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Great Oaken Copse

✦ Ancient woodland5 ha

📷 Philip Jeffrey · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome5 ha

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52.03218, -0.91592

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Blue Tit +73 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Blue Tit +73 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Common Feather-moss, Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme, White-tipped Bristle-moss +60 more · last seen 2021

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Small White, Large White, Meadow Brown +29 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Small White, Large White, Meadow Brown +29 more · last seen 2024

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Morel · last seen 2012; Fungi — Morel · last seen 2012

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

7 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Grafton WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Midshires WayWalking route370 km

Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail

Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route

Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route

Napton to Coy Carp section

Named routeRegional walking route

North Bucks WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Bernwood Jubilee WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

MK Redway Super Route V4Cycling route

Named routeRef V4Local cycle route

Wildlife to spot

2,112 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,112 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

autumn

2025

Woodpigeon · Skylark · Blue Tit · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Wren +57

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
Great TitParus major
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Stock DoveColumba oenas
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
RavenCorvus corax2023
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
MagpiePica pica
DunnockPrunella modularis
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
NuthatchSitta europaea
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
WhitethroatCurruca communis
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
TealAnas crecca2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2023
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2022
SwallowHirundo rustica2022
House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2021

🦌

Mammals6 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Roe Deer · Fallow Deer · Muntjac +1

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Fallow DeerDama dama2024
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2023
BadgerMeles meles2021

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2023

Smooth Newt

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐝

Insects1 species

autumn

2024

Common Darter

Common DarterSympetrum striolatum

🌿

Plants35 species

spring

2021

Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme · White-tipped Bristle-moss · Capillary Thread-moss · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Creeping Feather-moss +30

Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme
White-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanum
Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare
Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens
Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Intermediate Screw-mossSyntrichia montana
Marble Screw-mossSyntrichia papillosa
Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
Ulota crispaUlota crispa
Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum
Variable-leaved CrestwortLophocolea heterophylla
Silver-mossBryum argenteum
Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum
Whitish Feather-mossBrachythecium albicans
Woodsy Silk-mossPlagiothecium nemorale
Cylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanus
Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
Sand-hill Screw-mossSyntrichia ruraliformis
Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius
Sand Feather-mossBrachythecium mildeanum
Fern-leaved Hook-mossCratoneuron filicinum
Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
Crimson-tuber Thread-mossBryum rubens
Isothecium myosuroidesIsothecium myosuroides
Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
Syntrichia ruralis var. ruralisSyntrichia ruralis var. ruralis
Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus
Bird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculata
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Cape Thread-mossOrthodontium lineare

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,112 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

autumn

2025

Woodpigeon · Skylark · Blue Tit · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Wren +57

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
Great TitParus major
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Stock DoveColumba oenas
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
RavenCorvus corax2023
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
MagpiePica pica
DunnockPrunella modularis
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
NuthatchSitta europaea
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
WhitethroatCurruca communis
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
TealAnas crecca2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2023
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2022
SwallowHirundo rustica2022
House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2021

🦌

Mammals6 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Roe Deer · Fallow Deer · Muntjac +1

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Fallow DeerDama dama2024
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2023
BadgerMeles meles2021

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2023

Smooth Newt

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐝

Insects1 species

autumn

2024

Common Darter

Common DarterSympetrum striolatum

🌿

Plants35 species

spring

2021

Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme · White-tipped Bristle-moss · Capillary Thread-moss · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Creeping Feather-moss +30

Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme
White-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanum
Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare
Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens
Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Intermediate Screw-mossSyntrichia montana
Marble Screw-mossSyntrichia papillosa
Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
Ulota crispaUlota crispa
Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum
Variable-leaved CrestwortLophocolea heterophylla
Silver-mossBryum argenteum
Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum
Whitish Feather-mossBrachythecium albicans
Woodsy Silk-mossPlagiothecium nemorale
Cylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanus
Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
Sand-hill Screw-mossSyntrichia ruraliformis
Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius
Sand Feather-mossBrachythecium mildeanum
Fern-leaved Hook-mossCratoneuron filicinum
Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
Crimson-tuber Thread-mossBryum rubens
Isothecium myosuroidesIsothecium myosuroides
Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
Syntrichia ruralis var. ruralisSyntrichia ruralis var. ruralis
Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus
Bird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculata
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Cape Thread-mossOrthodontium lineare

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Philip Jeffrey · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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