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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.74537, -0.97453
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Woodpigeon
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Cattlemarket Car Park 30m away — 10 car parks within reach, toilets nearby
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Woodpigeon
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Cattlemarket Car Park 30m away — 10 car parks within reach, toilets nearby
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Woodpigeon, Magpie +54 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Woodpigeon, Magpie +54 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Black Clock, Hairy Shieldbug +8 more · last seen 2026
Free
Named cycling route nearby: NCN National Route 57
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Oxfordshire WayWalking route110 km▾
a traverse of Oxfordshire from the Cotswolds to the Chilterns
Named routeRef OWLength 110 kmRegional walking route
Thame Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Wychert Way LinkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Outer Aylesbury RingWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
The Wychert WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
27 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Bernwood Forest Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
NCN National Route 57Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 57National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route48 m▾
Named routeRef 57Length 48 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.4 km▾
Named routeRef 57Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.7 km▾
Named routeRef 57Length 1.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route64 m▾
Named routeRef 57Length 64 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
14,008 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
14,008 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds57 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blackbird · Carrion Crow +52
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Common GullLarus canus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- SwiftApus apus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- CootFulica atra
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- TealAnas crecca
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Streptopelia turtur turturStreptopelia turtur turtur
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Brown Rat · Muntjac
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
7-spot Ladybird · Black Clock · Hairy Shieldbug · Rhombic Leatherbug · Harlequin Ladybird +6
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
- Rhombic LeatherbugSyromastus rhombeus2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus
Marsh Woundwort
- Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
14,008 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds57 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blackbird · Carrion Crow +52
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Common GullLarus canus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- SwiftApus apus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- CootFulica atra
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- TealAnas crecca
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Streptopelia turtur turturStreptopelia turtur turtur
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Brown Rat · Muntjac
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
7-spot Ladybird · Black Clock · Hairy Shieldbug · Rhombic Leatherbug · Harlequin Ladybird +6
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
- Rhombic LeatherbugSyromastus rhombeus2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus
Marsh Woundwort
- Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025Agrilus cyanescensAgrilus cyanescens2025Agrilus cyanescensAgrilus cyanescens2025Events & activities nearby
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