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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.90323, -1.40333
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🐕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
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🐕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
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Pheasant +77 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Pheasant +77 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Orange-tip, Gatekeeper +94 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small White, Orange-tip, Gatekeeper +94 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named cycling route nearby: National Byway (Oxon and Glos)
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Marsh-marigold, Salad Burnet, Cowslip +1 more · last seen 2021; Plants — Marsh-marigold, Salad Burnet, Cowslip +1 more · last seen 2021
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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
Wychwood WayWalking route59.5 km▾
Named routeLength 59.5 kmRegional walking route
The Roman WayWalking route274.5 km▾
Named routeLength 274.5 kmRegional walking route
European walking route E2 west, UK, South East EnglandWalking route▾
Westroute: Stranraer (UK) - Birminhgham (UK) - Calais (FR) - Zoersel (BE) / Eastroute: Stranraer (UK) - Harwich (UK) - Rotterdam (NL) - Zoersel (BE) / Both Routes: Zoersel (BE) - Maastrich (NL) - Luxembourg (LUX) - Lake Geneva (CH) - Nice (FR)
Named routeRef E2International walking route
19 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
Cotswold Line Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 442National Cycle Network
National Byway (Oxon and Glos)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route368 m▾
Named routeRef 5Length 368 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route2.2 km▾
Named routeRef 5Length 2.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route1.5 km▾
Named routeRef 442Length 1.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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Wildlife to spot
4,105 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
4,105 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds55 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Pheasant · Blackbird · Yellowhammer · Red-legged Partridge · Carrion Crow +50
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- TealAnas crecca
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
🦌Mammals8 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Barbastelle · Muntjac · Common Pipistrelle +3
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- BarbastelleBarbastella barbastellus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano Pipistrelle
🐝Insects4 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Southern Hawker · Rosemary Beetle · Field Grasshopper · Summer Chafer
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024
- Summer ChaferAmphimallon solstitiale2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,105 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds55 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Pheasant · Blackbird · Yellowhammer · Red-legged Partridge · Carrion Crow +50
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- TealAnas crecca
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
🦌Mammals8 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Barbastelle · Muntjac · Common Pipistrelle +3
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- BarbastelleBarbastella barbastellus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano Pipistrelle
🐝Insects4 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Southern Hawker · Rosemary Beetle · Field Grasshopper · Summer Chafer
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024
- Summer ChaferAmphimallon solstitiale2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pipistrellus pygmaeus
Pipistrellus pygmaeus
Fallow DeerDama damaFallow DeerDama damaRabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024Events & activities nearby
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