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Little Faringdon Wood

13 ha

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Free entryDogs welcome13 ha

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51.71778, -1.66738

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦83+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Great Crested Grebe
🌿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

🐦83+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Great Crested Grebe
🌿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

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mallard, Great Crested Grebe, Coot +80 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Mallard, Great Crested Grebe, Coot +80 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Large White, Gatekeeper, Small White +16 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Large White, Gatekeeper, Small White +16 more · last seen 2024

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

D'Arcy Dalton WayWalking route107 km

Follows roughly the western boundary of Oxfordshire in unspoilt countryside.

Named routeLength 107 kmRegional walking route

The Roman WayWalking route274.5 km

Named routeLength 274.5 kmRegional walking route

Thames PathWalking route296 km

Named routeRef TPLength 296 kmNational walking route

Thames & Severn WayWalking route69.8 km

Linking the Severn to the Thames following the route of the Stroudwater Navigation and Thames & Severn Canal as closely as possible using public rights of way. As the canals are restored, it will be updated to use the reinstated towpath wherever possible.

Named routeRef T&S WLength 69.8 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route

Thames River Walk, BuscotWalking route7.7 km

Named routeLength 7.7 kmDuration 02:30Round tripLocal walking route

Wildlife to spot

6,820 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,820 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds86 species

springsummer

2025

Mallard · Great Crested Grebe · Moorhen · Coot · Tufted Duck +81

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
CootFulica atra
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
RobinErithacus rubecula
DunnockPrunella modularis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Great TitParus major
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
MagpiePica pica
Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
BuzzardButeo buteo
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
LinnetLinaria cannabina
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
RookCorvus frugilegus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
JackdawColoeus monedula
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
GadwallMareca strepera
SwiftApus apus2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
JayGarrulus glandarius
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Common TernSterna hirundo
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
Little OwlAthene noctua2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2023
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2023
RavenCorvus corax
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
TealAnas crecca2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
Red KiteMilvus milvus2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2023
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023

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Mammals6 species

springsummer

2025

Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Muntjac · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit +1

Brown HareLepus europaeus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2023

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Insects19 species

summer

2024

Large White · Gatekeeper · Small White · Meadow Brown · Speckled Wood +14

Large WhitePieris brassicae
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
Small WhitePieris rapae
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
PeacockAglais io
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
RingletAphantopus hyperantus
Common BluePolyommatus icarus
Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola
CommaPolygonia c-album
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2023
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2023
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,820 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds86 species

springsummer

2025

Mallard · Great Crested Grebe · Moorhen · Coot · Tufted Duck +81

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
CootFulica atra
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
RobinErithacus rubecula
DunnockPrunella modularis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Great TitParus major
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
MagpiePica pica
Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
BuzzardButeo buteo
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
LinnetLinaria cannabina
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
RookCorvus frugilegus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
JackdawColoeus monedula
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
GadwallMareca strepera
SwiftApus apus2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
JayGarrulus glandarius
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Common TernSterna hirundo
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
Little OwlAthene noctua2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2023
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2023
RavenCorvus corax
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
TealAnas crecca2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
Red KiteMilvus milvus2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2023
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023

🦌

Mammals6 species

springsummer

2025

Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Muntjac · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit +1

Brown HareLepus europaeus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2023

🐝

Insects19 species

summer

2024

Large White · Gatekeeper · Small White · Meadow Brown · Speckled Wood +14

Large WhitePieris brassicae
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
Small WhitePieris rapae
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
PeacockAglais io
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
RingletAphantopus hyperantus
Common BluePolyommatus icarus
Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola
CommaPolygonia c-album
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2023
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2023
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 andrew auger · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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