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Ditchend Roman villa

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📷 Andrew Smith · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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51.69803, -1.09858

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Wren, Goldfinch +64 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Wren, Goldfinch +64 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Beautiful Demoiselle, Dotted Bee-fly, Alder Leaf Beetle +13 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Beautiful Demoiselle, Dotted Bee-fly, Alder Leaf Beetle +13 more · last seen 2024

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Common Centaury, Pyramidal Orchid, Bee Orchid +1 more · last seen 2021; Plants — Common Centaury, Pyramidal Orchid, Bee Orchid +1 more · last seen 2021

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Oxford Green Belt WayWalking route87 km

Named routeLength 87 kmRegional walking route

Oxfordshire WayWalking route110 km

a traverse of Oxfordshire from the Cotswolds to the Chilterns

Named routeRef OWLength 110 kmRegional walking route

Shakespeare's WayWalking route235 km

Named routeLength 235 kmRegional walking route

The Roman WayWalking route274.5 km

Named routeLength 274.5 kmRegional walking route

Thame Valley WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

7 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Wheatley-CowleyCycling route

Named routeXcn

Garsington-GreatMiltonCycling route

Named routeXcn

BlackbirdLeys-GarsingtonCycling route

Named routeXcn

Wheatley-GreatMiltonCycling route

Named routeXcn

NCN National Route 57Cycling route

Named routeRef 57National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route922 m

Named routeRef 57Length 922 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

🐴

Horse riding

1 public path nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

6,598 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,598 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds47 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2025

Blackbird · Goldfinch · Wren · Robin · Magpie +42

BlackbirdTurdus merula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RobinErithacus rubecula
MagpiePica pica
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Great TitParus major
GreenfinchChloris chloris
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
JackdawColoeus monedula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Stock DoveColumba oenas
LinnetLinaria cannabina
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
DunnockPrunella modularis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
RookCorvus frugilegus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
WhitethroatCurruca communis
SwiftApus apus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
SiskinSpinus spinus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
SwallowHirundo rustica
House MartinDelichon urbicum
JayGarrulus glandarius
Coal TitPeriparus ater
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
House SparrowPasser domesticus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus

🦌

Mammals15 species

autumnwinter

2026

Harvest Mouse · Rabbit · Mole · Muntjac · Badger +10

Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
MoleTalpa europaea2025
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
BadgerMeles meles2025
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2025
Bank VoleMyodes glareolus2025
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2025
Common ShrewSorex araneus2025
WeaselMustela nivalis2025
PolecatMustela putorius2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,598 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds47 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2025

Blackbird · Goldfinch · Wren · Robin · Magpie +42

BlackbirdTurdus merula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
RobinErithacus rubecula
MagpiePica pica
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Great TitParus major
GreenfinchChloris chloris
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
JackdawColoeus monedula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Stock DoveColumba oenas
LinnetLinaria cannabina
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
DunnockPrunella modularis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
RookCorvus frugilegus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
WhitethroatCurruca communis
SwiftApus apus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
SiskinSpinus spinus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
SwallowHirundo rustica
House MartinDelichon urbicum
JayGarrulus glandarius
Coal TitPeriparus ater
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
House SparrowPasser domesticus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus

🦌

Mammals15 species

autumnwinter

2026

Harvest Mouse · Rabbit · Mole · Muntjac · Badger +10

Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
MoleTalpa europaea2025
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
BadgerMeles meles2025
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2025
Bank VoleMyodes glareolus2025
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2025
Common ShrewSorex araneus2025
WeaselMustela nivalis2025
PolecatMustela putorius2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Andrew Smith · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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