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Wigginton Waterfowl Sanctuary

📷 Shaun Ferguson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessPaid entryDogs welcome

Getting here

52.00527, -1.44165

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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
🐄Summer visits here combine well with a walk along nearby trails — the animals are most active in the morning.
🐾Animal sanctuary on site — a good way to combine wildlife and an animal visit in the same trip

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐄Summer visits here combine well with a walk along nearby trails — the animals are most active in the morning.
🐾Animal sanctuary on site — a good way to combine wildlife and an animal visit in the same trip

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Farm visit

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Wren +64 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Wren +64 more · last seen 2025

Free

Farm visits

Very strong match

Farm attraction

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Cantharis rustica, Volucella inanis, Conops quadrifasciatus +22 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Cantharis rustica, Volucella inanis, Conops quadrifasciatus +22 more · last seen 2024

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Cross Cotswold PathwayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Macmillan WayWalking route290 km

Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route

D'Arcy Dalton WayWalking route107 km

Follows roughly the western boundary of Oxfordshire in unspoilt countryside.

Named routeLength 107 kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

41 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route

Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route28 m

Named routeRef 5Length 28 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route5 m

Named routeRef 5Length 5 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route36 m

Named routeRef 5Length 36 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route34 m

Named routeRef 5Length 34 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route3.1 km

Named routeRef 5Length 3.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

6,604 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,604 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds46 species

summerautumn

2025

Robin · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Green Woodpecker · Blackbird +41

RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
DunnockPrunella modularis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
JackdawColoeus monedula
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
JayGarrulus glandarius
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
NuthatchSitta europaea
Great TitParus major
MagpiePica pica
RookCorvus frugilegus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
WhitethroatCurruca communis
SwallowHirundo rustica
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Common GullLarus canus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
RavenCorvus corax
House MartinDelichon urbicum
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra

🦌

Mammals3 species

summerautumn

2025

Brown Hare · Common Pipistrelle · Polecat-Ferret

Brown HareLepus europaeus
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Polecat-FerretMustela furo x putorius

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,604 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds46 species

summerautumn

2025

Robin · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Green Woodpecker · Blackbird +41

RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
DunnockPrunella modularis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
JackdawColoeus monedula
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
JayGarrulus glandarius
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
NuthatchSitta europaea
Great TitParus major
MagpiePica pica
RookCorvus frugilegus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
WhitethroatCurruca communis
SwallowHirundo rustica
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Common GullLarus canus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
RavenCorvus corax
House MartinDelichon urbicum
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra

🦌

Mammals3 species

summerautumn

2025

Brown Hare · Common Pipistrelle · Polecat-Ferret

Brown HareLepus europaeus
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Polecat-FerretMustela furo x putorius

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Shaun Ferguson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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