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51.84570, -1.47992
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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 🛝 Playground 180m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ 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 🛝 Playground 180m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +63 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +63 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Non-biting midges, Common Blue Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly +31 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Non-biting midges, Common Blue Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly +31 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Good match
playground
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 6 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Oxfordshire Way Walking route 110 km ▾
a traverse of Oxfordshire from the Cotswolds to the Chilterns
Named route Ref OW Length 110 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 Wychwood Way Walking route 59.5 km ▾
Named route Length 59.5 km Regional walking route
Show on map The Roman Way Walking route 274.5 km ▾
Named route Length 274.5 km Regional walking route
Show on map European walking route E2 west, UK, South East England Walking route ▾
Westroute: Stranraer (UK) - Birminhgham (UK) - Calais (FR) - Zoersel (BE) / Eastroute: Stranraer (UK) - Harwich (UK) - Rotterdam (NL) - Zoersel (BE) / Both Routes: Zoersel (BE) - Maastrich (NL) - Luxembourg (LUX) - Lake Geneva (CH) - Nice (FR)
Named route Ref E2 International walking route
Show on map Patch Riding public footpath · 3.3 km ▾
Public path public footpath Length 3.3 km Path type: footway
Show on map 34 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cotswold Line Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 442 National Cycle Network
Show on map NCN National Route 57 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 57 National Cycle Network
Show on map National Byway (Oxon and Glos) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref NB Regional cycle route
Show on map Witney to Long Hanborough Cycle Path Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 2.1 km ▾
Named route Ref 57 Length 2.1 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 756 m ▾
Named route Ref 442 Length 756 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map 2 public paths nearby
Public paths
Dark Lane restricted byway · 736 m ▾
Public path restricted byway Length 736 m Surface ground Path type: track
Show on map Dark Lane restricted byway · 101 m ▾
Public path restricted byway Length 101 m Surface unpaved Path type: bridleway
Show on map Photos Holy Trinity Church, Finstock
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Wildlife to spot
15,451 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 15,451 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Collared Dove · Carrion Crow · Starling · Blackbird +27
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Carrion Crow Corvus corone Starling Sturnus vulgaris Blackbird Turdus merula House Sparrow Passer domesticus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Great Tit Parus major Greenfinch Chloris chloris Barn Owl Tyto alba Jay Garrulus glandarius Dunnock Prunella modularis Raven Corvus corax Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Rock Dove Columba livia Magpie Pica pica House Martin Delichon urbicum Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Nuthatch Sitta europaea Skylark Alauda arvensis Swift Apus apus Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus Peregrine Falco peregrinus Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2024 Fallow Deer · Grey Squirrel
Fallow Deer Dama dama Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Common Lizard · Slow-worm
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara2024 Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Non-biting midges · Common Blue Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Sigara (Subsigara) fossarum · Azure Damselfly +24
Non-biting midges Chironomidae2025 Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2025 Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025 Sigara (Subsigara) fossarum Sigara (Subsigara) fossarum2025 Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 15,451 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Collared Dove · Carrion Crow · Starling · Blackbird +27
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Carrion Crow Corvus corone Starling Sturnus vulgaris Blackbird Turdus merula House Sparrow Passer domesticus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Great Tit Parus major Greenfinch Chloris chloris Barn Owl Tyto alba Jay Garrulus glandarius Dunnock Prunella modularis Raven Corvus corax Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Rock Dove Columba livia Magpie Pica pica House Martin Delichon urbicum Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Nuthatch Sitta europaea Skylark Alauda arvensis Swift Apus apus Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus Peregrine Falco peregrinus Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2024 Fallow Deer · Grey Squirrel
Fallow Deer Dama dama Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Common Lizard · Slow-worm
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara2024 Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Non-biting midges · Common Blue Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Sigara (Subsigara) fossarum · Azure Damselfly +24
Non-biting midges Chironomidae2025 Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2025 Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025 Sigara (Subsigara) fossarum Sigara (Subsigara) fossarum2025 Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Microvelia (Microvelia) reticulata
Microvelia (Microvelia) reticulata
Microvelia (Microvelia) reticulata2025
Microvelia (Microvelia) reticulata2025
Sigara (Subsigara) falleni Sigara (Subsigara) falleni2025
Sigara (Subsigara) falleni Sigara (Subsigara) falleni2025
Common Pondskater Gerris (Gerris) lacustris2025
Common Pondskater Gerris (Gerris) lacustris2025
Cymatia coleoptrata Cymatia coleoptrata2025
Cymatia coleoptrata Cymatia coleoptrata2025
Toothed Pondskater Gerris (Gerris) odontogaster2025
Toothed Pondskater Gerris (Gerris) odontogaster2025
Leptocerus tineiformis Leptocerus tineiformis2025
Leptocerus tineiformis Leptocerus tineiformis2025
Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma najas2025
Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma najas2025
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2025
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2025
Aquarius paludum Aquarius paludum2025
Aquarius paludum Aquarius paludum2025
Sigara (Sigara) dorsalis Sigara (Sigara) dorsalis2025
Sigara (Sigara) dorsalis Sigara (Sigara) dorsalis2025
Pondweed Bug Mesovelia furcata2025
Pondweed Bug Mesovelia furcata2025
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Plea minutissima Plea minutissima2025
Plea minutissima Plea minutissima2025
Water Measurer Hydrometra stagnorum2025
Water Measurer Hydrometra stagnorum2025
Saucer Bug Ilyocoris cimicoides2025
Saucer Bug Ilyocoris cimicoides2025
Common Water-Boatman Notonecta (Notonecta) glauca2025
Common Water-Boatman Notonecta (Notonecta) glauca2025
Phryganeidae Phryganeidae2025
Phryganeidae Phryganeidae2025
Micronecta (Dichaetonecta) scholtzi Micronecta (Dichaetonecta) scholtzi2025
Micronecta (Dichaetonecta) scholtzi Micronecta (Dichaetonecta) scholtzi2025
Ephemera vulgata Ephemera vulgata2025
Ephemera vulgata Ephemera vulgata2025
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca2025
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca2025
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Cantharis rustica Cantharis rustica2025
Cantharis rustica Cantharis rustica2025