
Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2025
Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria2025
Rusty DotUdea ferrugalis2025
Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua fimbriata2025
Blair's Shoulder-knotLithophane leautieri2025
Common QuakerOrthosia cerasi
Rush VeneerNomophila noctuella2025
Garden Rose TortrixAcleris variegana2025
Double-striped PugGymnoscelis rufifasciata
Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa2025
Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2025
Flounced RusticLuperina testacea2025
Red-green CarpetChloroclysta siterata2025
Merveille du JourGriposia aprilina2025
Barred SallowTiliacea aurago2025
Small Dusty WaveIdaea seriata2025
Chevron Grass-mothAgriphila geniculea2025
Pale Mottled WillowCaradrina clavipalpis2025
Light EmeraldCampaea margaritaria2025
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2025
Diamond-back MothPlutella xylostella2025
November MothEpirrita dilutata2025
Common PlumeEmmelina monodactyla2025
Clancy's RusticCaradrina kadenii2025
Lunar UnderwingAnchoscelis lunosa2025
Narrow-winged GreyEudonia angustea2025
Lead-coloured TortrixAcleris sparsana2025
Rufous TortrixClepsis consimilana2025
Green-brindled CrescentAllophyes oxyacanthae2025
Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2025
ChestnutConistra vaccinii
Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata2025
Oak Hook-tipWatsonalla binaria2025
Oak BeautyBiston strataria
Hebrew CharacterOrthosia gothica
SatelliteEupsilia transversa
Viburnum TortrixAcleris schalleriana
Mottled UmberErannis defoliaria2025
White-shouldered House-mothEndrosis sarcitrella2025
Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata2025
Straw DotRivula sericealis2025
YponomeutaYponomeuta2025
Riband WaveIdaea aversata2025
Acleris ferrugana/notanaAcleris ferrugana/notana
December MothPoecilocampa populi2025
Olive-tree PearlPalpita vitrealis2025
Red-Line QuakerLeptologia lota2025
Long-horned Flat-bodyCarcina quercana2025
Swallow-tailed MothOurapteryx sambucaria2025
Cypress PugEupithecia phoeniceata2025
Beaded ChestnutAgrochola lychnidis2025
Centre-barred SallowAtethmia centrago2025
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe2025
Early GreyXylocampa areola
Beautiful PlumeAmblyptilia acanthadactyla
Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta2025
Spruce CarpetThera britannica2025
Dewick's PlusiaMacdunnoughia confusa2025
Brindled GreenDryobotodes eremita2025
SallowCirrhia icteritia2025
Dark SpectacleAbrostola triplasia2025
Small QuakerOrthosia cruda
Clouded DrabOrthosia incerta
Grey Shoulder-knotLithophane ornitopus
Tree-mallow TortrixCrocidosema plebejana2025
Feathered ThornColotois pennaria2025
Frosted OrangeGortyna flavago2025
Burnished BrassDiachrysia chrysitis2025
Horse-Chestnut Leaf-minerCameraria ohridella2025
Least CarpetIdaea rusticata2025
Red UnderwingCatocala nupta2025
Maiden's BlushCyclophora punctaria2025
Tawny-fronted StrawNeocochylis molliculana2025
Straw UnderwingThalpophila matura2025
Orange SwiftTriodia sylvina2025
Blood-veinTimandra comae2025
Twin-spotted QuakerAnorthoa munda
Spring UsherAgriopis leucophaearia
Pale Brindled BeautyPhigalia pilosaria
Winter MothOperophtera brumata2025
Cypress CarpetThera cupressata2025
November Moth agg.Epirrita dilutata agg.2025
Bramble Blotch-minerCoptotriche marginea2025
Mother of PearlPatania ruralis2025
Pied Rabbit MothYpsolopha sequella2025
Deep-brown DartAporophyla lueneburgensis2025
Common WainscotMythimna pallens2025
Double-striped TabbyHypsopygia glaucinalis2025
VestalRhodometra sacraria2025
ColeophoraColeophora2025
Vetch MothAproaerema anthyllidella2025
Mint MothPyrausta aurata2025
Bittersweet MothScrobipalpa costella2025
Svensson's Copper UnderwingAmphipyra berbera2025
Brindled BeautyLycia hirtaria
Dark ChestnutConistra ligula2025
Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2025
Scarce UmberAgriopis aurantiaria2025
Triple-spotted Nest MothTinea trinotella2025
Skin MothMonopis laevigella2025
Pearly UnderwingPeridroma saucia2025
SprawlerAsteroscopus sphinx2025
BrickSunira circellaris2025
Noctua janthe/janthina/tertia agg.Noctua janthe/janthina/tertia agg.2025
Rhomboid TortrixAcleris rhombana2025
Pale TussockCalliteara pudibunda2025
Cornel CutterAntispila treitschkiella2025
Yellow-tailEuproctis similis2025
Buckthorn TuftBucculatrix frangutella2025
Buckthorn DotStigmella catharticella2025
Four-spotted FootmanLithosia quadra2025
Double-striped Knot-hornCryptoblabes bistriga2025
L-album WainscotMythimna l-album2025
Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea2025
Dusky ThornEnnomos fuscantaria2025
Furness DowdBlastobasis adustella2025
Chinese CharacterCilix glaucata2025
Large Fruit-tree TortrixArchips podana2025
Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa2025
Single-dotted WaveIdaea dimidiata2025
Old LadyMormo maura2025
Clifden NonpareilCatocala fraxini2025
Bindweed SleeperBedellia somnulentella2025
Gold TriangleHypsopygia costalis2025
Jersey MochaCyclophora ruficiliaria2025
Hawthorn PiercerGrapholita janthinana2025
Small EmeraldHemistola chrysoprasaria2025
Apple Leaf MinerLyonetia clerkella2025
Knot GrassAcronicta rumicis2025
ParornixParornix2025
Common Grass-veneerAgriphila tristella2025
European Corn-borerOstrinia nubilalis2025
Lesser Treble-barAplocera efformata2025
Spotted MagpieAnania coronata2025
Lime-speck PugEupithecia centaureata2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

