Starveall Wood
✦ Ancient woodland73 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome73 ha
Getting here
51.88247, -1.63433
Open directionsv
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 54m away — 2 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 54m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Robin +68 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Robin +68 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Bank Haircap, Early-purple Orchid · last seen 2024
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Speckled Wood, Large White, Brimstone +17 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Speckled Wood, Large White, Brimstone +17 more · last seen 2024
Free
〰Waterside walks
Good match
Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths 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
Wychwood WayWalking route59.5 km▾
Named routeLength 59.5 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
D'Arcy Dalton WayWalking route107 km▾
Follows roughly the western boundary of Oxfordshire in unspoilt countryside.
Named routeLength 107 kmRegional walking route
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
9 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
8,790 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,790 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Robin · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Nuthatch +46
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Linaria cannabina cannabinaLinaria cannabina cannabina2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Troglodytes troglodytes indigenusTroglodytes troglodytes indigenus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
🦌Mammals7 species
springautumn
2025▾
Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Natterer's Bat +2
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri2024
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Speckled Wood · Large White · Red Admiral · Small White
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
- Small WhitePieris rapae
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,790 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Robin · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Nuthatch +46
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Linaria cannabina cannabinaLinaria cannabina cannabina2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Troglodytes troglodytes indigenusTroglodytes troglodytes indigenus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
🦌Mammals7 species
springautumn
2025▾
Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Natterer's Bat +2
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri2024
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Speckled Wood · Large White · Red Admiral · Small White
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
- Small WhitePieris rapae
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024Events & activities nearby
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