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St Giles' Church

📷 Colin Bates · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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51.72970, -1.42656

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦87+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Coot and Great Crested Grebe
✦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

🐦87+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Coot and Great Crested Grebe
✦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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

7 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Coot, Great Crested Grebe, Tufted Duck +84 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Birds — Coot, Great Crested Grebe, Tufted Duck +84 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Common Darter, Banded Demoiselle, Green Shieldbug +26 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Grade II* listed building: CHURCH OF ST GILES; Religious grounds — local heritage

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Churchyard walks

Good match

Churchyard or religious grounds — wildlife sanctuary and quiet reflection

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Oxford Green Belt WayWalking route87 km

Named routeLength 87 kmRegional walking route

Windrush PathWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Windrush PathWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Thames PathWalking route296 km

Named routeRef TPLength 296 kmNational walking route

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Cycling

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 57Cycling route

Named routeRef 57National Cycle Network

Eaton-FyfieldCycling route

Named routeXcn

Wootton-FyfieldCycling route

Named routeXcn

Vale Cycle LinksCycling route

Named route

Netherton - Hinton WaldristCycling route

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Fyfield - BucklandCycling route

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Wildlife to spot

15,527 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

15,527 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds59 species

autumn

2026

Coot · Teal · Mute Swan · Lapwing · Great Crested Grebe +54

CootFulica atra
TealAnas crecca
Mute SwanCygnus olor
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
MagpiePica pica2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Snow GooseAnser caerulescens2025
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Great TitParus major2025
Red-crested PochardNetta rufina2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Roe Deer

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐝

Insects5 species

autumn

2025

Common Darter · Green Shieldbug · 24-spot Ladybird · Migrant Hawker · Willow Emerald Damselfly

Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

15,527 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds59 species

autumn

2026

Coot · Teal · Mute Swan · Lapwing · Great Crested Grebe +54

CootFulica atra
TealAnas crecca
Mute SwanCygnus olor
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
MagpiePica pica2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Snow GooseAnser caerulescens2025
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Great TitParus major2025
Red-crested PochardNetta rufina2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Roe Deer

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐝

Insects5 species

autumn

2025

Common Darter · Green Shieldbug · 24-spot Ladybird · Migrant Hawker · Willow Emerald Damselfly

Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Colin Bates · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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