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🦅Birds🎠Play🛝Family
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Getting here
52.05426, -1.22219
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦46+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Barn Owl and Swallow
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Limes Farm Tea Room — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦46+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Barn Owl and Swallow
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Limes Farm Tea Room — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🛝Playground🐄Farm visit
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Barn Owl, Swallow, Mute Swan +43 more · last seen 2025
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café
Free
Birds — Barn Owl, Swallow, Mute Swan +43 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Setaceous Hebrew Character, Common Wainscot, Large Yellow Underwing +269 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Wood Small-reed, Blackthorn, Short-leaved Pocket-moss +41 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Oxford Canal WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Jurassic WayWalking route142 km▾
Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
3,990 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,990 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
winterspring
2025▾
Barn Owl · Swallow · Mute Swan · Mistle Thrush · Wheatear +41
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2022
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
- SwiftApus apus2021
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2021
Common Shrew
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
Common Pondskater · Water Cricket · Platydema violacea · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Cherry Slugworm +86
- Common PondskaterGerris (Gerris) lacustris
- Water CricketVelia (Plesiovelia) caprai
- Platydema violaceaPlatydema violacea2025
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024
- Cherry SlugwormCaliroa cerasi2021
- Pseudoprotapion astragaliPseudoprotapion astragali
Wood Small-reed · Blackthorn · Common Pincushion · White-tipped Bristle-moss · Lateral Cryphaea +14
- Wood Small-reedCalamagrostis epigejos
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa2020
- Common PincushionDicranoweisia cirrata2020
- White-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanum2020
- Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla2020
- Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,990 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
winterspring
2025▾
Barn Owl · Swallow · Mute Swan · Mistle Thrush · Wheatear +41
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2022
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
- SwiftApus apus2021
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2021
Common Shrew
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
Common Pondskater · Water Cricket · Platydema violacea · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Cherry Slugworm +86
- Common PondskaterGerris (Gerris) lacustris
- Water CricketVelia (Plesiovelia) caprai
- Platydema violaceaPlatydema violacea2025
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024
- Cherry SlugwormCaliroa cerasi2021
- Pseudoprotapion astragaliPseudoprotapion astragali
Wood Small-reed · Blackthorn · Common Pincushion · White-tipped Bristle-moss · Lateral Cryphaea +14
- Wood Small-reedCalamagrostis epigejos
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa2020
- Common PincushionDicranoweisia cirrata2020
- White-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanum2020
- Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla2020
- Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Flat Alder-cutterPlatycampus luridiventris2024Flat Alder-cutterPlatycampus luridiventris2024Woundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimus2024Woundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimus2024Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2024Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea2022Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea2022Red-belted CleaverAglaostigma aucupariae2022Red-belted CleaverAglaostigma aucupariae2022Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor2022Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor2022AllantusAllantus2021AllantusAllantus2021Tipula paludosaTipula paludosa2025Tipula paludosaTipula paludosa2025Ptychoptera lacustrisPtychoptera lacustris2025Ptychoptera lacustrisPtychoptera lacustris2025Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025Ischnomera cyaneaIschnomera cyanea2025Ischnomera cyaneaIschnomera cyanea2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024Apple Fruit-borerHoplocampa testudinea2024Apple Fruit-borerHoplocampa testudinea2024Yellow-headed Oak SlugwormCaliroa cinxia2024Yellow-headed Oak SlugwormCaliroa cinxia2024Tenthredo arcuata/brevicornis/notha/schaefferiTenthredo arcuata/brevicornis/notha/schaefferi2024Tenthredo arcuata/brevicornis/notha/schaefferiTenthredo arcuata/brevicornis/notha/schaefferi2024Reduvius personatusReduvius personatus2024Reduvius personatusReduvius personatus2024Inscribed SawflyTenthredopsis litterata2024Inscribed SawflyTenthredopsis litterata2024Proximal Dock NematineEuura vicina2024Proximal Dock NematineEuura vicina2024Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2024Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2024Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024Tipula maximaTipula maxima2024Tipula maximaTipula maxima2024Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2024Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2024Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2024Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2024Common Green SawflyTenthredo mesomela2024Common Green SawflyTenthredo mesomela2024Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis2024Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis2024Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2024Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2024Orange-footed Furrow