St John the Baptist's Church
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Places › England › South East › Vale of White Horse Getting here
51.58653, -1.53059
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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 — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Kestrel, Blackbird, Tawny Owl +36 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Kestrel, Blackbird, Tawny Owl +36 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Nettle, Blackthorn, Cock's-foot +208 more · last seen 2022; Plants — Common Nettle, Blackthorn, Cock's-foot +208 more · last seen 2022
Free
Plants — Common Nettle, Blackthorn, Hawthorn +22 more foraging species
Varies
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Meadow Brown, Orange-tip +37 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Large White, Meadow Brown, Orange-tip +37 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 6 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
The Ridgeway Walking route 140 km ▾
Named route Ref RW Length 140 km National walking route
Show on map D'Arcy Dalton Way Walking route 107 km ▾
Follows roughly the western boundary of Oxfordshire in unspoilt countryside.
Named route Length 107 km Regional walking route
Show on map The Vale Way Walking route 43 km ▾
Route through the Vale of White Horse in Oxfordshire, UK. (27 miles).
Named route Length 43 km Local walking route
Show on map White horse circular walk Walking route ▾
Named route Ref WHCW Local walking route
Show on map Lambourn Valley Way Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Vale Cycle Links Cycling route ▾
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
King Alfred's Way Mountain bike route ▾
King Alfreds Way is 350km (220 miles) off road route designed to be ridden clockwise. It starts & ends in Winchester. It is suitable for gravel or cross-country bikes.
Named route Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
5,066 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 5,066 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 39 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Kestrel · Blackbird · Tawny Owl · Woodpigeon · Great Tit +34
Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Blackbird Turdus merula Tawny Owl Strix aluco2018 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2024 Great Tit Parus major2024 Skylark Alauda arvensis2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Magpie Pica pica Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Robin Erithacus rubecula2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2024 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2024 Linnet Linaria cannabina2024 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Whitethroat Curruca communis2020 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Barn Owl Tyto alba2024 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2024 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2024 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2024 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2024 Rook Corvus frugilegus2024 Stock Dove Columba oenas2023 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2020 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2020 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra2020 Swallow Hirundo rustica2020 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2020 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca2020 Swift Apus apus2020 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2020 Pipistrelle Bat species · Hedgehog · Soprano Pipistrelle · Roe Deer · Polecat +10
Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus2023 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2021 Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2023 Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Polecat Mustela putorius2024 Barbastelle Barbastella barbastellus Grass Snake
Grass Snake Natrix helvetica Small White · Large White · Meadow Brown · Black Oil-beetle · Gatekeeper +27
Small White Pieris rapae2019 Large White Pieris brassicae2019 Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2019 Black Oil-beetle Meloe proscarabaeus2023 Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2019 Green-veined White Pieris napi Japanese Knotweed
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 5,066 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 39 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Kestrel · Blackbird · Tawny Owl · Woodpigeon · Great Tit +34
Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Blackbird Turdus merula Tawny Owl Strix aluco2018 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2024 Great Tit Parus major2024 Skylark Alauda arvensis2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Magpie Pica pica Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Robin Erithacus rubecula2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2024 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2024 Linnet Linaria cannabina2024 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Whitethroat Curruca communis2020 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Barn Owl Tyto alba2024 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2024 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2024 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2024 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2024 Rook Corvus frugilegus2024 Stock Dove Columba oenas2023 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2020 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2020 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra2020 Swallow Hirundo rustica2020 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2020 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca2020 Swift Apus apus2020 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2020 Pipistrelle Bat species · Hedgehog · Soprano Pipistrelle · Roe Deer · Polecat +10
Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus2023 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2021 Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2023 Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Polecat Mustela putorius2024 Barbastelle Barbastella barbastellus Grass Snake
Grass Snake Natrix helvetica Small White · Large White · Meadow Brown · Black Oil-beetle · Gatekeeper +27
Small White Pieris rapae2019 Large White Pieris brassicae2019 Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2019 Black Oil-beetle Meloe proscarabaeus2023 Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2019 Green-veined White Pieris napi Japanese Knotweed
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2022
2022
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2022
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2022
Natterer's Bat Myotis nattereri2022
Natterer's Bat Myotis nattereri2022
Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus2022
Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus2022
Badger Meles meles2020
Badger Meles meles2020
Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2019
Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2019
Long-eared Bat species Plecotus2019
Long-eared Bat species Plecotus2019
Eurasian Serotine Cnephaeus serotinus2019
Eurasian Serotine Cnephaeus serotinus2019
Bat Chiroptera2018
Bat Chiroptera2018
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2018
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2018 2018
2018
Comma Polygonia c-album2019
Comma Polygonia c-album2019
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui2019
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui2019
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus2018
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus2018
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2019
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2019
Marbled White Melanargia galathea2019
Marbled White Melanargia galathea2019
Peacock Aglais io2019
Peacock Aglais io2019
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae2018
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae2018
Large Skipper Ochlodes sylvanus2018
Large Skipper Ochlodes sylvanus2018
Scarlet Tiger Callimorpha dominula
Scarlet Tiger Callimorpha dominula
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major2023
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major2023
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus2021
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus2021
Scaeva pyrastri Scaeva pyrastri2020
Scaeva pyrastri Scaeva pyrastri2020
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2020
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2020
Syrphus Syrphus2020
Syrphus Syrphus2020
Clifden Nonpareil Catocala fraxini2019
Clifden Nonpareil Catocala fraxini2019
Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus2019
Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus2019
Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia2019
Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia2019
Hornet Vespa crabro2019
Hornet Vespa crabro2019
Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni2019
Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni2019
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2018
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2018
Common Blue Polyommatus icarus2018
Common Blue Polyommatus icarus2018
Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus2018
Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus2018
Dark Green Fritillary Speyeria aglaja2018
Dark Green Fritillary Speyeria aglaja2018
Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet Zygaena lonicerae2018
Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet Zygaena lonicerae2018
Mother Shipton Callistege mi2018
Mother Shipton Callistege mi2018
Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines2018
Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines2018 