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Bovium Roman Settlement

📷 Eirian Evans · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Getting here

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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
✦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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦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

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackcap, Blackbird, Rook +50 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackcap, Blackbird, Rook +50 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Meadow Brown, Azure Damselfly, Gatekeeper +44 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Meadow Brown, Azure Damselfly, Gatekeeper +44 more · last seen 2024

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Moderate match

Plants — Japanese Knotweed · last seen 2024; Plants — Japanese Knotweed · last seen 2024

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Cheshire CircuitWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Sandstone TrailWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Marches WayWalking route

Named route

Rose Farm DEFRA Conservation WalksWalking route

Named route

Dee WayWalking route

Named route

🚴

Cycling

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Mercian WayCycling route

Named routeRef 45National Cycle Network

River to RidgeCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Cheshire CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef 70Regional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route7.8 km

Named routeRef 45Length 7.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

5,995 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,995 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

springsummer

2025

Pheasant · Blackcap · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Rook +49

PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
Great TitParus major2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
DunnockPrunella modularis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
CootFulica atra2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
RavenCorvus corax
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
TealAnas crecca2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
SwiftApus apus2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023

🦌

Mammals3 species

springsummer

2025

Badger · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel

BadgerMeles meles
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023

🐸

Amphibians2 species

springwinter

2025

Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt

Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2024

🐝

Insects47 species

summer

2024

Meadow Brown · Azure Damselfly · Gatekeeper · Common Carder Bee · Western Honey Bee +42

Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
Green-veined WhitePieris napi
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris
White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris
RingletAphantopus hyperantus
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
Large WhitePieris brassicae
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
PeacockAglais io
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Common BluePolyommatus icarus
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas
BumblebeeBombus
CommaPolygonia c-album
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2023
Small WhitePieris rapae2023
Black DarterSympetrum danae
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Common Club-tailGomphus vulgatissimus
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
Sitona obsoletusSitona obsoletus2023
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2023
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2023
Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2023

🌿

Plants1 species

autumn

2024

Japanese Knotweed

Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,995 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

springsummer

2025

Pheasant · Blackcap · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Rook +49

PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
Great TitParus major2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
DunnockPrunella modularis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
CootFulica atra2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
RavenCorvus corax
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
TealAnas crecca2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
SwiftApus apus2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023

🦌

Mammals3 species

springsummer

2025

Badger · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel

BadgerMeles meles
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023

🐸

Amphibians2 species

springwinter

2025

Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt

Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2024

🐝

Insects47 species

summer

2024

Meadow Brown · Azure Damselfly · Gatekeeper · Common Carder Bee · Western Honey Bee +42

Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
Green-veined WhitePieris napi
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris
White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris
RingletAphantopus hyperantus
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
Large WhitePieris brassicae
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
PeacockAglais io
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Common BluePolyommatus icarus
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas
BumblebeeBombus
CommaPolygonia c-album
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2023
Small WhitePieris rapae2023
Black DarterSympetrum danae
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Common Club-tailGomphus vulgatissimus
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
Sitona obsoletusSitona obsoletus2023
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2023
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2023
Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2023

🌿

Plants1 species

autumn

2024

Japanese Knotweed

Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Eirian Evans · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Imposing entrance to Old Hall Farm

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