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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.65585, -1.00761
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Blackcap
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Blackcap
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Blackcap, Wren +54 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Blackcap, Wren +54 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Large White, Gatekeeper +125 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Common Vetch, Common Field-speedwell +59 more · last seen 2022
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby · 3 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
Aston Rowant Discovery TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Chilterns CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
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Wildlife to spot
8,326 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,326 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Blackbird · Wren · Blackcap · Robin · Great Tit +41
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummer
2026▾
Red Fox · Muntjac · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare +1
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- Rabbit
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus · Harlequin Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Swollen-thighed Beetle +21
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
- Closterotomus trivialis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,326 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Blackbird · Wren · Blackcap · Robin · Great Tit +41
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummer
2026▾
Red Fox · Muntjac · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare +1
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- Rabbit
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus · Harlequin Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Swollen-thighed Beetle +21
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
- Closterotomus trivialis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Oryctolagus cuniculus2024
Oryctolagus cuniculus2024
Closterotomus trivialis2025
Closterotomus trivialis2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024Pterostichus nigerPterostichus nigerPterostichus nigerPterostichus nigerWestern Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2025Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2025Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025Anthrenus fuscusAnthrenus fuscus2025Anthrenus fuscusAnthrenus fuscus2025Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2025Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2025Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2025Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2025Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2025Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2025Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2025