The Church of the Holy Rood
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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.77265, -1.61424
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🐕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
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🐕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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
D'Arcy Dalton WayWalking route107 km▾
Follows roughly the western boundary of Oxfordshire in unspoilt countryside.
Named routeLength 107 kmRegional walking route
The Roman WayWalking route274.5 km▾
Named routeLength 274.5 kmRegional walking route
17 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 57Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 57National Cycle Network
National Byway (Oxon and Glos)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Alternative RouteCycling route524 m▾
Named routeRef 57Length 524 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.1 km▾
Named routeRef 57Length 2.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route325 m▾
Named routeRef 57Length 325 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route206 m▾
Named routeRef 57Length 206 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Ladburn Lanebridleway · 603 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 603 mPath type: service
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Wildlife to spot
5,590 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,590 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
springsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Goldfinch · Starling · Carrion Crow +36
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MagpiePica pica
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SwiftApus apus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
Lesser Horseshoe Bat · Badger · Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Muntjac
- Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros
- BadgerMeles meles
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2024
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
🐝Insects16 species
springsummer
2025▾
Rugged Oil-beetle · Red-legged Shieldbug · Helophilus pendulus · Lesser Stag Beetle · Cream-spot Ladybird +11
- Rugged Oil-beetleMeloe rugosus
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,590 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
springsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Goldfinch · Starling · Carrion Crow +36
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MagpiePica pica
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SwiftApus apus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
Lesser Horseshoe Bat · Badger · Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Muntjac
- Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros
- BadgerMeles meles
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2024
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
🐝Insects16 species
springsummer
2025▾
Rugged Oil-beetle · Red-legged Shieldbug · Helophilus pendulus · Lesser Stag Beetle · Cream-spot Ladybird +11
- Rugged Oil-beetleMeloe rugosus
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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