Charkley Shaw - Grassland
9 ha
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🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome9 ha
Getting here
51.63645, -0.94312
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 signed routes nearby · 15 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
The RidgewayWalking route140 km▾
Named routeRef RWLength 140 kmNational walking route
The Chiltern WayWalking route275 km▾
A waymarked long-distance footpath in southern England
Named routeRef CWLength 275 kmRegional walking route
Oxfordshire WayWalking route110 km▾
a traverse of Oxfordshire from the Cotswolds to the Chilterns
Named routeRef OWLength 110 kmRegional walking route
Shakespeare's WayWalking route235 km▾
Named routeLength 235 kmRegional walking route
Aston Rowant Discovery TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Chilterns CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Bledlow Circular RideMountain bike route14 km▾
A 10 mile circular ride through Chiltern countryside with fine open views. Mainly on bridleways, byways and quiet lanes. Waymarked. Pub on route.
Named routeLength 14 kmRound trip
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Wildlife to spot
8,090 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
8,090 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds24 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Raven · Carrion Crow · Green Woodpecker +19
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great TitParus major
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Common Pipistrelle · Mole · Stoat
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- MoleTalpa europaea
- StoatMustela erminea
🐝Insects33 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Meadow Brown · Small Heath · Large White · Common Blue · Gatekeeper +28
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,090 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds24 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Raven · Carrion Crow · Green Woodpecker +19
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great TitParus major
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Common Pipistrelle · Mole · Stoat
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- MoleTalpa europaea
- StoatMustela erminea
🐝Insects33 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Meadow Brown · Small Heath · Large White · Common Blue · Gatekeeper +28
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024Small WhitePieris rapae2024Small WhitePieris rapae2024RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2024Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2024Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024Brown ArgusAricia agestis2024Brown ArgusAricia agestis2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Dingy SkipperErynnis tages2024Dingy SkipperErynnis tages2024Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024Green HairstreakCallophrys rubi2024Green HairstreakCallophrys rubi2024Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024Chalk Hill BluePolyommatus coridon2024Chalk Hill BluePolyommatus coridon2024PeacockAglais io2024PeacockAglais io2024Carabus auronitensCarabus auronitensCarabus auronitensCarabus auronitensMeadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelusMeadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelusEmpis tessellataEmpis tessellataEmpis tessellataEmpis tessellataDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorCarabus problematicusCarabus problematicusCarabus problematicusCarabus problematicusPoecilus cupreusPoecilus cupreusPoecilus cupreusPoecilus cupreusRed AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Small BlueCupido minimus2024Small BlueCupido minimus2024Dark Green FritillarySpeyeria aglaja2024Dark Green FritillarySpeyeria aglaja2024Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024PlatycheirusPlatycheirus2024PlatycheirusPlatycheirus2024Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2023Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2023Events & activities nearby
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