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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
51.74345, -0.97359
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Starling +77 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Starling +77 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Pollen Beetle, 7-spot Ladybird, Summer Chafer +16 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Oxfordshire WayWalking route110 km▾
a traverse of Oxfordshire from the Cotswolds to the Chilterns
Named routeRef OWLength 110 kmRegional walking route
Thame Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Wychert Way LinkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Outer Aylesbury RingWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
The Wychert WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
27 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Bernwood Forest Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
NCN National Route 57Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 57National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route48 m▾
Named routeRef 57Length 48 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.4 km▾
Named routeRef 57Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.7 km▾
Named routeRef 57Length 1.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route64 m▾
Named routeRef 57Length 64 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
14,131 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
14,131 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds57 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blackbird · Carrion Crow +52
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great TitParus major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Common GullLarus canus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- SwiftApus apus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- CootFulica atra
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- TealAnas crecca
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Streptopelia turtur turturStreptopelia turtur turtur
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Brown Rat · Muntjac
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects9 species
springsummer
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Black Clock · Hairy Shieldbug · Rhombic Leatherbug · Harlequin Ladybird +4
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
- Rhombic LeatherbugSyromastus rhombeus2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Marsh Woundwort
- Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
14,131 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds57 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blackbird · Carrion Crow +52
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great TitParus major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Common GullLarus canus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- SwiftApus apus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- CootFulica atra
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- TealAnas crecca
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Streptopelia turtur turturStreptopelia turtur turtur
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Brown Rat · Muntjac
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects9 species
springsummer
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Black Clock · Hairy Shieldbug · Rhombic Leatherbug · Harlequin Ladybird +4
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
- Rhombic LeatherbugSyromastus rhombeus2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Marsh Woundwort
- Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Polydrusus formosus
Polydrusus formosus
Polydrusus formosus2025
Polydrusus formosus2025
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025Agrilus cyanescensAgrilus cyanescens2025Agrilus cyanescensAgrilus cyanescens2025Events & activities nearby
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