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Dogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
51.80555, -1.13480
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Wren +65 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Wren +65 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Speckled Wood, Ringlet, Large Skipper +177 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Speckled Wood, Ringlet, Large Skipper +177 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Oxford Green Belt WayWalking route87 km▾
Named routeLength 87 kmRegional walking route
Oxfordshire WayWalking route110 km▾
a traverse of Oxfordshire from the Cotswolds to the Chilterns
Named routeRef OWLength 110 kmRegional walking route
The Roman WayWalking route274.5 km▾
Named routeLength 274.5 kmRegional walking route
Bernwood Jubilee WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
14 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Islip-HortonCycling route▾
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National Byway (Bucks)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Route 10Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 10Local cycle route
North East Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef NELocal cycle route
Route 2bCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2bLocal cycle route
Marston-HortonCycling route▾
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Wildlife to spot
29,385 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
29,385 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
springsummer
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Robin · Woodpigeon · Blackcap · Wren +45
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great TitParus major
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MagpiePica pica
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Periparus ater britannicusPeriparus ater britannicus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RavenCorvus corax
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Beautiful Demoiselle · Emperor Dragonfly · Broad-bodied Chaser · Marmalade Hoverfly · Four-lined Horsefly +37
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Four-lined HorseflyAtylotus rusticus
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Common Red Soldier Beetle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
29,385 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
springsummer
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Robin · Woodpigeon · Blackcap · Wren +45
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great TitParus major
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MagpiePica pica
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Periparus ater britannicusPeriparus ater britannicus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RavenCorvus corax
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Beautiful Demoiselle · Emperor Dragonfly · Broad-bodied Chaser · Marmalade Hoverfly · Four-lined Horsefly +37
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Four-lined HorseflyAtylotus rusticus
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Common Red Soldier Beetle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Rhagonycha fulva
Rhagonycha fulva
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaCommon DarterSympetrum striolatumCommon DarterSympetrum striolatumSouthern Migrant HawkerAeshna affinisSouthern Migrant HawkerAeshna affinisAcorn WeevilCurculio glandiumAcorn WeevilCurculio glandiumMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorField GrasshopperChorthippus brunneusField GrasshopperChorthippus brunneusMeadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelusMeadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelusHouse WindowflyScenopinus fenestralisHouse WindowflyScenopinus fenestralisEmpis lividaEmpis lividaEmpis lividaEmpis lividaCleigastra apicalisCleigastra apicalisCleigastra apicalisCleigastra apicalisRed Wood AntFormica rufaRed Wood AntFormica rufaPhytocoris (Phytocoris) tiliaePhytocoris (Phytocoris) tiliaePhytocoris (Phytocoris) tiliaePhytocoris (Phytocoris) tiliaeChrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctumRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesTortoise BugEurygaster testudinariaTortoise BugEurygaster testudinariaBand-eyed Brown HorseflyTabanus bromiusBand-eyed Brown HorseflyTabanus bromiusFour-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataFour-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataBlack-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatumBlack-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatumHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusEpistrophe grossulariaeEpistrophe grossulariaeEpistrophe grossulariaeEpistrophe grossulariaeSphaerophoriaSphaerophoriaSphaerophoriaSphaerophoriaPlatycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatusWelsh ChaferHoplia philanthusWelsh ChaferHoplia philanthusWoundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimusWoundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimusHairy DragonflyBrachytron pratenseHairy DragonflyBrachytron pratenseClosterotomus fulvomaculatusClosterotomus fulvomaculatusClosterotomus fulvomaculatusClosterotomus fulvomaculatusRhinoceros BeetleSinodendron cylindricumRhinoceros BeetleSinodendron cylindricumHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxScaeva seleniticaScaeva seleniticaScaeva seleniticaScaeva seleniticaLivid SawflyTenthredo lividaLivid SawflyTenthredo lividaGreen LonghornAdela reaumurellaGreen LonghornAdela reaumurellaRed-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornisRed-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornisEllescus bipunctatusEllescus bipunctatusEllescus bipunctatusEllescus bipunctatusEvents & activities nearby
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