Church of Our Lady and St Nicholas
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
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52.69323, -1.11059
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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 🍄 Mushroom 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 🍄 Mushroom 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 — Canada Goose, Black-headed Gull, Grey Heron +83 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Canada Goose, Black-headed Gull, Grey Heron +83 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Red-eyed Damselfly, Willow Emerald Damselfly +90 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Red-eyed Damselfly, Willow Emerald Damselfly +90 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Common Orange Lichen, Physcia tenella, Lecidella elaeochroma +7 more · last seen 2025; Fungi — Common Orange Lichen, Physcia tenella, Lecidella elaeochroma +7 more · last seen 2025
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🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Mistletoe, Cleavers, Blackthorn +19 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Mistletoe, Cleavers, Blackthorn +19 more · last seen 2026
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Blackthorn, Common Nettle, Hogweed +2 more foraging species
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Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 1 signed route nearby · 5 public paths nearby
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Route 63 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 63 National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
77,518 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 77,518 records · National Biodiversity Network Little Egret · Black-headed Gull · Goosander · Mute Swan · Carrion Crow +36
Little Egret Egretta garzetta Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Goosander Mergus merganser Mute Swan Cygnus olor Carrion Crow Corvus corone Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Blackbird Turdus merula Canada Goose Branta canadensis Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Coot Fulica atra Magpie Pica pica2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Black Swan Cygnus atratus Rock Dove Columba livia Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Robin Erithacus rubecula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Herring Gull Larus argentatus Great Tit Parus major Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Dunnock Prunella modularis Starling Sturnus vulgaris Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus Teal Anas crecca2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Common Tern Sterna hirundo2025 Red Fox · Badger · Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Hedgehog
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2025 Badger Meles meles Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus2025 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Common Toad
🐝 Insects 42 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Rabdophaga rosaria complex · Royal Leaf-miner · Rhamphus oxyacanthae · Common Wainscot · Small White +37
Rabdophaga rosaria complex Rabdophaga rosaria complex Royal Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter pastorella Rhamphus oxyacanthae Rhamphus oxyacanthae Common Wainscot Mythimna pallens Small White Pieris rapae Bedeguar Gall Diplolepis rosae Common Orange Lichen · Physcia tenella · Lecidella elaeochroma · Mint Rust
Common Orange Lichen Xanthoria parietina Physcia tenella Physcia tenella Lecidella elaeochroma Lecidella elaeochroma Mint Rust Puccinia menthae Mistletoe · White Dead-nettle · Elm · Hogweed · Blackthorn +10
Mistletoe Viscum album White Dead-nettle Lamium album2025 Elm Ulmus2025 Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium2025 Blackthorn Prunus spinosa2025 Meadow Vetchling Lathyrus pratensis2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 77,518 records · National Biodiversity Network Little Egret · Black-headed Gull · Goosander · Mute Swan · Carrion Crow +36
Little Egret Egretta garzetta Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Goosander Mergus merganser Mute Swan Cygnus olor Carrion Crow Corvus corone Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Blackbird Turdus merula Canada Goose Branta canadensis Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Coot Fulica atra Magpie Pica pica2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Black Swan Cygnus atratus Rock Dove Columba livia Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Robin Erithacus rubecula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius Herring Gull Larus argentatus Great Tit Parus major Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Dunnock Prunella modularis Starling Sturnus vulgaris Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus Teal Anas crecca2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Common Tern Sterna hirundo2025 Red Fox · Badger · Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Hedgehog
