Gaisford Road Recreation Ground 1 ha
🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🛝 Family
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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 1 ha
Places › England › South East › Oxford Getting here
51.72909, -1.21603
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Beeyoutiful — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Beeyoutiful — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +54 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +54 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Marmalade Hoverfly, 7-spot Ladybird, Helophilus pendulus +190 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Marmalade Hoverfly, 7-spot Ladybird, Helophilus pendulus +190 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 16 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Oxford Green Belt Way Walking route 87 km ▾
Named route Length 87 km Regional walking route
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Named route Local walking route
Show on map Sandpit Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Northwood Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Shakespeare's Way Walking route 235 km ▾
Named route Length 235 km Regional walking route
Show on map 119 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 5 National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
53,923 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 53,923 records · National Biodiversity Network Robin · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Blackbird · Wren +38
Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Tit Parus major Blackbird Turdus merula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus2025 Peregrine Falco peregrinus2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Hedgehog
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo Dark-edged Bee-fly · 7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Syrphus · Marmalade Hoverfly +39
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Syrphus Syrphus Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Eristalis pertinax Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 53,923 records · National Biodiversity Network Robin · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Blackbird · Wren +38
Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Tit Parus major Blackbird Turdus merula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus2025 Peregrine Falco peregrinus2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Hedgehog
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo Dark-edged Bee-fly · 7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Syrphus · Marmalade Hoverfly +39
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Syrphus Syrphus Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Eristalis pertinax Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Dotted Bee-fly Bombylius discolor
Dotted Bee-fly Bombylius discolor
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare
Phaonia subventa Phaonia subventa
Phaonia subventa Phaonia subventa
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Box Bug Gonocerus acuteangulatus
Box Bug Gonocerus acuteangulatus
16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025
16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025
Eupeodes Eupeodes
Eupeodes Eupeodes
Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus
Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus
Agallia consobrina Agallia consobrina
Agallia consobrina Agallia consobrina
Platycheirus ambiguus Platycheirus ambiguus
Platycheirus ambiguus Platycheirus ambiguus
Platycheirus Platycheirus
Platycheirus Platycheirus
Rhombic Leatherbug Syromastus rhombeus
Rhombic Leatherbug Syromastus rhombeus
Forget-me-not Shieldbug Sehirus luctuosus
Forget-me-not Shieldbug Sehirus luctuosus
Birch Catkin Bug Kleidocerys resedae
Birch Catkin Bug Kleidocerys resedae
Syrphus torvus Syrphus torvus
Syrphus torvus Syrphus torvus
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Helina evecta Helina evecta
Helina evecta Helina evecta
Tortoise Bug Eurygaster testudinaria
Tortoise Bug Eurygaster testudinaria
Liocoris tripustulatus Liocoris tripustulatus
Liocoris tripustulatus Liocoris tripustulatus
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Field Damsel Bug Nabis (Nabis) ferus
Field Damsel Bug Nabis (Nabis) ferus
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus
Eristalis Eristalis
Eristalis Eristalis
Asiraca clavicornis Asiraca clavicornis
Asiraca clavicornis Asiraca clavicornis
24-spot Ladybird Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025
24-spot Ladybird Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata2025
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata2025
Small Black Ant Lasius niger2025
Small Black Ant Lasius niger2025
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata2025
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata2025
Issus coleoptratus Issus coleoptratus2025
Issus coleoptratus Issus coleoptratus2025
Idiocerus lituratus Idiocerus lituratus2025
Idiocerus lituratus Idiocerus lituratus2025
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
Acericerus heydenii Acericerus heydenii2025
Acericerus heydenii Acericerus heydenii2025
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2025
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2025
Twin-spot Centurion Sargus bipunctatus2025
Twin-spot Centurion Sargus bipunctatus2025
Syrphus ribesii Syrphus ribesii2025
Syrphus ribesii Syrphus ribesii2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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