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It is a fantastic hide with views over the fields & ponds. DOGs are NOT allowed. This also means that you cannot use the direct footpath towards Beckley if you have a DOG. Instead you have to take the path via the RSPB car park, which adds 2k to the walk if you go back to the footpath, rather than follow the road up to the Abingdon Arms at Beckley

This section of the route is also used as a shooting range. Red flags or lights will indicate if the range is in use and therefore not accessible to the public. To best plan your route in advance, you can check the areas firing times by phoning the South East Operations room on 01420 483405 or visiting this link https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/south-east-training-estate-firing-times/otmoor-range-firing-times-december-2022#firing-times.

Sit back and enjoy the natural spectacle of these beautiful birds on this second viewing platform located slightly deeper into the reserve. Don't forget to bring your binoculars!

Otmoor RSPB Reserve is a haven for beautiful birdlife. This viewing platform perched on the edge of the waterfront allows you to get up close and personal with some of the reserve's finest creatures.

The Wetlands Watch lookout and viewing screens are especially great to visit in the autumn and winter months when large numbers of wildfowl and waders are spotted on the floodplains.

This pretty church has Norman origins although it was almost entirely rebuilt in the 14th and 15th centuries. Its churchyard is historic and peaceful, while the interior of the church has centuries-old paintings and impressive stained glass windows.

One of the seven ancient towns of Otmoor: Oddington, Bethlehem-on-Otmoor, Fencott, Murcott, Horton-Cum-Studley, Beckley and Noke. An excellent way to get to the RSPB Otmoor nature reserve.

Every winter you can observe the magic of the murmurations of wings from thousands of starlings performing a stunning sunset ballet. These aerial acrobatics are endlessly fascinating. In the case of swarming starlings, the results from carefully filming and mapping each starling in a flock show that murmurations are a scale-free phenomenon, poised at the edge of criticality. This means that the starling flock is both different from and more than the sum of its parts. It also means that information ripples very fast through the flock allowing it to act as a superorganism, scaring away potential predators before the starlings can return safely to their nightly shelter.