Wheatley Birds of Prey
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🦅Birds🐄Farms🦉Wildlife
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Getting here
51.74001, -1.14345
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Moorhen and Mute Swan
- 🐄Summer visits here combine well with a walk along nearby trails — the animals are most active in the morning.
- ☕The Willow Tree Coffee Shop — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Moorhen and Mute Swan
- 🐄Summer visits here combine well with a walk along nearby trails — the animals are most active in the morning.
- ☕The Willow Tree Coffee Shop — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
☕Café🅿️Parking🚻Toilets🐄Farm visit
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Moorhen, Mute Swan, Mallard +79 more · last seen 2025
Free
🐄Farm visits
Very strong match
Farm attraction
Varies
Mammals — Muntjac, Hedgehog, Grey Squirrel +12 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Darter, Azure Damselfly, Ablattaria laevigata +29 more · last seen 2025
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Oxford Green Belt WayWalking route87 km▾
Named routeLength 87 kmRegional walking route
Oxfordshire WayWalking route110 km▾
a traverse of Oxfordshire from the Cotswolds to the Chilterns
Named routeRef OWLength 110 kmRegional walking route
Boundary PatrolWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Sandpit WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Northwood TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
36 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 3aCycling route▾
Named routeRef 3aLocal cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6Local cycle route
Route 10Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 10Local cycle route
Route 3Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
North East Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef NELocal cycle route
Wheatley-CowleyCycling route▾
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1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Ladder Hill towards Wheatley
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Wildlife to spot
29,532 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
29,532 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
winterspring
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Blue Tit · Herring Gull · Jackdaw +42
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Pyrrhula pyrrhula pyrrhulaPyrrhula pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Carduelis carduelis britannicaCarduelis carduelis britannica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Troglodytes troglodytes indigenusTroglodytes troglodytes indigenus
- Common GullLarus canus
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummer
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Squirrel · Muntjac · Rabbit · Otter +1
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- SquirrelSciurus2024
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- OtterLutra lutra
- BadgerMeles meles2024
Slow-worm · Grass Snake
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians4 species
springsummer
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Smooth Newt · Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2025
- FrogRana2024
Azure Damselfly · Water Stick Insect · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Emperor Dragonfly · Red-legged Shieldbug +15
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Water Stick InsectRanatra (Ranatra) linearis
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Ablattaria laevigataAblattaria laevigata2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
29,532 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
winterspring
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Blue Tit · Herring Gull · Jackdaw +42
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Pyrrhula pyrrhula pyrrhulaPyrrhula pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Carduelis carduelis britannicaCarduelis carduelis britannica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Troglodytes troglodytes indigenusTroglodytes troglodytes indigenus
- Common GullLarus canus
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummer
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Squirrel · Muntjac · Rabbit · Otter +1
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- SquirrelSciurus2024
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- OtterLutra lutra
- BadgerMeles meles2024
Slow-worm · Grass Snake
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians4 species
springsummer
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Smooth Newt · Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2025
- FrogRana2024
Azure Damselfly · Water Stick Insect · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Emperor Dragonfly · Red-legged Shieldbug +15
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Water Stick InsectRanatra (Ranatra) linearis
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Ablattaria laevigataAblattaria laevigata2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Harlequin Ladybird
Harlequin Ladybird
Harmonia axyridis
Harmonia axyridis
Notonecta (Notonecta) maculataNotonecta (Notonecta) maculataNotonecta (Notonecta) maculataNotonecta (Notonecta) maculata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaRoesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeseliiRoesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeseliiMeadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelusMeadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelusCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerumCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerumLong-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscusLong-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscusBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansCommon DarterSympetrum striolatumCommon DarterSympetrum striolatumLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisHornet HoverflyVolucella zonariaHornet HoverflyVolucella zonariaBlack-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccineaBlack-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea