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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.64064, -0.99074
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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
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
🌤️ 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
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Nature reserve
Free
Dogs allowed — nature reserve
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Nature reserve — seasonal wildlife and habitats
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Moderate match
Nature reserve — public outdoor space
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
The RidgewayWalking route140 km▾
Named routeRef RWLength 140 kmNational walking route
The Chiltern WayWalking route275 km▾
A waymarked long-distance footpath in southern England
Named routeRef CWLength 275 kmRegional walking route
Oxfordshire WayWalking route110 km▾
a traverse of Oxfordshire from the Cotswolds to the Chilterns
Named routeRef OWLength 110 kmRegional walking route
Shakespeare's WayWalking route235 km▾
Named routeLength 235 kmRegional walking route
The Chiltern Way Southern ExtensionWalking route▾
Long distance path
Named routeRef CWSRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Chilterns CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route
8 public paths nearby
Public paths
Icknield Wayrestricted byway · 254 m▾
Braided path.
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 254 mSurface dirtPath type: track
Icknield Wayrestricted byway · 175 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 175 mSurface dirtPath type: track
Icknield Wayrestricted byway · 507 m▾
Braided path. Some loose gravel and compacted dirt.
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 507 mSurface compactedPath type: track
Icknield Wayrestricted byway · 130 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 130 mSurface compactedPath type: track
Icknield Wayrestricted byway · 56 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 56 mSurface gravelPath type: service
Photos
Footpath on Watlington Hill
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
8,676 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,676 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Wren · Woodpigeon · Robin · Dunnock · Blackbird +37
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
🦌Mammals8 species
springautumn
2026▾
Fallow Deer · Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Muntjac +3
- Fallow DeerDama dama2025
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus · Harlequin Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Closterotomus trivialis +32
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis2025
- Swollen-thighed Beetle
Eyebright
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,676 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Wren · Woodpigeon · Robin · Dunnock · Blackbird +37
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
🦌Mammals8 species
springautumn
2026▾
Fallow Deer · Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Muntjac +3
- Fallow DeerDama dama2025
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus · Harlequin Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Closterotomus trivialis +32
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis2025
- Swollen-thighed Beetle
Eyebright
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Red Fox
Red Fox
Vulpes vulpes
Vulpes vulpes
MoleTalpa europaea2025MoleTalpa europaea2025Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025Oedemera nobilis2025
Oedemera nobilis2025
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025Pterostichus nigerPterostichus nigerPterostichus nigerPterostichus nigerCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Small Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha goettingensis2025Small Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha goettingensis2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus2025Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus2025Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2025Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2025Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2025Onthophagus joannaeOnthophagus joannae2025Onthophagus joannaeOnthophagus joannae2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2025Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2025Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2025Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025Anthrenus fuscusAnthrenus fuscus2025Anthrenus fuscusAnthrenus fuscus2025Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2025Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2025Empis tessellataEmpis tessellata2025Empis tessellataEmpis tessellata2025Fever FlyDilophus febrilis2025Fever FlyDilophus febrilis2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025Events & activities nearby
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