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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.87320, -1.27490
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦35+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Rook and Blue Tit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 200m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦35+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Rook and Blue Tit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 200m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Rook, Blue Tit, Kestrel +32 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Rook, Blue Tit, Kestrel +32 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, 14-spot Ladybird, Dasysyrphus albostriatus +85 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Oxford Green Belt WayWalking route87 km▾
Named routeLength 87 kmRegional walking route
Oxfordshire WayWalking route110 km▾
a traverse of Oxfordshire from the Cotswolds to the Chilterns
Named routeRef OWLength 110 kmRegional walking route
Shakespeare's WayWalking route235 km▾
Named routeLength 235 kmRegional walking route
Oxford Canal WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Kidlington Circular Walk (Short Route)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
37 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
Islip-HortonCycling route▾
Named routeXcn
National BywayCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway (Oxon and Glos)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Cherwell Valley GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Crowcastle Lanebridleway · 1.3 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 1.3 kmSurface pavedPath type: service
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
7,617 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,617 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Rook · Blue Tit · Kestrel · Wren · Robin +30
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- RavenCorvus corax
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwiftApus apus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Noctule · Common Pipistrelle · Common Shrew · Roe Deer
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects88 species
springsummer
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · 14-spot Ladybird · Dasysyrphus albostriatus · Helophilus pendulus · Dark-edged Bee-fly +83
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
- Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2025
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,617 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Rook · Blue Tit · Kestrel · Wren · Robin +30
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- RavenCorvus corax
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwiftApus apus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Noctule · Common Pipistrelle · Common Shrew · Roe Deer
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects88 species
springsummer
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · 14-spot Ladybird · Dasysyrphus albostriatus · Helophilus pendulus · Dark-edged Bee-fly +83
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
- Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2025
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
24-spot Ladybird
24-spot Ladybird
Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis202516-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctataEristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Eupeodes latifasciatusEupeodes latifasciatus2025Eupeodes latifasciatusEupeodes latifasciatus2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Acorn WeevilCurculio glandium2025Acorn WeevilCurculio glandium20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025Blue ShieldbugZicrona caerulea2025Blue ShieldbugZicrona caerulea2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025IssusIssus2025IssusIssus2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Issus coleoptratusIssus coleoptratus2025Issus coleoptratusIssus coleoptratus2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis2025Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolorDotted Bee-flyBombylius discolorHarmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succineaAdonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2025Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2025Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2025Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2025HornetVespa crabro2025HornetVespa crabro2025Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes2025Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes2025Face FlyMusca autumnalis2025Face FlyMusca autumnalis2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Platycheirus peltatus agg.Platycheirus peltatus agg.2025Platycheirus peltatus agg.Platycheirus peltatus agg.2025Hornet RobberflyAsilus crabroniformis2025Hornet RobberflyAsilus crabroniformis2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025Oncotylus (Oncotylus) viridiflavusOncotylus (Oncotylus) viridiflavus2025Oncotylus (Oncotylus) viridiflavusOncotylus (Oncotylus) viridiflavus2025Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2025Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2025Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2025Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2025Chrysotoxum festivumChrysotoxum festivum2025Chrysotoxum festivumChrysotoxum festivum2025Iris SawflyRhadinoceraea micans2025Iris SawflyRhadinoceraea micans202510-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata202510-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025Little SnipeflyChrysopilus asiliformis2025Little SnipeflyChrysopilus asiliformis2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorumPlagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum2025Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorumPlagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Ant Damsel BugHimacerus (Aptus) mirmicoides2025Ant Damsel BugHimacerus (Aptus) mirmicoides2025Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilineaDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea2025Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilineaDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea2025Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis2025Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis2025Chrysotoxum cautumChrysotoxum cautum2025Chrysotoxum cautumChrysotoxum cautum2025Common Red-legged RobberflyDioctria rufipes2025Common Red-legged RobberflyDioctria rufipes2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola2025Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola2025Chrysolina oricalciaChrysolina oricalcia2025Chrysolina oricalciaChrysolina oricalcia2025Cinara (Cinara) piceaeCinara (Cinara) piceae2025Cinara (Cinara) piceaeCinara (Cinara) piceae2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis2025Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis2025Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2025Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2025AnaceratagalliaAnaceratagallia2025AnaceratagalliaAnaceratagallia2025Eremocoris podagricusEremocoris podagricus2025Eremocoris podagricusEremocoris podagricus2025Amara eurynotaAmara eurynota2025Amara eurynotaAmara eurynota2025Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2025Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2025Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2025Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2025Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2024Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2024Melangyna cinctaMelangyna cincta2024Melangyna cinctaMelangyna cincta2024Events & activities nearby
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