St Peter and St Paul's Church
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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.86914, -0.16301
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦46+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ✦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
- 🐦46+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ✦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
Best for
7 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Great Tit +43 more · last seen 2025
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL; Religious grounds — local heritage
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Great Tit +43 more · last seen 2025
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, 2-spot Ladybird, Small White +33 more · last seen 2022
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Wood Bristle-moss, Bird's-claw Beard-moss, Pointed Spear-moss +44 more · last seen 2022
Dogs allowed with public access
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Route 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
Photos
22 photos from nearby open sources
Gosberton, St. Peter and St. Paul's Church: The nave roof
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Gosberton, St. Peter and St. Paul's Church: The nave roof
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
1,734 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,734 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds46 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Collared Dove
+41 more speciesHide species list
All 46 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SwiftApus apus2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- MagpiePica pica
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2019
- Little OwlAthene noctua2015
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- CootFulica atra2024
- Black SwanCygnus atratus2021
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2019
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2019
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2018
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2017
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2014
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2010
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2010
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2010
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2010
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
🦌Mammals7 species
summerautumn
2025Feral Cat · Grey Squirrel · Mole · Muntjac · Hedgehog
+2 more speciesHide species list
All 7 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Feral CatFelis catus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea2022
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2021
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
🐸Amphibians5 species
springsummerautumn
2025Common Frog · Smooth Newt · Great Crested Newt · Salamanders, Sirens and Newts · Common Toad
🐝Insects36 species
springsummer
20227-spot Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird · Small White · Peacock · Large White
+31 more speciesHide species list
All 36 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2021
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2020
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
🌿Plants47 species
winterautumn
2022Wood Bristle-moss · Bird's-claw Beard-moss · Pointed Spear-moss · White-tipped Bristle-moss · Capillary Thread-moss
+42 more speciesHide species list
All 47 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
- Bird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculata
- Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
- White-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanum
- Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare
- Common Feather-moss
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,734 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds46 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Collared Dove
+41 more speciesHide species list
All 46 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SwiftApus apus2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- MagpiePica pica
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2019
- Little OwlAthene noctua2015
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- CootFulica atra2024
- Black SwanCygnus atratus2021
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2019
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2019
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2018
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2017
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2014
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2010
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2010
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2010
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2010
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
🦌Mammals7 species
summerautumn
2025Feral Cat · Grey Squirrel · Mole · Muntjac · Hedgehog
+2 more speciesHide species list
All 7 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Feral CatFelis catus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea2022
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2021
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
🐸Amphibians5 species
springsummerautumn
2025Common Frog · Smooth Newt · Great Crested Newt · Salamanders, Sirens and Newts · Common Toad
🐝Insects36 species
springsummer
20227-spot Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird · Small White · Peacock · Large White
+31 more speciesHide species list
All 36 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2021
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2020
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
🌿Plants47 species
winterautumn
2022Wood Bristle-moss · Bird's-claw Beard-moss · Pointed Spear-moss · White-tipped Bristle-moss · Capillary Thread-moss
+42 more speciesHide species list
All 47 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
- Bird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculata
- Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
- White-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanum
- Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare
- Common Feather-moss
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Brown Rat
Brown Rat
Rattus norvegicus2021
Rattus norvegicus2021
Brown HareLepus europaeus2024Brown HareLepus europaeus20242019
2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta201922-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202022-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2020Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2020Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2020Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2020Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2020GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui201914-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata201914-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2018Green-veined WhitePieris napi2018BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2018BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2018RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2019Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2019CommaPolygonia c-album2018CommaPolygonia c-album2018Common BluePolyommatus icarus2016Common BluePolyommatus icarus2016Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americanaRosemary BeetleChrysolina americanaLily BeetleLilioceris lilii2020Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2020Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2019Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2014Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2014Dock BugCoreus marginatus2020Dock BugCoreus marginatus2020Back-SwimmerNotonecta2020Back-SwimmerNotonecta2020Harmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilis2020Harmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilis2020Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2019Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata201924-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata201824-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2018Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus2018Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus201810-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata201810-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2018Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2018Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2018Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2018Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2018Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2017Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2017Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2011Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2011Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2010Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2010Glischrochilus hortensisGlischrochilus hortensis2010Glischrochilus hortensisGlischrochilus hortensis2010Kindbergia praelonga
Kindbergia praelonga
Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hiansSwartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hiansClustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertumClustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertumRough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulumRough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulumCreeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpensCreeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpensHypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiformeWater FernAzolla filiculoides2014Water FernAzolla filiculoides2014Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatumHart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatumCommon Pocket-mossFissidens taxifoliusCommon Pocket-mossFissidens taxifoliusKneiff's Feather-mossLeptodictyum ripariumKneiff's Feather-mossLeptodictyum ripariumForked VeilwortMetzgeria furcataForked VeilwortMetzgeria furcataElegant Bristle-mossOrthotrichum pulchellumElegant Bristle-mossOrthotrichum pulchellumBlueish VeilwortMetzgeria violaceaBlueish VeilwortMetzgeria violaceaLyell's Bristle-mossPulvigera lyelliiLyell's Bristle-mossPulvigera lyelliiSmall Hairy Screw-mossSyntrichia laevipilaSmall Hairy Screw-mossSyntrichia laevipilaLateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromallaLateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromallaEven ScalewortRadula complanataEven ScalewortRadula complanataCommon PincushionDicranoweisia cirrataCommon PincushionDicranoweisia cirrataDilated ScalewortFrullania dilatataDilated ScalewortFrullania dilatataRed Beard-mossBryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum2018Red Beard-mossBryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum2018Silver-mossBryum argenteum2018Silver-mossBryum argenteum2018Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum2018Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum2018Soft-tufted Beard-mossDidymodon vinealis2018Soft-tufted Beard-mossDidymodon vinealis2018Lance-leaved PottiaTortula lindbergii2018Lance-leaved PottiaTortula lindbergii2018Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata2018Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata2018Dusky Beard-mossDidymodon luridus2018Dusky Beard-mossDidymodon luridus2018Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2018Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2018Dwarf Feather-mossMicroeurhynchium pumilum2018Dwarf Feather-mossMicroeurhynchium pumilum2018Intermediate Screw-mossSyntrichia montana2018Intermediate Screw-mossSyntrichia montana2018Cuspidate Earth-mossTortula acaulon2018Cuspidate Earth-mossTortula acaulon2018Syntrichia ruralis var. ruralisSyntrichia ruralis var. ruralis2018Syntrichia ruralis var. ruralisSyntrichia ruralis var. ruralis2018Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalisMarchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis2018Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalisMarchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis2018RedshankCeratodon purpureus2018RedshankCeratodon purpureus2018Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2018Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2018Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatumStreblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum2018Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatumStreblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum2018Showy Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium speciosum2018Showy Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium speciosum2018Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum2018Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum2018Hornschuch's Beard-mossPseudocrossidium hornschuchianum2018Hornschuch's Beard-mossPseudocrossidium hornschuchianum2018Anomalous Bristle-mossOrthotrichum anomalum2018Anomalous Bristle-mossOrthotrichum anomalum2018Thickpoint GrimmiaSchistidium crassipilum2018Thickpoint GrimmiaSchistidium crassipilum2018Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis2018Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis2018Spanish BluebellHyacinthoides hispanica2017Spanish BluebellHyacinthoides hispanica2017Events & activities nearby
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