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Kennel Copse

✦ Ancient woodland3 ha

📷 Philip Jeffrey · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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51.94300, -1.23970

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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

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Green Woodpecker, Chaffinch, Robin +45 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Green Woodpecker, Chaffinch, Robin +45 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Anomalous Bristle-moss, Lesser Screw-moss, Springy Turf-moss +18 more · last seen 2021

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Meadow Brown, Small White, Gatekeeper +36 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Small White, Gatekeeper +36 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Heritage

Good match

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Oxford Canal WalkWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Bicester West Health RouteWalking route5 km

Named routeLength 5 kmLocal walking route

Deddington Circular Walk - EastWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

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Cycling

10 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

BR1Cycling route

Named routeRef BR1Local cycle route

BR22Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

BR6Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

BR4Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

BR2Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

National Byway (Oxon and Glos)Cycling route

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

8,061 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

8,061 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds51 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2026

Green Woodpecker · Buzzard · Chaffinch · Robin · Red Kite +46

Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
BuzzardButeo buteo
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Great TitParus major
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
MagpiePica pica2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
Corvus corax coraxCorvus corax corax2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2023
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2021
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2021
RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
Greylag GooseAnser anser2021
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2021
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2021

🦌

Mammals6 species

springsummer

2025

Rabbit · Roe Deer · Muntjac · Badger · Hedgehog +1

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
BadgerMeles meles
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2022

🦎

Reptiles1 species

springsummer

2025

Grass Snake

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica

🐸

Amphibians7 species

summer

2025

Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt · Common Toad · Common Frog · Frog +2

Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Common ToadBufo bufo2024
Common FrogRana temporaria2024
FrogRana2024
frogs and toadsAnura
NewtTriturus2024

🐝

Insects39 species

summer

2025

Meadow Brown · Small White · Gatekeeper · Ringlet · Brimstone +34

Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
Small WhitePieris rapae2024
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
PeacockAglais io2024
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024
Brown ArgusAricia agestis2024
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2023
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2023
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024
Grizzled SkipperPyrgus malvae2024
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2023
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2024
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2024
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2024
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2023
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2023
Dark Green FritillarySpeyeria aglaja2023
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2024
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2023
Kite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillus2023
Green HairstreakCallophrys rubi2022

🌿

Plants48 species

summerautumn

2021

Anomalous Bristle-moss · Forked Veilwort · Springy Turf-moss · Lesser Screw-moss · Syntrichia montana var. montana +43

Anomalous Bristle-mossOrthotrichum anomalum
Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Lesser Screw-mossSyntrichia virescens
Syntrichia montana var. montanaSyntrichia montana var. montana
Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla
Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
Elegant Bristle-mossOrthotrichum pulchellum
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
Perthshire Beard-mossDidymodon rigidulus
Megapolitan Feather-mossRhynchostegium megapolitanum
Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum
Smallest PottiaMicrobryum davallianum
Supine Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatum
White-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanum
Variable Forklet-mossDicranella varia
Thickpoint GrimmiaSchistidium crassipilum
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata
Woolly ThistleCirsium eriophorum
Ploughman's-spikenardInula conyzae
Wild ParsnipPastinaca sativa
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum
Common GromwellLithospermum officinale
Biting StonecropSedum acre
Basil ThymeClinopodium acinos
Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis
Wood Small-reedCalamagrostis epigejos
Common MilkwortPolygala vulgaris
Wild BasilClinopodium vulgare
Musk-mallowMalva moschata
Fern-grassCatapodium rigidum
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

8,061 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds51 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2026

Green Woodpecker · Buzzard · Chaffinch · Robin · Red Kite +46

Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
BuzzardButeo buteo
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Great TitParus major
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
MagpiePica pica2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
Corvus corax coraxCorvus corax corax2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2023
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2021
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2021
RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
Greylag GooseAnser anser2021
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2021
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2021

🦌

Mammals6 species

springsummer

2025

Rabbit · Roe Deer · Muntjac · Badger · Hedgehog +1

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
BadgerMeles meles
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2022

🦎

Reptiles1 species

springsummer

2025

Grass Snake

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica

🐸

Amphibians7 species

summer

2025

Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt · Common Toad · Common Frog · Frog +2

Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Common ToadBufo bufo2024
Common FrogRana temporaria2024
FrogRana2024
frogs and toadsAnura
NewtTriturus2024

🐝

Insects39 species

summer

2025

Meadow Brown · Small White · Gatekeeper · Ringlet · Brimstone +34

Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
Small WhitePieris rapae2024
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
PeacockAglais io2024
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024
Brown ArgusAricia agestis2024
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2023
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2023
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024
Grizzled SkipperPyrgus malvae2024
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2023
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2024
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2024
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2024
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2023
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2023
Dark Green FritillarySpeyeria aglaja2023
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2024
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2023
Kite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillus2023
Green HairstreakCallophrys rubi2022

🌿

Plants48 species

summerautumn

2021

Anomalous Bristle-moss · Forked Veilwort · Springy Turf-moss · Lesser Screw-moss · Syntrichia montana var. montana +43

Anomalous Bristle-mossOrthotrichum anomalum
Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Lesser Screw-mossSyntrichia virescens
Syntrichia montana var. montanaSyntrichia montana var. montana
Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla
Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
Elegant Bristle-mossOrthotrichum pulchellum
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
Perthshire Beard-mossDidymodon rigidulus
Megapolitan Feather-mossRhynchostegium megapolitanum
Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum
Smallest PottiaMicrobryum davallianum
Supine Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatum
White-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanum
Variable Forklet-mossDicranella varia
Thickpoint GrimmiaSchistidium crassipilum
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata
Woolly ThistleCirsium eriophorum
Ploughman's-spikenardInula conyzae
Wild ParsnipPastinaca sativa
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum
Common GromwellLithospermum officinale
Biting StonecropSedum acre
Basil ThymeClinopodium acinos
Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis
Wood Small-reedCalamagrostis epigejos
Common MilkwortPolygala vulgaris
Wild BasilClinopodium vulgare
Musk-mallowMalva moschata
Fern-grassCatapodium rigidum
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

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Photos

📷 Philip Jeffrey · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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