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Tar Wood

✦ Ancient woodland29 ha

📷 Martin Loader · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome29 ha

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51.76394, -1.42422

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦83+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Coot and Tufted Duck
🐕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

🐦83+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Coot and Tufted Duck
🐕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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Coot, Tufted Duck, Canada Goose +80 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Coot, Tufted Duck, Canada Goose +80 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Emperor Dragonfly, Lesser Emperor +10 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Emperor Dragonfly, Lesser Emperor +10 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Oxford Green Belt WayWalking route87 km

Named routeLength 87 kmRegional walking route

Windrush PathWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Windrush PathWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Thames PathWalking route296 km

Named routeRef TPLength 296 kmNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

A40 Cycle PathCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 57Cycling route

Named routeRef 57National Cycle Network

Eaton-FyfieldCycling route

Named routeXcn

Witney to Long Hanborough Cycle PathCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

🐴

Horse riding

5 public paths nearby

Public paths

Bonds Lanerestricted byway · 838 m

Public pathrestricted bywayLength 838 mSurface dirtPath type: bridleway

Wildlife to spot

20,224 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

20,224 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds42 species

winter

2026

Tufted Duck · Coot · Canada Goose · Teal · Mute Swan +37

Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
CootFulica atra
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
TealAnas crecca
Mute SwanCygnus olor
GadwallMareca strepera
RobinErithacus rubecula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Great TitParus major2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris
LapwingVanellus vanellus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Red-crested PochardNetta rufina2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

20,224 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds42 species

winter

2026

Tufted Duck · Coot · Canada Goose · Teal · Mute Swan +37

Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
CootFulica atra
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
TealAnas crecca
Mute SwanCygnus olor
GadwallMareca strepera
RobinErithacus rubecula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Great TitParus major2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris
LapwingVanellus vanellus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Red-crested PochardNetta rufina2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Martin Loader · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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