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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
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Places › England › South East › Cherwell Getting here
51.89642, -1.23060
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days 🌿 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
☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days 🌿 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 £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Pheasant, Kestrel, Woodpigeon +69 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Pheasant, Kestrel, Woodpigeon +69 more · last seen 2025
Free
Plants — Elder, White Dead-nettle, Meadowsweet +20 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Tufted Vetch, Large-leaved Lime, Oxeye Daisy +179 more · last seen 2018; Plants — Tufted Vetch, Large-leaved Lime, Oxeye Daisy +179 more · last seen 2018
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Brown Hairstreak, Orange-tip, Ashy Mining Bee +35 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Brown Hairstreak, Orange-tip, Ashy Mining Bee +35 more · last seen 2024
Free
🌲 Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Oxfordshire Way Walking route 110 km ▾
a traverse of Oxfordshire from the Cotswolds to the Chilterns
Named route Ref OW Length 110 km Regional walking route
Show on map Oxford Canal Walk Walking route ▾
Named route 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 Bicester West Health Route Walking route 5 km ▾
Named route Length 5 km Local 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 37 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 51 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 51 National Cycle Network
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Named route Ref BR1 Local cycle route
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Named route Local cycle route
Show on map BR13 Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map BR6 Cycling route ▾
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Show on map BR17 Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
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1,589 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 1,589 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 44 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Skylark · Wren · Chiffchaff · Blackbird +39
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2024 Skylark Alauda arvensis2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Blackbird Turdus merula2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2024 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2024 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2024 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2024 Robin Erithacus rubecula2024 Great Tit Parus major2024 Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2024 Jay Garrulus glandarius2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2023 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Linnet Linaria cannabina2024 Barn Owl Tyto alba2024 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix Gadwall Mareca strepera Mute Swan Cygnus olor Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2024 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2024 Rook Corvus frugilegus2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2024 Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2024 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2024 Whitethroat Curruca communis2023 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2022 House Martin Delichon urbicum2022 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2021 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2021 Rock Dove Columba livia2021 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2021 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2021 Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Red Fox · Muntjac · Grey Squirrel +4
Brown Hare Lepus europaeus2024 Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2024 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2024 Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi2024 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2024 Myotis Bat species Myotis Pterostichus melanarius · Abax parallelepipedus · Lesser Stag Beetle · Rugged Oil-beetle · Violet Ground Beetle +2
Pterostichus melanarius Pterostichus melanarius2020 Abax parallelepipedus Abax parallelepipedus2020 Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus Rugged Oil-beetle Meloe rugosus2022 Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus2020 Black Clock Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 1,589 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 44 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Skylark · Wren · Chiffchaff · Blackbird +39
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2024 Skylark Alauda arvensis2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Blackbird Turdus merula2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2024 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2024 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2024 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2024 Robin Erithacus rubecula2024 Great Tit Parus major2024 Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2024 Jay Garrulus glandarius2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2023 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Linnet Linaria cannabina2024 Barn Owl Tyto alba2024 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix Gadwall Mareca strepera Mute Swan Cygnus olor Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2024 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2024 Rook Corvus frugilegus2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2024 Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2024 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2024 Whitethroat Curruca communis2023 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2022 House Martin Delichon urbicum2022 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2021 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2021 Rock Dove Columba livia2021 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2021 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2021 Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Red Fox · Muntjac · Grey Squirrel +4
Brown Hare Lepus europaeus2024 Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2024 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2024 Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi2024 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2024 Myotis Bat species Myotis Pterostichus melanarius · Abax parallelepipedus · Lesser Stag Beetle · Rugged Oil-beetle · Violet Ground Beetle +2
Pterostichus melanarius Pterostichus melanarius2020 Abax parallelepipedus Abax parallelepipedus2020 Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus Rugged Oil-beetle Meloe rugosus2022 Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus2020 Black Clock Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Otter Lutra lutra2023
Otter Lutra lutra2023
Badger Meles meles2022
Badger Meles meles2022
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2021
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2021 Pterostichus madidus2020
Pterostichus madidus2020
Nebria brevicollis Nebria brevicollis2020
Nebria brevicollis Nebria brevicollis2020 