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🌳Ancient🦅Birds💜Bluebells
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome264 ha
Getting here
51.93604, -1.46950
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Green Woodpecker and Long-tailed Tit
- 💜Bluebell walks is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Green Woodpecker and Long-tailed Tit
- 💜Bluebell walks is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🌳Ancient woodland
Very strong match
Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Green Woodpecker, Long-tailed Tit, Blackbird +65 more · last seen 2025; Ancient woodland — owls, woodpeckers, warblers
Free
💜Bluebell walks
Very strong match
Ancient woodland — native bluebell habitat
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Red Clover, Common Sorrel, Silverweed +23 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Green Woodpecker, Long-tailed Tit, Blackbird +65 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Peacock, Large White, Small White +63 more · last seen 2025; Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Shakespeare's WayWalking route235 km▾
Named routeLength 235 kmRegional walking route
Wychwood WayWalking route59.5 km▾
Named routeLength 59.5 kmRegional walking route
D'Arcy Dalton WayWalking route107 km▾
Follows roughly the western boundary of Oxfordshire in unspoilt countryside.
Named routeLength 107 kmRegional walking route
Seven Shires WayWalking route234 km▾
Named routeRef 7SWLength 234 kmRegional walking route
9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cotswold Line Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 442National Cycle Network
National Byway (Oxon and Glos)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route2.5 km▾
Named routeRef 442Length 2.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route430 m▾
Named routeRef 442Length 430 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.5 km▾
Named routeRef 442Length 1.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route1.9 km▾
Named routeRef 442Length 1.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
1,555 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,555 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Chaffinch · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Long-tailed Tit · Woodpigeon +38
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- MagpiePica pica
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- RavenCorvus corax
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2022
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
- CootFulica atra2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
🦌Mammals4 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Red Fox · Muntjac
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2023
🐝Insects14 species
springsummer
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Southern Hawker · Red-eyed Damselfly · Hairy Shieldbug · Sphaerophoria +9
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2022
- Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2022
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Red Clover · Common Sorrel · Silverweed · Cowslip · Common Spotted-orchid +47
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense
- Common SorrelRumex acetosa
- SilverweedPotentilla anserina2024
- CowslipPrimula veris
- Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2024
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,555 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Chaffinch · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Long-tailed Tit · Woodpigeon +38
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- MagpiePica pica
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- RavenCorvus corax
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2022
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
- CootFulica atra2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
🦌Mammals4 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Red Fox · Muntjac
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2023
🐝Insects14 species
springsummer
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Southern Hawker · Red-eyed Damselfly · Hairy Shieldbug · Sphaerophoria +9
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2022
- Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2022
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Red Clover · Common Sorrel · Silverweed · Cowslip · Common Spotted-orchid +47
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense
- Common SorrelRumex acetosa
- SilverweedPotentilla anserina2024
- CowslipPrimula veris
- Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2024
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Cherry Plum
Cherry Plum
Prunus cerasifera2021
Prunus cerasifera2021
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