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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessDogs welcome36 ha
Getting here
51.97796, -1.46996
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackbird
- ✦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
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackbird
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +62 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Mammals — Lesser Horseshoe Bat, Myotis Bat species, Roe Deer +11 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access; Grade II* listed building: SWERFORD PARK
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Meadow Brown, Small White, Ringlet +52 more · last seen 2025
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Shakespeare's WayWalking route235 km▾
Named routeLength 235 kmRegional walking route
Cross Cotswold PathwayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional 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
Seven Shires WayWalking route234 km▾
Named routeRef 7SWLength 234 kmRegional walking route
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
N/ACycling route22 m▾
Named routeLength 22 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route5.9 km▾
Named routeLength 5.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route10.8 km▾
Named routeRef 5Length 10.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route3.4 km▾
Named routeRef 5Length 3.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
9,062 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,062 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Robin · Blackbird · Pheasant · Woodpigeon · Chaffinch +45
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Red Fox
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Small White · Meadow Brown · Large White · Speckled Wood · Gatekeeper +8
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,062 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Robin · Blackbird · Pheasant · Woodpigeon · Chaffinch +45
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Red Fox
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Small White · Meadow Brown · Large White · Speckled Wood · Gatekeeper +8
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
PeacockAglais io2024PeacockAglais io2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris202422-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctataRed AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2024Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2024