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Old Paddock

7 ha

📷 Des Blenkinsopp · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha

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51.73506, -1.02400

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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 Carrion Crow and Tufted Duck
🐕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

🐦83+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Tufted Duck
🐕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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Carrion Crow, Tufted Duck, Chaffinch +80 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Carrion Crow, Tufted Duck, Chaffinch +80 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Good match

Public woodland

Free

Hiking

Good match

Named hiking route nearby: Oxfordshire Way

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

6 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Oxfordshire WayWalking route110 km

a traverse of Oxfordshire from the Cotswolds to the Chilterns

Named routeRef OWLength 110 kmRegional walking route

The Wychert WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Thame Valley WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Wychert Way LinkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Bernwood Jubilee WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

26 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Byway (Bernwood Forest Loop)Cycling route

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Menmarsh-WorminghallCycling route

Named routeXcn

Worminghall-WheatleyCycling route

Named routeXcn

Garsington-GreatMiltonCycling route

Named routeXcn

Wheatley-GreatMiltonCycling route

Named routeXcn

NCN National Route 57Cycling route

Named routeRef 57National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

16,501 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

16,501 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds60 species

autumnwinter

2025

Blue Tit · Pheasant · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Black-headed Gull +55

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MagpiePica pica
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
JackdawColoeus monedula
Great TitParus major
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
GadwallMareca strepera
DunnockPrunella modularis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
RookCorvus frugilegus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
CootFulica atra
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
RavenCorvus corax
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
TealAnas crecca
SnipeGallinago gallinago
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Little OwlAthene noctua
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
JayGarrulus glandarius
Rock DoveColumba livia
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
GreenfinchChloris chloris
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea

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Insects1 species

autumn

2025

16-spot Ladybird

16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

16,501 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds60 species

autumnwinter

2025

Blue Tit · Pheasant · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Black-headed Gull +55

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MagpiePica pica
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
JackdawColoeus monedula
Great TitParus major
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
GadwallMareca strepera
DunnockPrunella modularis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
RookCorvus frugilegus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
CootFulica atra
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
RavenCorvus corax
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
TealAnas crecca
SnipeGallinago gallinago
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Little OwlAthene noctua
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
JayGarrulus glandarius
Rock DoveColumba livia
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
GreenfinchChloris chloris
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea

🐝

Insects1 species

autumn

2025

16-spot Ladybird

16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Des Blenkinsopp · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Oxfordshire Way in Old Paddock Wood

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