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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🎠 Play
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Places › England › South East › Oxford Getting here
51.79188, -1.27380
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 131m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 131m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🅿️ Parking· Paid 🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Mallard, Woodpigeon +78 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Mallard, Woodpigeon +78 more · last seen 2026
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, Southern Oak Bush-cricket +89 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, Southern Oak Bush-cricket +89 more · last seen 2026
Free
Named cycling route nearby: NCN 51
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Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 17 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Oxford Green Belt Way Walking route 87 km ▾
Named route Length 87 km Regional walking route
Show on map Oxfordshire Way Walking route 110 km ▾
a traverse of Oxfordshire from the Cotswolds to the Chilterns
Named route Ref OW Length 110 km Regional walking route
Show on map Shakespeare's Way Walking route 235 km ▾
Named route Length 235 km Regional walking route
Show on map Oxford Canal Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Ramblers Jubilee Circular Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 142 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 5 National Cycle Network
Show on map Cotswold Line Cycle Route (under development) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 442 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 8 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 8 Local cycle route
Show on map Route 8a Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 8a Local cycle route
Show on map Route 9 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 9 Local cycle route
Show on map Route 3a Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 3a Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
13,473 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 13,473 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 32 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Dunnock · Mallard · Blackbird +27
Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Dunnock Prunella modularis Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Blackbird Turdus merula Magpie Pica pica Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Tit Parus major Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Coot Fulica atra Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Teal Anas crecca Greylag Goose Anser anser Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Redwing Turdus iliacus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Mute Swan Cygnus olor Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Greenfinch Chloris chloris Barn Owl Tyto alba Starling Sturnus vulgaris Jay Garrulus glandarius Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 🐝 Insects 8 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Apion frumentarium · Scathophaga stercoraria · Syrphus torvus · Epistrophe eligans +3
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 Apion frumentarium Apion frumentarium Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Syrphus torvus Syrphus torvus Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 13,473 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 32 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Dunnock · Mallard · Blackbird +27
Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Dunnock Prunella modularis Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Blackbird Turdus merula Magpie Pica pica Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Tit Parus major Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Coot Fulica atra Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Teal Anas crecca Greylag Goose Anser anser Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Redwing Turdus iliacus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Mute Swan Cygnus olor Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Greenfinch Chloris chloris Barn Owl Tyto alba Starling Sturnus vulgaris Jay Garrulus glandarius Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 🐝 Insects 8 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Apion frumentarium · Scathophaga stercoraria · Syrphus torvus · Epistrophe eligans +3
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 Apion frumentarium Apion frumentarium Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Syrphus torvus Syrphus torvus Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
Culiseta annulata Culiseta annulata2025
Culiseta annulata Culiseta annulata2025 