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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.67163, -1.30624
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- ☕Costa — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- ☕Costa — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Mallard +66 more · last seen 2026
Free
Mammals — Grey Squirrel, Common Pipistrelle, Soprano Pipistrelle +12 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Dock Bug, Small White +98 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café; Urban park — family destination
Free
Urban park — open green space
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Oxford Green Belt WayWalking route87 km▾
Named routeLength 87 kmRegional walking route
Shakespeare's WayWalking route235 km▾
Named routeLength 235 kmRegional walking route
Ramblers Jubilee Circular WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
The Vale WayWalking route43 km▾
Route through the Vale of White Horse in Oxfordshire, UK. (27 miles).
Named routeLength 43 kmLocal walking route
European walking route E2 west, UK, South East EnglandWalking 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 routeRef E2International walking route
58 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
Eaton - WoottonCycling route▾
Named routeXcn
Route 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 7Local cycle route
Eaton-FyfieldCycling route▾
Named routeXcn
Wootton-KenningtonCycling route▾
Named routeXcn
Didcot to Culham Science CentreCycling route▾
Named routeRef 8Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
16,768 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
16,768 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Mallard · Collared Dove · Long-tailed Tit +39
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
🐝Insects17 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Dock Bug · Green Shieldbug · 16-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug +12
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,768 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Mallard · Collared Dove · Long-tailed Tit +39
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
🐝Insects17 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Dock Bug · Green Shieldbug · 16-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug +12
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2025Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Scarlet TigerCallimorpha dominulaScarlet TigerCallimorpha dominulaPellitory BeautyCosmopterix pulchrimellaPellitory BeautyCosmopterix pulchrimellaVapourerOrgyia antiqua2025VapourerOrgyia antiqua2025Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2025Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2025Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus2025Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Lime-speck PugEupithecia centaureata2025Lime-speck PugEupithecia centaureata2025Woundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimus2025Woundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimus2025Water Stick InsectRanatra (Ranatra) linearis2025Water Stick InsectRanatra (Ranatra) linearis2025Events & activities nearby
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