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Boston Cemetery

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📷 David Robinson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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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
🌿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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Paid

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Swift, Woodpigeon, Herring Gull +96 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Swift, Woodpigeon, Herring Gull +96 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Small White, Lily Beetle, Glischrochilus hortensis +40 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small White, Lily Beetle, Glischrochilus hortensis +40 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Potato, Red Oak, Rough Hawkbit

Varies

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Water Bent, Potato, Hairy Bindweed +12 more · last seen 2023; Plants — Water Bent, Potato, Hairy Bindweed +12 more · last seen 2023

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Macmillan WayWalking route290 km

Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Sutton Bridge to SkegnessWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

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Cycling

44 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 1Cycling route

NCN 1 Boston to Lincoln

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Lister WayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Marsh Lane Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

London Road Cycle Route (Boston)Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route

Norwich - Lincoln

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

Route 1Cycling route

NCN 1 King's Lynn to Boston

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

8,535 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

8,535 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds36 species

summer

2025

Swift · Blackbird · Herring Gull · Rock Dove · Grey Heron +31

SwiftApus apus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
JackdawColoeus monedula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
JayGarrulus glandarius
DunlinCalidris alpina
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
SwallowHirundo rustica
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
CurlewNumenius arquata
RedshankTringa totanus
MagpiePica pica
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Stock DoveColumba oenas
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis

🐝

Insects13 species

summer

2025

Oncotylus (Oncotylus) viridiflavus · Water Scorpion · 14-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird +8

Oncotylus (Oncotylus) viridiflavusOncotylus (Oncotylus) viridiflavus
Water ScorpionNepa cinerea
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Hill Cuckoo BeeBombus rupestris
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Nettle GroundbugHeterogaster urticae
Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Turnip TigressAthalia rosae
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria

🌿

Plants115 species

summer

2025

Wall-rue · Annual Meadow-grass · Fringed Pearlwort · Cat's-ear · Black Medick +110

Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Fringed PearlwortSagina filicaulis
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
DandelionTaraxacum
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Monkey-puzzleAraucaria araucana
Hairlike PondweedPotamogeton trichoides
Perfoliate PondweedPotamogeton perfoliatus
FrogbitHydrocharis morsus-ranae
Rigid HornwortCeratophyllum demersum
Greater DuckweedSpirodela polyrhiza
Whorled Water-milfoilMyriophyllum verticillatum
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Eastern RocketSisymbrium orientale
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Erophila vernaErophila verna
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus
Oxalis corniculata var. atropurpureaOxalis corniculata var. atropurpurea
Shaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiata
Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum
Nettle-leaved MulleinVerbascum chaixii
CleaversGalium aparine
Common SallowSalix cinerea
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Mind-your-own-businessSoleirolia soleirolii
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
RowanSorbus aucuparia
Spear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrata
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
DaisyBellis perennis
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Biting StonecropSedum acre
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
Pale PersicariaPersicaria lapathifolia
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
FennelFoeniculum vulgare
White BryonyBryonia dioica
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum
Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum
Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola
Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum
Reed Sweet-grassGlyceria maxima
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
White Dead-nettleLamium album
YarrowAchillea millefolium
IvyHedera helix
AshFraxinus excelsior
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis
Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis
Wall BarleyHordeum murinum
ElderSambucus nigra
Rat's-tail FescueVulpia myuros
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
BoxBuxus sempervirens
Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
False-acaciaRobinia pseudoacacia
Greater Pond-sedgeCarex riparia
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
White StonecropSedum album
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana
Common ReedPhragmites australis
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Fringed Water-lilyNymphoides peltata
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis
Wild CarrotDaucus carota subsp. carota
Pot MarigoldCalendula officinalis
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Water BentPolypogon viridis
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Mexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianus
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
Least Yellow-sorrelOxalis exilis
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

8,535 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds36 species

summer

2025

Swift · Blackbird · Herring Gull · Rock Dove · Grey Heron +31

SwiftApus apus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
JackdawColoeus monedula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
JayGarrulus glandarius
DunlinCalidris alpina
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
SwallowHirundo rustica
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
CurlewNumenius arquata
RedshankTringa totanus
MagpiePica pica
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Stock DoveColumba oenas
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis

🐝

Insects13 species

summer

2025

Oncotylus (Oncotylus) viridiflavus · Water Scorpion · 14-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird +8

Oncotylus (Oncotylus) viridiflavusOncotylus (Oncotylus) viridiflavus
Water ScorpionNepa cinerea
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Hill Cuckoo BeeBombus rupestris
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Nettle GroundbugHeterogaster urticae
Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Turnip TigressAthalia rosae
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria

🌿

Plants115 species

summer

2025

Wall-rue · Annual Meadow-grass · Fringed Pearlwort · Cat's-ear · Black Medick +110

Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Fringed PearlwortSagina filicaulis
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
DandelionTaraxacum
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Monkey-puzzleAraucaria araucana
Hairlike PondweedPotamogeton trichoides
Perfoliate PondweedPotamogeton perfoliatus
FrogbitHydrocharis morsus-ranae
Rigid HornwortCeratophyllum demersum
Greater DuckweedSpirodela polyrhiza
Whorled Water-milfoilMyriophyllum verticillatum
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Eastern RocketSisymbrium orientale
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Erophila vernaErophila verna
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus
Oxalis corniculata var. atropurpureaOxalis corniculata var. atropurpurea
Shaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiata
Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum
Nettle-leaved MulleinVerbascum chaixii
CleaversGalium aparine
Common SallowSalix cinerea
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Mind-your-own-businessSoleirolia soleirolii
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
RowanSorbus aucuparia
Spear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrata
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
DaisyBellis perennis
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Biting StonecropSedum acre
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
Pale PersicariaPersicaria lapathifolia
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
FennelFoeniculum vulgare
White BryonyBryonia dioica
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum
Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum
Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola
Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum
Reed Sweet-grassGlyceria maxima
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
White Dead-nettleLamium album
YarrowAchillea millefolium
IvyHedera helix
AshFraxinus excelsior
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis
Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis
Wall BarleyHordeum murinum
ElderSambucus nigra
Rat's-tail FescueVulpia myuros
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
BoxBuxus sempervirens
Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
False-acaciaRobinia pseudoacacia
Greater Pond-sedgeCarex riparia
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
White StonecropSedum album
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana
Common ReedPhragmites australis
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Fringed Water-lilyNymphoides peltata
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis
Wild CarrotDaucus carota subsp. carota
Pot MarigoldCalendula officinalis
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Water BentPolypogon viridis
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Mexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianus
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
Least Yellow-sorrelOxalis exilis
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 David Robinson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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