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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.85090, -1.08011
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Dunnock
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Dunnock
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Dunnock, Blackcap +62 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Dunnock, Blackcap +62 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Blue, Black Hairstreak, Meadow Brown +118 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Langford Health RouteWalking route5 km▾
Named routeLength 5 kmLocal walking route
Bernwood Jubilee WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
21 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Islip-HortonCycling route▾
Named routeXcn
National Byway (Bernwood Forest Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway (Bucks)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
16Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
BR12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef BR12Local cycle route
BR5Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
3,772 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,772 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Robin · Great Tit · Blackcap · Chiffchaff +43
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
🦌Mammals7 species
winterspringsummer
2024▾
Brown Hare · Red Fox · Field Vole · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer +2
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2023
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2023
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2023
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Marmalade Hoverfly · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Aphrophora alni · Emperor Dragonfly · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle +27
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024
- Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni2024
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024
- Water ScorpionNepa cinerea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,772 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Robin · Great Tit · Blackcap · Chiffchaff +43
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
🦌Mammals7 species
winterspringsummer
2024▾
Brown Hare · Red Fox · Field Vole · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer +2
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2023
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2023
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2023
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Marmalade Hoverfly · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Aphrophora alni · Emperor Dragonfly · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle +27
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024
- Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni2024
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024
- Water ScorpionNepa cinerea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
2023
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2023Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2023Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2023Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2023Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2023Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2023Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2024Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2024Pantaloon BeeDasypoda hirtipes2023Pantaloon BeeDasypoda hirtipes2023Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2023Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2023Tachina feraTachina fera2023Tachina feraTachina fera2023Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2023Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2023Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2023Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2023Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber2023Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber2023Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2023Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2023Red-tailed Blood BeeSphecodes rubicundus2023Red-tailed Blood BeeSphecodes rubicundus2023Paracorymbia fulvaParacorymbia fulva2023Paracorymbia fulvaParacorymbia fulva2023Cistogaster globosaCistogaster globosa2023Cistogaster globosaCistogaster globosa2023Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2023Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2023Bee WolfPhilanthus triangulum2023Bee WolfPhilanthus triangulum2023Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2023Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2023Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2023Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2023Timothy GrassbugStenotus binotatus2023Timothy GrassbugStenotus binotatus2023Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2023Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria202314-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202314-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2023HornetVespa crabro2023HornetVespa crabro20237-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20237-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2023Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2023Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2023Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2023