🦉Wildlife🦋Insects🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome10 ha
Getting here
51.91296, -1.15223
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown +61 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small White, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown +61 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Swift, Starling, Greenfinch +41 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Swift, Starling, Greenfinch +41 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 km5 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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
Bicester North East Health RouteWalking route5 km▾
Named routeLength 5 kmLocal walking route
68 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
BR1Cycling route▾
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BR10Cycling route▾
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BR11Cycling route▾
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BR22Cycling route▾
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BR15Cycling route▾
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Roundabout on Southwold, Bicester
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Wildlife to spot
9,283 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,283 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Swift · Blackcap · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Greenfinch +34
- SwiftApus apus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- Great TitParus major2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
🦌Mammals9 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Red Fox · Brown Rat · Pipistrelle +4
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
- Pipistrelle Bat species
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects11 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Sphaerophoria · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · 22-spot Ladybird +6
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,283 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Swift · Blackcap · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Greenfinch +34
- SwiftApus apus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- Great TitParus major2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
🦌Mammals9 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Red Fox · Brown Rat · Pipistrelle +4
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
- Pipistrelle Bat species
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects11 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Sphaerophoria · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · 22-spot Ladybird +6
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pipistrellus2024
Pipistrellus2024
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