Harcombe Wood - Mixed woodland 6 ha
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🐶 Dogs🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 6 ha
Places › England › South East › South Oxfordshire Getting here
51.53988, -1.18291
Open directionsv 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 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcomeDogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 13 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
The Ridgeway Walking route 140 km ▾
Named route Ref RW Length 140 km National walking route
Show on map The Chiltern Way Southern Extension Walking route ▾
Long distance path
Named route Ref CWS Regional walking route
Show on map The Roman Way Walking route 274.5 km ▾
Named route Length 274.5 km Regional walking route
Show on map European walking route E2 west, UK, South East England Walking 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 route Ref E2 International walking route
Show on map Woodland Walk, Basildon Park Walking route 2.4 km ▾
This route goes through the woodland and across our landscape parkland. Suitable for all terrain pushchairs. Potential for livestock on route.
Named route Length 2.4 km Duration 00:45 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map 3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Round Berkshire Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Route 544 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 544 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 1.9 km ▾
Named route Ref 544 Length 1.9 km National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Judges' Ride Mountain bike route ▾
King Alfred's Way Mountain bike route ▾
King Alfreds Way is 350km (220 miles) off road route designed to be ridden clockwise. It starts & ends in Winchester. It is suitable for gravel or cross-country bikes.
Named route Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
7,385 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 7,385 records · National Biodiversity Network Red-legged Partridge · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Pheasant · Robin +40
Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2024 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2024 Blackbird Turdus merula2024 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2024 Robin Erithacus rubecula2024 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 Magpie Pica pica2024 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Skylark Alauda arvensis2023 Dunnock Prunella modularis2023 Linnet Linaria cannabina Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2023 Great Tit Parus major2023 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Rook Corvus frugilegus2024 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2024 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2023 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2023 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2023 Swallow Hirundo rustica2023 Stock Dove Columba oenas2022 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2023 Whitethroat Curruca communis2023 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra2023 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2022 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix2021 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2024 House Martin Delichon urbicum2024 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2024 Reeves's Pheasant Syrmaticus reevesii2023 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2023 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2023 Coal Tit Periparus ater2022 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava2022 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2022 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2022 Jay Garrulus glandarius2021 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2021 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca2021 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe2021 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus2021 Jersey Tiger · Humming-bird Hawk-moth · Bramble Blotch-miner · Nut Leaf Blister Moth · Golden Dot +7
Jersey Tiger Euplagia quadripunctaria Humming-bird Hawk-moth Macroglossum stellatarum Bramble Blotch-miner Coptotriche marginea2024 Nut Leaf Blister Moth Phyllonorycter coryli2024 Golden Dot Stigmella aurella2024 Speckled Holm Oak Dot Ectoedemia heringella Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 7,385 records · National Biodiversity Network Red-legged Partridge · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Pheasant · Robin +40
Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2024 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2024 Blackbird Turdus merula2024 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2024 Robin Erithacus rubecula2024 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 Magpie Pica pica2024 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Skylark Alauda arvensis2023 Dunnock Prunella modularis2023 Linnet Linaria cannabina Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2023 Great Tit Parus major2023 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Rook Corvus frugilegus2024 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2024 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2023 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2023 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2023 Swallow Hirundo rustica2023 Stock Dove Columba oenas2022 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2023 Whitethroat Curruca communis2023 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra2023 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2022 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix2021 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2024 House Martin Delichon urbicum2024 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2024 Reeves's Pheasant Syrmaticus reevesii2023 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2023 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2023 Coal Tit Periparus ater2022 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava2022 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2022 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2022 Jay Garrulus glandarius2021 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2021 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca2021 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe2021 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus2021 Jersey Tiger · Humming-bird Hawk-moth · Bramble Blotch-miner · Nut Leaf Blister Moth · Golden Dot +7
Jersey Tiger Euplagia quadripunctaria Humming-bird Hawk-moth Macroglossum stellatarum Bramble Blotch-miner Coptotriche marginea2024 Nut Leaf Blister Moth Phyllonorycter coryli2024 Golden Dot Stigmella aurella2024 Speckled Holm Oak Dot Ectoedemia heringella Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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Horse-Chestnut Leaf-miner Cameraria ohridella2024
Horse-Chestnut Leaf-miner Cameraria ohridella2024
Sycamore Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter geniculella2024
Sycamore Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter geniculella2024
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2024
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2024
Buckthorn Dot Stigmella catharticella2024
Buckthorn Dot Stigmella catharticella2024
Grey Alder Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter strigulatella2024
Grey Alder Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter strigulatella2024
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca2021
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca2021 