Short birdwatching visit · Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust
Bacombe Hill
- Tier
- Local green space
- Best season
- Check the individual bird notes
- Headline birds
- Red Kite · Green Woodpecker · Chiffchaff
- Parking
- Park in Wendover town rather than attempting to drive onto reserve paths.
- Hides
- Not stated by the operator
- Step-free
- Not stated by the operator
Wendover
Bacombe Hill is a chalk escarpment reserve immediately above Wendover, with grassland, scrub and small areas of woodland. Red Kite, Green Woodpecker and Chiffchaff are all named in the Wildlife Trust’s reserve profile. Open views over Aylesbury Vale give a different watching setting from the wooded paths below the ridge. The reserve has its own character and boundary east of neighbouring Coombe Hill; it is recorded here as one place rather than as several viewpoints along a walk. Reaching it involves a walk from town and some steep ground, so allow for the approach as well as time on the hillside.
Birds and seasons
- Red Kite · Headline bird — Season not stated Source for Red Kite
- Green Woodpecker · Headline bird — Season not stated Source for Green Woodpecker
- Chiffchaff · Headline bird — Season not stated Source for Chiffchaff
Plan your visit
- Hides and viewpoints
- Not stated by the operator – check before travelling
- Paths
- Public footpaths and a bridleway cross the reserve, with steep and sometimes muddy sections.
- Toilets
- Not stated by the operator – check before travelling
- Parking
- Park in Wendover town rather than attempting to drive onto reserve paths.
- Dogs
- Dogs must be on a lead where livestock graze.
- Access notes
- Kissing gates and sloping ground are recorded by the Trust.
- Step-free access
- Not stated by the operator – check before travelling
Getting there: Walk roughly a quarter of a mile from Wendover along the road signposted towards Butler’s Cross and Ellesborough. Follow the signed public route onto Bacombe Hill and keep clear of grazing animals.
Sources
Social preview: original typographic artwork by Does Your Duck Quack.
Nearby special trips
- Blow’s Downs · 13.5 straight-line miles
- Chobham Common · 27.3 straight-line miles
- Padworth Common · 30.5 straight-line miles
Continue birding nearby
Nearest full guide: College Lake, 6.0 miles away in a straight line.
- Weston Turville Reservoir · 1.5 miles in a straight line
- Dancersend · 2.6 miles in a straight line
- Wilstone Reservoir (Tring Reservoirs) · 4.5 miles in a straight line