Sites discovered by aerial photography, near Foxley Farm
29 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome29 ha
Getting here
51.77308, -1.38687
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Starling
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Starling
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Swift, Starling, Woodpigeon +72 more · last seen 2026
Free
Mammals — Hedgehog, Harvest Mouse, Wood Mouse +13 more · last seen 2025
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Common Darter, Marmalade Hoverfly +145 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Good match
Historic site with public access
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Oxford Green Belt WayWalking route87 km▾
Named routeLength 87 kmRegional walking route
Shakespeare's WayWalking route235 km▾
Named routeLength 235 kmRegional walking route
Wychwood WayWalking route59.5 km▾
Named routeLength 59.5 kmRegional walking route
Windrush PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Botley Health Routes - PurpleWalking route▾
Named routeRef PurpleDuration 00:55Round tripLocal walking route
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
Cotswold Line Cycle Route (under development)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 442National Cycle Network
Route 8aCycling route▾
Named routeRef 8aLocal cycle route
A40 Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 57Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 57National Cycle Network
Botley-EatonCycling route▾
Named routeXcn
6 public paths nearby
Public paths
Chilbridge Roadbridleway · 229 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 229 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Chilbridge Lanebridleway · 1.7 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 1.7 kmSurface asphaltPath type: service
Pinkhill Lanebridleway · 176 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 176 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
Pinkhill Lanebridleway · 868 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 868 mPath type: track
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
8,045 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,045 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Swift · Robin · Magpie · Blue Tit +35
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SwiftApus apus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Harvest Mouse · Otter · Rabbit
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
- OtterLutra lutra
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects56 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Greater Bulb-Fly · Dark-edged Bee-fly +51
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
- Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,045 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Swift · Robin · Magpie · Blue Tit +35
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SwiftApus apus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Harvest Mouse · Otter · Rabbit
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
- OtterLutra lutra
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects56 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Greater Bulb-Fly · Dark-edged Bee-fly +51
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
- Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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