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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.87846, -1.65836
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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 — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon +60 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon +60 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown, Ringlet +28 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown, Ringlet +28 more · last seen 2024
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Bank Haircap, Early-purple Orchid · last seen 2024; Plants — Bank Haircap, Early-purple Orchid · last seen 2024
Free
Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
Oxfordshire WayWalking route110 km▾
a traverse of Oxfordshire from the Cotswolds to the Chilterns
Named routeRef OWLength 110 kmRegional walking route
Diamond WayWalking route106 km▾
Named routeRef DIALength 106 kmRegional walking route
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
Spring Lanepublic footpath · 32 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 32 mPath type: track
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cotswold Line Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 442National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route5.3 km▾
Named routeRef 442Length 5.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route925 m▾
Named routeRef 442Length 925 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route4.8 km▾
Named routeRef 442Length 4.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
11,720 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
11,720 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springautumn
2026▾
Blackbird · Nuthatch · Woodpigeon · Robin · Blue Tit +37
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Natterer's Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Muntjac · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel +1
- Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri2024
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Speckled Wood · Meadow Brown · Large White · Red Admiral · Small White +10
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,720 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springautumn
2026▾
Blackbird · Nuthatch · Woodpigeon · Robin · Blue Tit +37
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Natterer's Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Muntjac · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel +1
- Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri2024
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Speckled Wood · Meadow Brown · Large White · Red Admiral · Small White +10
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Brown HareLepus europaeus2024Brown HareLepus europaeus2024Common BluePolyommatus icarusCommon BluePolyommatus icarusLesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatusLesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatusGreen-veined WhitePieris napiGreen-veined WhitePieris napiXylota segnisXylota segnisXylota segnisXylota segnisGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaRoesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeseliiRoesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeseliiTree Damsel BugHimacerus (Himacerus) apterusTree Damsel BugHimacerus (Himacerus) apterusLarge SkipperOchlodes sylvanusLarge SkipperOchlodes sylvanus