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St Michael's Church

📷 Philip Jeffrey · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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51.74796, -1.39778

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 211m away — 14 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 211m away — 14 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Creeping Buttercup, Creeping Thistle, Curled Dock +59 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Creeping Buttercup, Creeping Thistle, Curled Dock +59 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Hawthorn, Common Nettle, Blackthorn +5 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Lesser Emperor, Common Blue Damselfly, Common Darter +14 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Lesser Emperor, Common Blue Damselfly, Common Darter +14 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

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

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Eaton - WoottonCycling route

Named routeXcn

A40 Cycle PathCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 57Cycling route

Named routeRef 57National Cycle Network

Eaton-FyfieldCycling route

Named routeXcn

Botley-EatonCycling route

Named routeXcn

🐴

Horse riding

2 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

9,629 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

9,629 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds91 species

winter

2026

Coot · Tufted Duck · Great Crested Grebe · Grey Heron · Cormorant +86

CootFulica atra
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
MagpiePica pica2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Great TitParus major2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
TealAnas crecca
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
SmewMergellus albellus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2025
Red-crested PochardNetta rufina2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Snow GooseAnser caerulescens2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2024

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Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Soprano Pipistrelle

Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus

🐝

Insects17 species

summerautumn

2025

Lesser Emperor · Common Blue Damselfly · Common Darter · Hairy Shieldbug · Mystacides longicornis +12

Lesser EmperorAnax parthenope2024
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024
Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2024
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2024
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024

🌿

Plants62 species

summer

2025

Creeping Buttercup · Creeping Thistle · Curled Dock · Hawthorn · False Oat-grass +57

Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Curled DockRumex crispus2024
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2024
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2024
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2024
Common ReedPhragmites australis2024
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2024
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2024
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2024
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2024
Jacobaea vulgaris subsp. vulgarisJacobaea vulgaris subsp. vulgaris2024
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2024
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2024
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
SilverweedPotentilla anserina2024
False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae2024
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2024
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2024
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2024
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2024
GypsywortLycopus europaeus2024
Greater PlantainPlantago major2024
CleaversGalium aparine
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024
Smaller Cat's-tailPhleum bertolonii2024
Red FescueFestuca rubra2024
Meadow BarleyHordeum secalinum2024
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Lesser / Wood BurdockArctium minus
Rosa caninaRosa canina2024
TimothyPhleum pratense2024
Common CouchElymus repens2024
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2024
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2024
Common Club-rushSchoenoplectus lacustris2024
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2024
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2024
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Common Dog-violet / Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana or riviniana
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2024
Hard RushJuncus inflexus2024
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2024
Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2024
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2024
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2024
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024
Wild CarrotDaucus carota2024
Water MintMentha aquatica2024
WillowSalix2024
Greater Pond-sedgeCarex riparia2024
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2024
Common Spike-rushEleocharis palustris2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

9,629 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds91 species

winter

2026

Coot · Tufted Duck · Great Crested Grebe · Grey Heron · Cormorant +86

CootFulica atra
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
MagpiePica pica2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Great TitParus major2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
TealAnas crecca
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
SmewMergellus albellus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2025
Red-crested PochardNetta rufina2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Snow GooseAnser caerulescens2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2024

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Soprano Pipistrelle

Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus

🐝

Insects17 species

summerautumn

2025

Lesser Emperor · Common Blue Damselfly · Common Darter · Hairy Shieldbug · Mystacides longicornis +12

Lesser EmperorAnax parthenope2024
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024
Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2024
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2024
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024

🌿

Plants62 species

summer

2025

Creeping Buttercup · Creeping Thistle · Curled Dock · Hawthorn · False Oat-grass +57

Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Curled DockRumex crispus2024
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2024
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2024
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2024
Common ReedPhragmites australis2024
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2024
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2024
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2024
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2024
Jacobaea vulgaris subsp. vulgarisJacobaea vulgaris subsp. vulgaris2024
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2024
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2024
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
SilverweedPotentilla anserina2024
False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae2024
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2024
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2024
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2024
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2024
GypsywortLycopus europaeus2024
Greater PlantainPlantago major2024
CleaversGalium aparine
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024
Smaller Cat's-tailPhleum bertolonii2024
Red FescueFestuca rubra2024
Meadow BarleyHordeum secalinum2024
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Lesser / Wood BurdockArctium minus
Rosa caninaRosa canina2024
TimothyPhleum pratense2024
Common CouchElymus repens2024
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2024
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2024
Common Club-rushSchoenoplectus lacustris2024
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2024
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2024
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Common Dog-violet / Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana or riviniana
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2024
Hard RushJuncus inflexus2024
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2024
Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2024
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2024
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2024
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024
Wild CarrotDaucus carota2024
Water MintMentha aquatica2024
WillowSalix2024
Greater Pond-sedgeCarex riparia2024
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2024
Common Spike-rushEleocharis palustris2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Philip Jeffrey · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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