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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome46 ha
Getting here
51.90892, -1.16069
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦44+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 158m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦44+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 158m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Swift, Woodpigeon, Starling +41 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Swift, Woodpigeon, Starling +41 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown +66 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 11 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
Cross Bucks WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
The Roman WayWalking route274.5 km▾
Named routeLength 274.5 kmRegional walking route
Bicester West Health RouteWalking route5 km▾
Named routeLength 5 kmLocal walking route
Langford Health RouteWalking route5 km▾
Named routeLength 5 kmLocal walking route
70 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
BR1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef BR1Local cycle route
BR10Cycling route▾
Named routeRef BR10Local cycle route
BR11Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
BR22Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
BR15Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
8,732 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,732 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
springsummer
2026▾
Swift · Woodpigeon · Blackcap · Magpie · Kestrel +33
- SwiftApus apus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- Great TitParus major2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
🦌Mammals8 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Brown Rat · Pipistrelle Bat species · Pipistrelle +3
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2024
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Harlequin Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Sphaerophoria · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · 22-spot Ladybird +8
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri
- Glyphotaelius pellucidus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,732 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
springsummer
2026▾
Swift · Woodpigeon · Blackcap · Magpie · Kestrel +33
- SwiftApus apus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- Great TitParus major2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
🦌Mammals8 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Brown Rat · Pipistrelle Bat species · Pipistrelle +3
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2024
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Harlequin Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Sphaerophoria · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · 22-spot Ladybird +8
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri
- Glyphotaelius pellucidus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Otter
Otter
Lutra lutra2024
Lutra lutra2024
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024Water VoleArvicola amphibius2024Water VoleArvicola amphibius2024Glyphotaelius pellucidus
Glyphotaelius pellucidus
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucensVolucella pellucensVolucella pellucensDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2024Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2024Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024