Deserted village of Caldecote
3 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
52.48156, -0.31851
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Fieldfare and Woodpigeon
- ✦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
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Fieldfare and Woodpigeon
- ✦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 — Fieldfare, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +67 more · last seen 2025
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Fieldfare, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +67 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Small White, Green-veined White +100 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Forked Veilwort, Dilated Scalewort, Rough-stalked Feather-moss +86 more · last seen 2019
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
28 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 53Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 53National Cycle Network
The Green WheelCycling route▾
Named routeRef 21Round tripRegional cycle route
The Green WheelCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route93 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 93 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.8 km▾
Named routeRef 12Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
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Caldecote; area of deserted village
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
4,414 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,414 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds57 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Blackcap · Wren · Woodpigeon · Robin · Blue Tit +52
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua2021
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2021
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Great TitParus major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- White WagtailMotacilla alba alba2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- JayGarrulus glandarius2022
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2021
- RavenCorvus corax2020
- CuckooCuculus canorus2020
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2020
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2019
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2019
🦌Mammals6 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Brown Hare · Brown Long-eared Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Otter +1
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2023
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2022
- OtterLutra lutra2022
- Noctule
🦎Reptiles1 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians3 species
summer
2022▾
Great Crested Newt · Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Common ToadBufo bufo2021
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2021
🐝Insects18 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Painted Lady · Cabbage Bug · Green-veined White · Gatekeeper · Meadow Brown +13
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2021
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
Small-flowered Sweet-briar
- Small-flowered Sweet-briarRosa micrantha
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,414 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds57 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Blackcap · Wren · Woodpigeon · Robin · Blue Tit +52
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua2021
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2021
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Great TitParus major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- White WagtailMotacilla alba alba2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- JayGarrulus glandarius2022
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2021
- RavenCorvus corax2020
- CuckooCuculus canorus2020
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2020
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2019
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2019
🦌Mammals6 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Brown Hare · Brown Long-eared Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Otter +1
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2023
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2022
- OtterLutra lutra2022
- Noctule
🦎Reptiles1 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians3 species
summer
2022▾
Great Crested Newt · Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Common ToadBufo bufo2021
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2021
🐝Insects18 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Painted Lady · Cabbage Bug · Green-veined White · Gatekeeper · Meadow Brown +13
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2021
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
Small-flowered Sweet-briar
- Small-flowered Sweet-briarRosa micrantha
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Nyctalus noctula2019
Nyctalus noctula2019
Common Blue
Common Blue
Polyommatus icarus2019
Polyommatus icarus2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2019Small WhitePieris rapae2019PeacockAglais io2019PeacockAglais io2019Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2021Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2021Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2021Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2021Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2020Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2020Hemerocallis Gall MidgeContarinia quinquenotata2020Hemerocallis Gall MidgeContarinia quinquenotata2020Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2020Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2020Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Large WhitePieris brassicae2019Large WhitePieris brassicae2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Events & activities nearby
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