Sarsgrove Wood ✦ Ancient woodland 55 ha
🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🍂 Seasonal
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Places › England › South East › West Oxfordshire Getting here
51.91662, -1.55740
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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 🌿 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
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 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🌿 Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Skylark +53 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Skylark +53 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Spurge-laurel, Bluebell, Cowslip +27 more · last seen 2024
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants; Plants — Wild Onion, Ramsons, Hazel +1 more foraging species
Varies
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, Swollen-thighed Beetle +51 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, Swollen-thighed Beetle +51 more · last seen 2025
Free
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 7 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
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 Shakespeare's Way Walking route 235 km ▾
Named route Length 235 km Regional walking route
Show on map Wychwood Way Walking route 59.5 km ▾
Named route Length 59.5 km Regional walking route
Show on map Diamond Way Walking route 106 km ▾
Named route Ref DIA Length 106 km Regional walking route
Show on map Macmillan Way Walking route 290 km ▾
Named route Ref MWA Length 290 km Listed length 461 Regional walking route
Show on map 11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cotswold Line Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 442 National Cycle Network
Show on map National Byway (Oxon and Glos) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref NB Regional cycle route
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 2.5 km ▾
Named route Ref 442 Length 2.5 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 430 m ▾
Named route Ref 442 Length 430 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 5.3 km ▾
Named route Ref 442 Length 5.3 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 46 m ▾
Named route Ref 442 Length 46 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map ✦ Ancient woodland — continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD. A rare and irreplaceable habitat, rich in biodiversity and historical character.
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Wildlife to spot
3,129 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 3,129 records · National Biodiversity Network Yellowhammer · Wren · Rook · Swallow · House Sparrow +32
Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2023 Linnet Linaria cannabina2023 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2023 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2023 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2023 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2023 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2023 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2023 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2023 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2024 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe2023 Swift Apus apus2023 Roe Deer · Badger · Polecat
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Badger Meles meles Polecat Mustela putorius2024 Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Red-legged Shieldbug · Melinopterus prodromus +48
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes Melinopterus prodromus Melinopterus prodromus Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Calamosternus granarius 🌿 Plants 2 species
winter autumn
2024 ▾
Common Feather-moss · Hart's-tongue Thyme-moss
Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga Hart's-tongue Thyme-moss Plagiomnium undulatum2023 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 3,129 records · National Biodiversity Network Yellowhammer · Wren · Rook · Swallow · House Sparrow +32
Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2023 Linnet Linaria cannabina2023 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2023 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2023 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2023 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2023 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2023 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2023 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2023 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2024 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe2023 Swift Apus apus2023 Roe Deer · Badger · Polecat
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Badger Meles meles Polecat Mustela putorius2024 Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Red-legged Shieldbug · Melinopterus prodromus +48
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes Melinopterus prodromus Melinopterus prodromus Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Calamosternus granarius 🌿 Plants 2 species
winter autumn
2024 ▾
Common Feather-moss · Hart's-tongue Thyme-moss
Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga Hart's-tongue Thyme-moss Plagiomnium undulatum2023 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Calamosternus granarius
Calamosternus granarius
Syrphus Syrphus
Syrphus Syrphus
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Eupeodes Eupeodes
Eupeodes Eupeodes
Summer Chafer Amphimallon solstitiale
Summer Chafer Amphimallon solstitiale
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis
Stenagostus rhombeus Stenagostus rhombeus
Stenagostus rhombeus Stenagostus rhombeus
Ophonus rufibarbis Ophonus rufibarbis
Ophonus rufibarbis Ophonus rufibarbis
Melanotus villosus Melanotus villosus
Melanotus villosus Melanotus villosus
Brachypera zoilus Brachypera zoilus
Brachypera zoilus Brachypera zoilus
Pill Beetle Byrrhus pilula
Pill Beetle Byrrhus pilula
Agriotes sordidus Agriotes sordidus
Agriotes sordidus Agriotes sordidus
Pterostichus melanarius Pterostichus melanarius
Pterostichus melanarius Pterostichus melanarius
Agrilinus ater Agrilinus ater
Agrilinus ater Agrilinus ater
Common Furniture Beetle Anobium punctatum
Common Furniture Beetle Anobium punctatum
Poecilus versicolor Poecilus versicolor
Poecilus versicolor Poecilus versicolor
Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha
Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha
Lesser Mealworm Beetle Alphitobius diaperinus
Lesser Mealworm Beetle Alphitobius diaperinus
Dryocoetes villosus Dryocoetes villosus
Dryocoetes villosus Dryocoetes villosus
Nebria brevicollis Nebria brevicollis
Nebria brevicollis Nebria brevicollis
Procraerus tibialis Procraerus tibialis
Procraerus tibialis Procraerus tibialis
Green Leaf Weevil Phyllobius maculicornis
Green Leaf Weevil Phyllobius maculicornis
Necklace Ground Beetle Carabus monilis
Necklace Ground Beetle Carabus monilis
Trox scaber Trox scaber
Trox scaber Trox scaber
Death-watch Beetle Xestobium rufovillosum
Death-watch Beetle Xestobium rufovillosum
Harpalus affinis Harpalus affinis
Harpalus affinis Harpalus affinis
Dor Beetle Geotrupes stercorarius
Dor Beetle Geotrupes stercorarius
Barynotus squamosus Barynotus squamosus
Barynotus squamosus Barynotus squamosus
Dromius quadrimaculatus Dromius quadrimaculatus
Dromius quadrimaculatus Dromius quadrimaculatus
Cis micans Cis micans
Cis micans Cis micans
Dorcatoma flavicornis Dorcatoma flavicornis
Dorcatoma flavicornis Dorcatoma flavicornis
Euophryum confine Euophryum confine
Euophryum confine Euophryum confine
Common Leaf Weevil Phyllobius pyri
Common Leaf Weevil Phyllobius pyri
White Clover Seed Weevil Protapion fulvipes
White Clover Seed Weevil Protapion fulvipes
Sitona striatellus Sitona striatellus
Sitona striatellus Sitona striatellus
Octotemnus glabriculus Octotemnus glabriculus
Octotemnus glabriculus Octotemnus glabriculus
Melinopterus sphacelatus Melinopterus sphacelatus
Melinopterus sphacelatus Melinopterus sphacelatus
Lesser Marsh Grasshopper Chorthippus albomarginatus2023
Lesser Marsh Grasshopper Chorthippus albomarginatus2023
Epistrophe grossulariae Epistrophe grossulariae2023
Epistrophe grossulariae Epistrophe grossulariae2023
Band-eyed Brown Horsefly Tabanus bromius2023
Band-eyed Brown Horsefly Tabanus bromius2023
Oulema obscura Oulema obscura2023
Oulema obscura Oulema obscura2023
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius2023
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius2023
Meadow Plant Bug Leptopterna dolabrata2023
Meadow Plant Bug Leptopterna dolabrata2023
Neolygus viridis Neolygus viridis2023
Neolygus viridis Neolygus viridis2023
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2023
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2023 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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