Uffington Wood ✦ Ancient woodland 10 ha
🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 10 ha
Places › England › South East › Vale of White Horse Getting here
51.58053, -1.56025
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 🐕 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
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🐕 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🌿 Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Chaffinch, Woodpigeon, Skylark +63 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Chaffinch, Woodpigeon, Skylark +63 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Pea-leaf Weevil, Cathormiocerus spinosus, Clover Seed Weevil +75 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Variable Forklet-moss · last seen 2021
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Named hiking route nearby: The Ridgeway
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 7 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
The Ridgeway Walking route 140 km ▾
Named route Ref RW Length 140 km National walking route
Show on map D'Arcy Dalton Way Walking route 107 km ▾
Follows roughly the western boundary of Oxfordshire in unspoilt countryside.
Named route Length 107 km Regional walking route
Show on map The Vale Way Walking route 43 km ▾
Route through the Vale of White Horse in Oxfordshire, UK. (27 miles).
Named route Length 43 km Local walking route
Show on map White horse circular walk Walking route ▾
Named route Ref WHCW Local walking route
Show on map Lambourn Valley Way Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Vale Cycle Links Cycling route ▾
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
King Alfred's Way Mountain bike route ▾
King Alfreds Way is 350km (220 miles) off road route designed to be ridden clockwise. It starts & ends in Winchester. It is suitable for gravel or cross-country bikes.
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map 5 public paths nearby
Public paths
The Ridgeway restricted byway · 613 m ▾
Public path restricted byway Length 613 m Surface compacted Path type: track
Show on map The Ridgeway restricted byway · 531 m ▾
Public path restricted byway Length 531 m Surface gravel Path type: track
Show on map The Ridgeway restricted byway · 283 m ▾
Public path restricted byway Length 283 m Surface compacted Incline down Path type: track
Show on map ✦ Ancient woodland — continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD. A rare and irreplaceable habitat, rich in biodiversity and historical character.
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Wildlife to spot
4,176 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 4,176 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 54 species
spring summer autumn winter
2025 ▾
Blackbird · Chaffinch · Woodpigeon · Robin · Kestrel +49
Blackbird Turdus merula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Great Tit Parus major Magpie Pica pica Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Carrion Crow Corvus corone Dunnock Prunella modularis Rook Corvus frugilegus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Skylark Alauda arvensis Goldcrest Regulus regulus Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Jay Garrulus glandarius Nuthatch Sitta europaea Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Stock Dove Columba oenas Siskin Spinus spinus Linnet Linaria cannabina Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Coal Tit Periparus ater Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Swift Apus apus Whitethroat Curruca communis Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Redwing Turdus iliacus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Grey Partridge Perdix perdix Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra Greenfinch Chloris chloris Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2024 Barn Owl Tyto alba2024 Raven Corvus corax2024 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2024 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2024 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca2024 🦌 Mammals 4 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Fallow Deer · Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Polecat
Fallow Deer Dama dama Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Brown Hare Lepus europaeus Polecat Mustela putorius2024 🐝 Insects 27 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Maple Dot · Sainfoin Piercer · Summer Chafer · Dogwood Cutter · Apple Pygmy +22
Maple Dot Stigmella aceris Sainfoin Piercer Grapholita caecana2024 Summer Chafer Amphimallon solstitiale2024 Dogwood Cutter Antispila petryi Apple Pygmy Stigmella malella Maple Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter acerifoliella Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 4,176 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 54 species
spring summer autumn winter
2025 ▾
Blackbird · Chaffinch · Woodpigeon · Robin · Kestrel +49
Blackbird Turdus merula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Great Tit Parus major Magpie Pica pica Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Carrion Crow Corvus corone Dunnock Prunella modularis Rook Corvus frugilegus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Skylark Alauda arvensis Goldcrest Regulus regulus Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Jay Garrulus glandarius Nuthatch Sitta europaea Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Stock Dove Columba oenas Siskin Spinus spinus Linnet Linaria cannabina Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Coal Tit Periparus ater Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Swift Apus apus Whitethroat Curruca communis Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Redwing Turdus iliacus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Grey Partridge Perdix perdix Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra Greenfinch Chloris chloris Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2024 Barn Owl Tyto alba2024 Raven Corvus corax2024 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2024 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2024 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca2024 🦌 Mammals 4 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Fallow Deer · Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Polecat
Fallow Deer Dama dama Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Brown Hare Lepus europaeus Polecat Mustela putorius2024 🐝 Insects 27 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Maple Dot · Sainfoin Piercer · Summer Chafer · Dogwood Cutter · Apple Pygmy +22
Maple Dot Stigmella aceris Sainfoin Piercer Grapholita caecana2024 Summer Chafer Amphimallon solstitiale2024 Dogwood Cutter Antispila petryi Apple Pygmy Stigmella malella Maple Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter acerifoliella Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pear Leaf Blister Moth Leucoptera malifoliella
Pear Leaf Blister Moth Leucoptera malifoliella
Norway Maple Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter joannisi
Norway Maple Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter joannisi
Three-spot Dot Stigmella trimaculella
Three-spot Dot Stigmella trimaculella
Speckled Apple Dot Bohemannia pulverosella
Speckled Apple Dot Bohemannia pulverosella
Barred Fruit-tree Dot Ectoedemia atricollis
Barred Fruit-tree Dot Ectoedemia atricollis
Rhamphus oxyacanthae Rhamphus oxyacanthae
Rhamphus oxyacanthae Rhamphus oxyacanthae
Horse-Chestnut Leaf-miner Cameraria ohridella
Horse-Chestnut Leaf-miner Cameraria ohridella
Chrysotoxum festivum Chrysotoxum festivum
Chrysotoxum festivum Chrysotoxum festivum
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva
Humming-bird Hawk-moth Macroglossum stellatarum
Humming-bird Hawk-moth Macroglossum stellatarum
Scarlet Tiger Callimorpha dominula
Scarlet Tiger Callimorpha dominula
Silver Y Autographa gamma
Silver Y Autographa gamma
Bloody-nosed Beetle Timarcha tenebricosa
Bloody-nosed Beetle Timarcha tenebricosa
Meadow Grass-moth Crambus lathoniellus2024
Meadow Grass-moth Crambus lathoniellus2024
Burnet Companion Euclidia glyphica2024
Burnet Companion Euclidia glyphica2024
Cocksfoot Moth Glyphipterix simpliciella2024
Cocksfoot Moth Glyphipterix simpliciella2024
Cistus Forester Adscita geryon2024
Cistus Forester Adscita geryon2024
Rock-rose Moth Neotelphusa sequax2024
Rock-rose Moth Neotelphusa sequax2024
Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha2024
Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha2024 