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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.64729, -1.01081
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦45+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Tit and Dunnock
- ✦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
- 🐦45+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Tit and Dunnock
- ✦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 — Great Tit, Dunnock, Chaffinch +42 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Great Tit, Dunnock, Chaffinch +42 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Syrphus, Harlequin Ladybird +24 more · last seen 2026
Free
Grade II* listed building: CHURCH OF ST LEONARD; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
toilets
Free
⛪Churchyard walks
Good match
Churchyard or religious grounds — wildlife sanctuary and quiet reflection
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 signed routes nearby · 23 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
The RidgewayWalking route140 km▾
Named routeRef RWLength 140 kmNational walking route
The Chiltern WayWalking route275 km▾
A waymarked long-distance footpath in southern England
Named routeRef CWLength 275 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
The Chiltern Way Southern ExtensionWalking route▾
Long distance path
Named routeRef CWSRegional walking route
The Goggspublic footpath · 50 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 50 mPath type: residential
Chestnut Placepublic footpath · 45 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 45 mPath type: residential
Black Horse Alleypublic footpath · 86 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 86 mPath type: footway
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Chilterns CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route
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St Leonard's church in Watlington
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Wildlife to spot
9,338 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,338 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Great Tit · Chaffinch · Dunnock · Blackbird · Blackcap +40
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
🦌Mammals5 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Muntjac · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Common Shrew
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
- Common ShrewSorex araneus2025
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus · Harlequin Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Closterotomus trivialis +22
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis2025
- Swollen-thighed Beetle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,338 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Great Tit · Chaffinch · Dunnock · Blackbird · Blackcap +40
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
🦌Mammals5 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Muntjac · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Common Shrew
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
- Common ShrewSorex araneus2025
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus · Harlequin Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Closterotomus trivialis +22
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis2025
- Swollen-thighed Beetle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Oedemera nobilis2025
Oedemera nobilis2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2025Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2025Pterostichus nigerPterostichus nigerPterostichus nigerPterostichus nigerWestern Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025Small Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha goettingensis2025Small Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha goettingensis2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2025Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2025Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025Anthrenus fuscusAnthrenus fuscus2025Anthrenus fuscusAnthrenus fuscus2025Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2025Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2025Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2025Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2025Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2025