Roman villa SE of Thenford House
7 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
52.07011, -1.23593
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- ✦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
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- ✦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 — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit +65 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit +65 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Setaceous Hebrew Character, Large Yellow Underwing, Red Admiral +215 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — White-tipped Bristle-moss, Capillary Thread-moss, Creeping Feather-moss +46 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Oxford Canal WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Jurassic WayWalking route142 km▾
Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route
Battlefields TrailWalking route32 km▾
Named routeLength 32 kmLocal walking route
Round Cropredy WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
6,620 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,620 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds54 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Great Tit · Cormorant · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Mistle Thrush +49
- Great TitParus major
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Black SwanCygnus atratus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- TealAnas crecca2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects10 species
springautumn
2026▾
Common Pondskater · Water Cricket · Pseudoprotapion astragali · Ptinus sexpunctatus · Platydema violacea +5
- Common PondskaterGerris (Gerris) lacustris
- Water CricketVelia (Plesiovelia) caprai
- Pseudoprotapion astragaliPseudoprotapion astragali2025
- Ptinus sexpunctatusPtinus sexpunctatus
- Platydema violaceaPlatydema violacea2025
- Tipula paludosa
Wood Small-reed
- Wood Small-reedCalamagrostis epigejos
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,620 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds54 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Great Tit · Cormorant · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Mistle Thrush +49
- Great TitParus major
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Black SwanCygnus atratus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- TealAnas crecca2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects10 species
springautumn
2026▾
Common Pondskater · Water Cricket · Pseudoprotapion astragali · Ptinus sexpunctatus · Platydema violacea +5
- Common PondskaterGerris (Gerris) lacustris
- Water CricketVelia (Plesiovelia) caprai
- Pseudoprotapion astragaliPseudoprotapion astragali2025
- Ptinus sexpunctatusPtinus sexpunctatus
- Platydema violaceaPlatydema violacea2025
- Tipula paludosa
Wood Small-reed
- Wood Small-reedCalamagrostis epigejos
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Tipula paludosa2025
Tipula paludosa2025
Ptychoptera lacustrisPtychoptera lacustris2025Ptychoptera lacustrisPtychoptera lacustris2025Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025Ischnomera cyaneaIschnomera cyanea2025Ischnomera cyaneaIschnomera cyanea2025Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2025Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2025Events & activities nearby
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