Dovecote 125m north of Minster Lovell Hall 0 ha
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51.80072, -1.53059
Open directionsv ✦ Scheduled Ancient Monument — Nationally protected archaeological site on the National Heritage List for England (NHLE). Scheduled monuments represent the best surviving examples of England's irreplaceable archaeological heritage.
Dovecote scheduled monument
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 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 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 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 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🦉 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 — Goldfinch, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +69 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Goldfinch, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +69 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Small White, Small Tortoiseshell +139 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Large White, Small White, Small Tortoiseshell +139 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Black Medick, Goat's-beard, Ragged-Robin +108 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Black Medick, Goat's-beard, Ragged-Robin +108 more · last seen 2024
Free
Plants — Bramble, Common Sorrel, Ground-elder +11 more foraging species
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 3 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Wychwood Way Walking route 59.5 km ▾
Named route Length 59.5 km Regional walking route
Show on map The Roman Way Walking route 274.5 km ▾
Named route Length 274.5 km Regional walking route
Show on map Windrush Path Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 30 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
A40 Cycle Path Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Route 57 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 57 National Cycle Network
Show on map Cotswold Line Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 442 National Cycle Network
Show on map NCN National Route 57 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 57 National Cycle Network
Show on map National Byway (Oxon and Glos) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref NB Regional cycle route
Show on map Witney to Long Hanborough Cycle Path Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
2,362 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 2,362 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 48 species
winter spring summer
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Goldfinch · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Grey Heron +43
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Blackbird Turdus merula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Robin Erithacus rubecula Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Carrion Crow Corvus corone Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Great Tit Parus major Mute Swan Cygnus olor Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Swift Apus apus2024 Barn Owl Tyto alba2023 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Skylark Alauda arvensis Stock Dove Columba oenas Magpie Pica pica Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2024 Rock Dove Columba livia2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2023 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin Linnet Linaria cannabina Rook Corvus frugilegus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Whitethroat Curruca communis2024 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2024 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2024 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus2024 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2023 Anas platyrhynchos x Anas platyrhynchos x2022 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2022 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2021 🦌 Mammals 6 species
winter spring
2025 ▾
Water Vole · Hedgehog · Rabbit · Common Pipistrelle · Brown Rat +1
Water Vole Arvicola amphibius2023 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2022 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2023 Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus2022 Stoat Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2022 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 16 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Green Drake · Cercopis vulnerata +11
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva Green Drake Ephemera danica2023 Cercopis vulnerata Cercopis vulnerata2022 Meadow Clary · Wall Scalewort · Silky Wall Feather-moss · Fern-grass · Sainfoin +22
Meadow Clary Salvia pratensis2021 Wall Scalewort Porella platyphylla Silky Wall Feather-moss Homalothecium sericeum Fern-grass Catapodium rigidum2023 Sainfoin Onobrychis viciifolia2022 Black Medick Medicago lupulina2022 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 2,362 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 48 species
winter spring summer
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Goldfinch · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Grey Heron +43
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Blackbird Turdus merula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Robin Erithacus rubecula Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Carrion Crow Corvus corone Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Great Tit Parus major Mute Swan Cygnus olor Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Swift Apus apus2024 Barn Owl Tyto alba2023 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Skylark Alauda arvensis Stock Dove Columba oenas Magpie Pica pica Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2024 Rock Dove Columba livia2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2023 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin Linnet Linaria cannabina Rook Corvus frugilegus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Whitethroat Curruca communis2024 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2024 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2024 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus2024 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2023 Anas platyrhynchos x Anas platyrhynchos x2022 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2022 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2021 🦌 Mammals 6 species
winter spring
2025 ▾
Water Vole · Hedgehog · Rabbit · Common Pipistrelle · Brown Rat +1
Water Vole Arvicola amphibius2023 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2022 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2023 Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus2022 Stoat Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2022 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 16 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Green Drake · Cercopis vulnerata +11
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva Green Drake Ephemera danica2023 Cercopis vulnerata Cercopis vulnerata2022 Meadow Clary · Wall Scalewort · Silky Wall Feather-moss · Fern-grass · Sainfoin +22
Meadow Clary Salvia pratensis2021 Wall Scalewort Porella platyphylla Silky Wall Feather-moss Homalothecium sericeum Fern-grass Catapodium rigidum2023 Sainfoin Onobrychis viciifolia2022 Black Medick Medicago lupulina2022 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Mustela erminea2022
Mustela erminea2022
Red-legged Shieldbug
Red-legged Shieldbug
Pentatoma rufipes
Pentatoma rufipes
Cantharis pellucida Cantharis pellucida
Cantharis pellucida Cantharis pellucida
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus2024
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus2024
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2023
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2023
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens2023
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens2023
Empis livida Empis livida2022
Empis livida Empis livida2022
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo2022
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo2022
Slender Ground-hopper Tetrix subulata2021
Slender Ground-hopper Tetrix subulata2021
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2021
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2021
Epistrophe grossulariae Epistrophe grossulariae2021
Epistrophe grossulariae Epistrophe grossulariae2021
Goat's-beard Tragopogon pratensis2022
Goat's-beard Tragopogon pratensis2022
Bugle Ajuga reptans2022
Bugle Ajuga reptans2022
Ragged-Robin Silene flos-cuculi2022
Ragged-Robin Silene flos-cuculi2022
Hairy Sedge Carex hirta2022
Hairy Sedge Carex hirta2022
Greater Celandine Chelidonium majus2022
Greater Celandine Chelidonium majus2022
Bee Orchid Ophrys apifera2021
Bee Orchid Ophrys apifera2021
Germander Speedwell Veronica chamaedrys2021
Germander Speedwell Veronica chamaedrys2021
Bulbous Buttercup Ranunculus bulbosus2021
Bulbous Buttercup Ranunculus bulbosus2021
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna2021
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna2021
Common Nettle Urtica dioica2021
Common Nettle Urtica dioica2021
Bramble Rubus fruticosus2021
Bramble Rubus fruticosus2021
Daisy Bellis perennis2021
Daisy Bellis perennis2021
Cowslip Primula veris2021
Cowslip Primula veris2021
Woolly Thistle Cirsium eriophorum2021
Woolly Thistle Cirsium eriophorum2021
Red Clover Trifolium pratense2021
Red Clover Trifolium pratense2021
White Clover Trifolium repens2021
White Clover Trifolium repens2021
Meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria2021
Meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria2021
Perennial Rye-grass Lolium perenne2021
Perennial Rye-grass Lolium perenne2021
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus2021
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus2021
Wood Avens Geum urbanum2021
Wood Avens Geum urbanum2021
English Elm Ulmus procera2021
English Elm Ulmus procera2021 