68,593 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds24 species

autumn

2026

Red Kite · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Redwing · Moorhen +19

Red KiteMilvus milvus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
MagpiePica pica2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Great TitParus major2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025

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Insects145 species

autumn

2026

Light Brown Apple Moth · Large Yellow Underwing · Turnip Moth · Shuttle-shaped Dart · Vine's Rustic +140

Light Brown Apple MothEpiphyas postvittana2025
Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2025
Turnip MothAgrotis segetum2025
Shuttle-shaped DartAgrotis puta2025
Vine's RusticHoplodrina ambigua2025
White-pointMythimna albipuncta2025
Australian Orange-tipTachystola acroxantha2025
Silver YAutographa gamma2025
Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2025
Black RusticAporophyla nigra2025
Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2025
Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria2025
Rusty DotUdea ferrugalis2025
Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua fimbriata2025
Blair's Shoulder-knotLithophane leautieri2025
Common QuakerOrthosia cerasi
Rush VeneerNomophila noctuella2025
Garden Rose TortrixAcleris variegana2025
Double-striped PugGymnoscelis rufifasciata
Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa2025
Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2025
Flounced RusticLuperina testacea2025
Red-green CarpetChloroclysta siterata2025
Merveille du JourGriposia aprilina2025
Barred SallowTiliacea aurago2025
Small Dusty WaveIdaea seriata2025
Chevron Grass-mothAgriphila geniculea2025
Pale Mottled WillowCaradrina clavipalpis2025
Light EmeraldCampaea margaritaria2025
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2025
Diamond-back MothPlutella xylostella2025
November MothEpirrita dilutata2025
Common PlumeEmmelina monodactyla2025
Clancy's RusticCaradrina kadenii2025
Lunar UnderwingAnchoscelis lunosa2025
Narrow-winged GreyEudonia angustea2025
Lead-coloured TortrixAcleris sparsana2025
Rufous TortrixClepsis consimilana2025
Green-brindled CrescentAllophyes oxyacanthae2025
Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2025
ChestnutConistra vaccinii
Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata2025
Oak Hook-tipWatsonalla binaria2025
Oak BeautyBiston strataria
Hebrew CharacterOrthosia gothica
SatelliteEupsilia transversa
Viburnum TortrixAcleris schalleriana
Mottled UmberErannis defoliaria2025
White-shouldered House-mothEndrosis sarcitrella2025
Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata2025
Straw DotRivula sericealis2025
YponomeutaYponomeuta2025
Riband WaveIdaea aversata2025
Acleris ferrugana/notanaAcleris ferrugana/notana
December MothPoecilocampa populi2025
Olive-tree PearlPalpita vitrealis2025
Red-Line QuakerLeptologia lota2025
Long-horned Flat-bodyCarcina quercana2025
Swallow-tailed MothOurapteryx sambucaria2025
Cypress PugEupithecia phoeniceata2025
Beaded ChestnutAgrochola lychnidis2025
Centre-barred SallowAtethmia centrago2025
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe2025
Early GreyXylocampa areola
Beautiful PlumeAmblyptilia acanthadactyla
Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta2025
Spruce CarpetThera britannica2025
Dewick's PlusiaMacdunnoughia confusa2025
Brindled GreenDryobotodes eremita2025
SallowCirrhia icteritia2025
Dark SpectacleAbrostola triplasia2025
Small QuakerOrthosia cruda
Clouded DrabOrthosia incerta
Grey Shoulder-knotLithophane ornitopus
Tree-mallow TortrixCrocidosema plebejana2025
Feathered ThornColotois pennaria2025
Frosted OrangeGortyna flavago2025
Burnished BrassDiachrysia chrysitis2025
Horse-Chestnut Leaf-minerCameraria ohridella2025
Least CarpetIdaea rusticata2025
Red UnderwingCatocala nupta2025
Maiden's BlushCyclophora punctaria2025
Tawny-fronted StrawNeocochylis molliculana2025
Straw UnderwingThalpophila matura2025
Orange SwiftTriodia sylvina2025
Blood-veinTimandra comae2025
Twin-spotted QuakerAnorthoa munda
Spring UsherAgriopis leucophaearia
Pale Brindled BeautyPhigalia pilosaria
Winter MothOperophtera brumata2025
Cypress CarpetThera cupressata2025
November Moth agg.Epirrita dilutata agg.2025
Bramble Blotch-minerCoptotriche marginea2025
Mother of PearlPatania ruralis2025
Pied Rabbit MothYpsolopha sequella2025
Deep-brown DartAporophyla lueneburgensis2025
Common WainscotMythimna pallens2025
Double-striped TabbyHypsopygia glaucinalis2025
VestalRhodometra sacraria2025
ColeophoraColeophora2025
Vetch MothAproaerema anthyllidella2025
Mint MothPyrausta aurata2025
Bittersweet MothScrobipalpa costella2025
Svensson's Copper UnderwingAmphipyra berbera2025
Brindled BeautyLycia hirtaria
Dark ChestnutConistra ligula2025
Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2025
Scarce UmberAgriopis aurantiaria2025
Triple-spotted Nest MothTinea trinotella2025
Skin MothMonopis laevigella2025
Pearly UnderwingPeridroma saucia2025
SprawlerAsteroscopus sphinx2025
BrickSunira circellaris2025
Noctua janthe/janthina/tertia agg.Noctua janthe/janthina/tertia agg.2025
Rhomboid TortrixAcleris rhombana2025
Pale TussockCalliteara pudibunda2025
Cornel CutterAntispila treitschkiella2025
Yellow-tailEuproctis similis2025
Buckthorn TuftBucculatrix frangutella2025
Buckthorn DotStigmella catharticella2025
Four-spotted FootmanLithosia quadra2025
Double-striped Knot-hornCryptoblabes bistriga2025
L-album WainscotMythimna l-album2025
Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea2025
Dusky ThornEnnomos fuscantaria2025
Furness DowdBlastobasis adustella2025
Chinese CharacterCilix glaucata2025
Large Fruit-tree TortrixArchips podana2025
Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa2025
Single-dotted WaveIdaea dimidiata2025
Old LadyMormo maura2025
Clifden NonpareilCatocala fraxini2025
Bindweed SleeperBedellia somnulentella2025
Gold TriangleHypsopygia costalis2025
Jersey MochaCyclophora ruficiliaria2025
Hawthorn PiercerGrapholita janthinana2025
Small EmeraldHemistola chrysoprasaria2025
Apple Leaf MinerLyonetia clerkella2025
Knot GrassAcronicta rumicis2025
ParornixParornix2025
Common Grass-veneerAgriphila tristella2025
European Corn-borerOstrinia nubilalis2025
Lesser Treble-barAplocera efformata2025
Spotted MagpieAnania coronata2025
Lime-speck PugEupithecia centaureata2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Bill Nicholls · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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