Bourton Bridge Roman settlement
14 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome14 ha
Getting here
51.88719, -1.76873
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Mallard
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Mallard
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Jackdaw, Mallard, Grey Heron +74 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Jackdaw, Mallard, Grey Heron +74 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Small White, Gatekeeper +69 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Fosse2
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
Oxfordshire WayWalking route110 km▾
a traverse of Oxfordshire from the Cotswolds to the Chilterns
Named routeRef OWLength 110 kmRegional walking route
Heart of England WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 161kmRegional walking route
Diamond WayWalking route106 km▾
Named routeRef DIALength 106 kmRegional walking route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Fosse2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 48National Cycle Network
Fosse2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 48National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route4.6 km▾
Named routeRef 48Length 4.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
River Windrush at Bourton Bridge
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
12,005 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,005 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Jackdaw · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Robin +45
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
🦌Mammals2 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis pertinax · Green Shieldbug · Birch Shieldbug · Red-legged Shieldbug +5
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria
Lesser Screw-moss
- Lesser Screw-mossSyntrichia virescens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,005 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Jackdaw · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Robin +45
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
🦌Mammals2 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis pertinax · Green Shieldbug · Birch Shieldbug · Red-legged Shieldbug +5
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria
Lesser Screw-moss
- Lesser Screw-mossSyntrichia virescens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata202524-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2025Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Odontocerum albicorneOdontocerum albicorne2025Odontocerum albicorneOdontocerum albicorne2025