BeeLasioglossum xanthopus2024Orange-footed Furrow BeeLasioglossum xanthopus2024Arocatus roeseliiArocatus roeselii2024Arocatus roeseliiArocatus roeselii2024Pediacus dermestoidesPediacus dermestoides2024Pediacus dermestoidesPediacus dermestoides2024Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2024Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2024Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024Tipula vittataTipula vittata2024Tipula vittataTipula vittata202422-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202422-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2024Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024Ectopsocus briggsiEctopsocus briggsi2024Ectopsocus briggsiEctopsocus briggsi2024Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2024Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2024Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2024Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2024Lema cyanellaLema cyanella2024Lema cyanellaLema cyanella2024Ceutorhynchus erysimiCeutorhynchus erysimi2024Ceutorhynchus erysimiCeutorhynchus erysimi2024White Clover Seed WeevilProtapion fulvipes2024White Clover Seed WeevilProtapion fulvipes2024Anthicus antherinusAnthicus antherinus2024Anthicus antherinusAnthicus antherinus2024Leiosoma deflexumLeiosoma deflexum2024Leiosoma deflexumLeiosoma deflexum2024Small Nettle WeevilNedyus quadrimaculatus2024Small Nettle WeevilNedyus quadrimaculatus2024Protapion nigritarseProtapion nigritarse2024Protapion nigritarseProtapion nigritarse2024Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2023Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2023Stein’s Alder-cutterNematinus steini2023Stein’s Alder-cutterNematinus steini2023Curved Birch Mining SawflyScolioneura betuleti2022Curved Birch Mining SawflyScolioneura betuleti2022Ophonus ardosiacusOphonus ardosiacus2022Ophonus ardosiacusOphonus ardosiacus2022Curtonotus aulicusCurtonotus aulicus2022Curtonotus aulicusCurtonotus aulicus2022Geotrupes spinigerGeotrupes spiniger2022Geotrupes spinigerGeotrupes spiniger2022Arhopalus rusticusArhopalus rusticus2022Arhopalus rusticusArhopalus rusticus2022Amara apricariaAmara apricaria2022Amara apricariaAmara apricaria2022Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2022Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2022Green Tortoise BeetleCassida viridis2022Green Tortoise BeetleCassida viridis2022Hawthorn Mining BeeAndrena chrysosceles2022Hawthorn Mining BeeAndrena chrysosceles2022Gooden's Nomad BeeNomada goodeniana2022Gooden's Nomad BeeNomada goodeniana2022Rhingia rostrataRhingia rostrata2022Rhingia rostrataRhingia rostrata2022Slender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata2022Slender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata2022Black Sexton BeetleNicrophorus humator2022Black Sexton BeetleNicrophorus humator2022Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus2022Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus2022Poecilus cupreusPoecilus cupreus2022Poecilus cupreusPoecilus cupreus2022Red-girdled Mining BeeAndrena labiata2022Red-girdled Mining BeeAndrena labiata2022Dusky AntFormica fusca2022Dusky AntFormica fusca2022Dicranomyia choreaDicranomyia chorea2022Dicranomyia choreaDicranomyia chorea2022Anchomenus dorsalisAnchomenus dorsalis2022Anchomenus dorsalisAnchomenus dorsalis2022Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2022Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2022Chaetopteryx villosaChaetopteryx villosa2021Chaetopteryx villosaChaetopteryx villosa2021Spotted Regal-sawflyNematus septentrionalis2021Spotted Regal-sawflyNematus septentrionalis2021Woolly Alder SawflyEriocampa ovata2021Woolly Alder SawflyEriocampa ovata2021Green Regal-sawflyNematus alniastri2021Green Regal-sawflyNematus alniastri2021Zig-zag Elm SawflyAproceros leucopoda2021Zig-zag Elm SawflyAproceros leucopoda2021Alder MandrelMonsoma pulveratum2021Alder MandrelMonsoma pulveratum2021Opilo mollisOpilo mollis2021Opilo mollisOpilo mollis2021Grammoptera ruficornisGrammoptera ruficornis2021Grammoptera ruficornisGrammoptera ruficornis2021Alosterna tabacicolorAlosterna tabacicolor2021Alosterna tabacicolorAlosterna tabacicolor2021Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2021Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2021Fabricius' Nomad BeeNomada fabriciana2021Fabricius' Nomad BeeNomada fabriciana2021White-sided CleaverAglaostigma fulvipes2021White-sided CleaverAglaostigma fulvipes2021Black ClockPterostichus madidus2021Black ClockPterostichus madidus2021Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2020Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum20202020
2020
Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus2020Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus2020Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatumStreblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum2020Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatumStreblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum2020Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius2020Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius2020Silver-mossBryum argenteum2020Silver-mossBryum argenteum2020Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2020Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2020Fern-leaved Hook-mossCratoneuron filicinum2020Fern-leaved Hook-mossCratoneuron filicinum2020Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum2020Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum2020Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2020Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2020Even ScalewortRadula complanata2020Even ScalewortRadula complanata2020Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens2020Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens2020Cylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanus2020Cylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanus2020Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians2020Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians2020Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum2020Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum2020