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Mistletoe Green

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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
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground on site — 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 on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParkingPlayground

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9 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Swift, Robin, Woodpigeon +84 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Swift, Robin, Woodpigeon +84 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Rough-stalked Feather-moss, Black Medick, Lesser Trefoil +27 more · last seen 2023; Plants — Rough-stalked Feather-moss, Black Medick, Lesser Trefoil +27 more · last seen 2023

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground; Urban park — family destination

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

15 signed routes nearby · 12 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Oxford Green Belt WayWalking route87 km

Named routeLength 87 kmRegional walking route

Boundary PatrolWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Sandpit WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Northwood TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Shakespeare's WayWalking route235 km

Named routeLength 235 kmRegional walking route

Shakespeare Waypublic footpath · 4 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 4 mPath type: footway

Shakespeare Waypublic footpath · 28 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 28 mPath type: footway

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Cycling

115 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route

Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network

Route 8Cycling route

Named routeRef 8Local cycle route

Route 9Cycling route

Named routeRef 9Local cycle route

Route 3aCycling route

Named routeRef 3aLocal cycle route

Route 1Cycling route

Named routeRef 1Local cycle route

Route 7Cycling route

Named routeRef 7Local cycle route

Wildlife to spot

10,447 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

10,447 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

winterspring

2026

Robin · Magpie · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw +45

RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Great TitParus major2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
WigeonMareca penelope2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
CootFulica atra2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2023

🦌

Mammals4 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2025

Hedgehog · Badger · Grey Squirrel · Muntjac

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
BadgerMeles meles
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024

🦎

Reptiles2 species

summer

2024

Grass Snake · Slow-worm

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Slow-wormAnguis fragilis

🐸

Amphibians1 species

wintersummerautumn

2026

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects16 species

springsummer

2025

7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Oak Bush-cricket · 22-spot Ladybird · Lesser Stag Beetle +11

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Hypera nigrirostrisHypera nigrirostris
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2024
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2024
Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

10,447 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

winterspring

2026

Robin · Magpie · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw +45

RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Great TitParus major2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
WigeonMareca penelope2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
CootFulica atra2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2023

🦌

Mammals4 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2025

Hedgehog · Badger · Grey Squirrel · Muntjac

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
BadgerMeles meles
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024

🦎

Reptiles2 species

summer

2024

Grass Snake · Slow-worm

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Slow-wormAnguis fragilis

🐸

Amphibians1 species

wintersummerautumn

2026

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects16 species

springsummer

2025

7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Oak Bush-cricket · 22-spot Ladybird · Lesser Stag Beetle +11

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Hypera nigrirostrisHypera nigrirostris
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2024
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2024
Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Nigel Cox · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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