Hid's Brake ✦ Ancient woodland 6 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🍂 Seasonal
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 6 ha
Places › England › South East › Vale of White Horse Getting here
51.74489, -1.31382
Open directionsv 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 🐕 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🌿 Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Woodpigeon +85 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Woodpigeon +85 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Hart's-tongue Thyme-moss · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Furniture Beetle, Hollyhock Weevil, Sitona striatellus +244 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Common Furniture Beetle, Hollyhock Weevil, Sitona striatellus +244 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 14 signed routes nearby · 13 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Oxford Green Belt Way Walking route 87 km ▾
Named route Length 87 km Regional walking route
Show on map Shakespeare's Way Walking route 235 km ▾
Named route Length 235 km Regional walking route
Show on map Oxford Canal Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Ramblers Jubilee Circular Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Hinksey Heights Nature Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 118 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 5 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 8 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 8 Local cycle route
Show on map Route 8a Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 8a Local cycle route
Show on map Route 9 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 9 Local cycle route
Show on map Eaton - Wootton Cycling route ▾
Named route Xcn
Show on map Route 1 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 1 Local cycle route
Show on map ✦ Ancient woodland — continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD. A rare and irreplaceable habitat, rich in biodiversity and historical character.
Photos Demolition site overlooking Hid's Copse
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Wildlife to spot
21,431 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 21,431 records · National Biodiversity Network Magpie · Mallard · Coot · Pied Wagtail · Black-headed Gull +49
Magpie Pica pica Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Blackbird Turdus merula Robin Erithacus rubecula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Dunlin Calidris alpina2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis2025 Little Stint Calidris minuta2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2025 Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Rabbit · Hedgehog
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2025 ▾
Great Crested Newt
Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus 🐝 Insects 24 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Common Quaker · 7-spot Ladybird · Spring Harbinger · Hollyhock Weevil · March Tubic +19
Common Quaker Orthosia cerasi 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Spring Harbinger Tortricodes alternella Hollyhock Weevil Rhopalapion longirostre2025 March Tubic Diurnea fagella Small Quaker Orthosia cruda Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 21,431 records · National Biodiversity Network Magpie · Mallard · Coot · Pied Wagtail · Black-headed Gull +49
Magpie Pica pica Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Blackbird Turdus merula Robin Erithacus rubecula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Dunlin Calidris alpina2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis2025 Little Stint Calidris minuta2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2025 Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Rabbit · Hedgehog
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2025 ▾
Great Crested Newt
Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus 🐝 Insects 24 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Common Quaker · 7-spot Ladybird · Spring Harbinger · Hollyhock Weevil · March Tubic +19
Common Quaker Orthosia cerasi 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Spring Harbinger Tortricodes alternella Hollyhock Weevil Rhopalapion longirostre2025 March Tubic Diurnea fagella Small Quaker Orthosia cruda Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Lead-coloured Drab Orthosia populeti
Lead-coloured Drab Orthosia populeti
Early Grey Xylocampa areola
Early Grey Xylocampa areola
Chestnut Conistra vaccinii
Chestnut Conistra vaccinii
Hebrew Character Orthosia gothica
Hebrew Character Orthosia gothica
Spring Usher Agriopis leucophaearia
Spring Usher Agriopis leucophaearia
Common Fern Moth Psychoides filicivora
Common Fern Moth Psychoides filicivora
Eupteryx vittata Eupteryx vittata2025
Eupteryx vittata Eupteryx vittata2025
Populicerus confusus Populicerus confusus2025
Populicerus confusus Populicerus confusus2025
Arthaldeus pascuellus Arthaldeus pascuellus2025
Arthaldeus pascuellus Arthaldeus pascuellus2025
Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba2025
Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba2025
Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana2025
Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana2025
White-point Mythimna albipuncta2025
White-point Mythimna albipuncta2025
Common Marbled Carpet Dysstroma truncata2025
Common Marbled Carpet Dysstroma truncata2025
Long-horned Flat-body Carcina quercana2025
Long-horned Flat-body Carcina quercana2025
Black Rustic Aporophyla nigra2025
Black Rustic Aporophyla nigra2025
Turnip Moth Agrotis segetum2025
Turnip Moth Agrotis segetum2025
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus2025
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025 