Sunnymead Recreation Ground
🦉Wildlife🛝Family🧺Picnic
Public accessDogs welcome
Getting here
51.78622, -1.25855
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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Cutteslowe Community Larder — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Cutteslowe Community Larder — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, picnic area; Playing field
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, car park; Playing field — open space for a simple picnic
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Mallard +77 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Mallard +77 more · last seen 2026
Free
⚽Playing fields
Very strong match
Playing field
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km20 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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
Boundary PatrolWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Northwood TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Shakespeare's WayWalking route235 km▾
Named routeLength 235 kmRegional walking route
149 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
Cotswold Line Cycle Route (under development)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 442National Cycle Network
Route 8Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 8Local cycle route
Route 8aCycling route▾
Named routeRef 8aLocal cycle route
Route 9Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 9Local cycle route
Route 3aCycling route▾
Named routeRef 3aLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
15,070 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
15,070 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Dunnock · Blackbird · Blue Tit +42
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great TitParus major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects17 species
springsummer
2026▾
Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Syrphus torvus · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Apion frumentarium · Epistrophe eligans +12
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,070 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Dunnock · Blackbird · Blue Tit +42
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great TitParus major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects17 species
springsummer
2026▾
Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Syrphus torvus · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Apion frumentarium · Epistrophe eligans +12
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas