Oxford City and County Bowls Club
🦉 Wildlife🎳 Bowls🦅 Birds
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Places › England › South East › Oxford Getting here
51.77541, -1.26053
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🎳 Bowling greens is at its best in summer here ☕ North Oxford Association Coffee Bar — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🎳 Bowling greens is at its best in summer here ☕ North Oxford Association Coffee Bar — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Paid 🚻 Toilets
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🎳 Bowling greens
Very strong match
Bowling green
Paid
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Black-headed Gull, Robin, Woodpigeon +71 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Black-headed Gull, Robin, Woodpigeon +71 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Willow Emerald Damselfly, Migrant Hawker, Common Darter +64 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Willow Emerald Damselfly, Migrant Hawker, Common Darter +64 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 20 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Oxford Green Belt Way Walking route 87 km ▾
Named route Length 87 km Regional walking route
Show on map 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 Boundary Patrol Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Northwood Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Shakespeare's Way Walking route 235 km ▾
Named route Length 235 km Regional walking route
Show on map 148 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 5 National Cycle Network
Show on map Cotswold Line Cycle Route (under development) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 442 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 8 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 8 Local cycle route
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Named route Ref 8a Local cycle route
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Named route Ref 9 Local cycle route
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Named route Ref 3a Local cycle route
Show on map Photos Marston Ferry Road (B4495), Oxford
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Wildlife to spot
40,229 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 40,229 records · National Biodiversity Network Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Robin · Mute Swan +27
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Robin Erithacus rubecula Mute Swan Cygnus olor Greylag Goose Anser anser Canada Goose Branta canadensis Dunnock Prunella modularis Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Tit Parus major Blackbird Turdus merula Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Teal Anas crecca Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Redwing Turdus iliacus Shelduck Tadorna tadorna Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Goldcrest Regulus regulus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Magpie Pica pica Gadwall Mareca strepera Nuthatch Sitta europaea Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Jay Garrulus glandarius Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Greenfinch Chloris chloris Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Dark-edged Bee-fly · Syrphus torvus · Apion frumentarium · Scathophaga stercoraria · Epistrophe eligans +3
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Syrphus torvus Syrphus torvus Apion frumentarium Apion frumentarium Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger Badister bullatus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 40,229 records · National Biodiversity Network Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Robin · Mute Swan +27
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Robin Erithacus rubecula Mute Swan Cygnus olor Greylag Goose Anser anser Canada Goose Branta canadensis Dunnock Prunella modularis Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Tit Parus major Blackbird Turdus merula Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Teal Anas crecca Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Redwing Turdus iliacus Shelduck Tadorna tadorna Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Goldcrest Regulus regulus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Magpie Pica pica Gadwall Mareca strepera Nuthatch Sitta europaea Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Jay Garrulus glandarius Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Greenfinch Chloris chloris Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Dark-edged Bee-fly · Syrphus torvus · Apion frumentarium · Scathophaga stercoraria · Epistrophe eligans +3
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Syrphus torvus Syrphus torvus Apion frumentarium Apion frumentarium Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger Badister bullatus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Badister bullatus
Badister bullatus
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