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2025 Badger Meles meles Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus2025 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Common Toad
🐝 Insects 42 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Rabdophaga rosaria complex · Royal Leaf-miner · Rhamphus oxyacanthae · Common Wainscot · Small White +37
Rabdophaga rosaria complex Rabdophaga rosaria complex Royal Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter pastorella Rhamphus oxyacanthae Rhamphus oxyacanthae Common Wainscot Mythimna pallens Small White Pieris rapae Bedeguar Gall Diplolepis rosae Common Orange Lichen · Physcia tenella · Lecidella elaeochroma · Mint Rust
Common Orange Lichen Xanthoria parietina Physcia tenella Physcia tenella Lecidella elaeochroma Lecidella elaeochroma Mint Rust Puccinia menthae Mistletoe · White Dead-nettle · Elm · Hogweed · Blackthorn +10
Mistletoe Viscum album White Dead-nettle Lamium album2025 Elm Ulmus2025 Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium2025 Blackthorn Prunus spinosa2025 Meadow Vetchling Lathyrus pratensis2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Willow Bean-galler Euura proxima
Willow Bean-galler Euura proxima
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Willow Ermine Yponomeuta rorrella
Willow Ermine Yponomeuta rorrella
Maple Dot Stigmella aceris
Maple Dot Stigmella aceris
Aulagromyza heringii Aulagromyza heringii
Aulagromyza heringii Aulagromyza heringii
Iteomyia major Iteomyia major
Iteomyia major Iteomyia major
Phytomyza agromyzina Phytomyza agromyzina
Phytomyza agromyzina Phytomyza agromyzina
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Agromyza alnivora Agromyza alnivora
Agromyza alnivora Agromyza alnivora
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Syrphus Syrphus
Syrphus Syrphus
Bittersweet Moth Scrobipalpa costella
Bittersweet Moth Scrobipalpa costella
Europiella artemisiae Europiella artemisiae
Europiella artemisiae Europiella artemisiae
Agromyza flaviceps Agromyza flaviceps
Agromyza flaviceps Agromyza flaviceps
Orthotylus (Melanotrichus) flavosparsus Orthotylus (Melanotrichus) flavosparsus
Orthotylus (Melanotrichus) flavosparsus Orthotylus (Melanotrichus) flavosparsus
Common Water-Boatman Notonecta (Notonecta) glauca
Common Water-Boatman Notonecta (Notonecta) glauca
Stenocranus major Stenocranus major
Stenocranus major Stenocranus major
Punctate Corixa Corixa punctata
Punctate Corixa Corixa punctata
Toothed Pondskater Gerris (Gerris) odontogaster
Toothed Pondskater Gerris (Gerris) odontogaster
Saucer Bug Ilyocoris cimicoides
Saucer Bug Ilyocoris cimicoides
Pondweed Bug Mesovelia furcata
Pondweed Bug Mesovelia furcata
Kleidocerys (f.?) privignus Kleidocerys (f.?) privignus
Kleidocerys (f.?) privignus Kleidocerys (f.?) privignus
Shining Dogwood Cutter Antispila metallella
Shining Dogwood Cutter Antispila metallella
Red-pea Gall Causer Cynips divisa f. agamic
Red-pea Gall Causer Cynips divisa f. agamic
Notonecta (Notonecta) viridis Notonecta (Notonecta) viridis
Notonecta (Notonecta) viridis Notonecta (Notonecta) viridis
Dasineura fraxini Dasineura fraxini
Dasineura fraxini Dasineura fraxini
Corixa panzeri Corixa panzeri
Corixa panzeri Corixa panzeri
Notonecta (Notonecta) maculata Notonecta (Notonecta) maculata
Notonecta (Notonecta) maculata Notonecta (Notonecta) maculata
Anthocomus rufus Anthocomus rufus
Anthocomus rufus Anthocomus rufus
Cloeon dipterum Cloeon dipterum
Cloeon dipterum Cloeon dipterum
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum
Kent Maze-miner Phyllocnistis xenia
Kent Maze-miner Phyllocnistis xenia
Pilophorus clavatus Pilophorus clavatus
Pilophorus clavatus Pilophorus clavatus
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens
Cleavers Galium aparine2025
Cleavers Galium aparine2025
Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense2025
Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense2025
Common Nettle Urtica dioica2025
Common Nettle Urtica dioica2025
Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare2025
Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare2025
Creeping Cinquefoil Potentilla reptans2025
Creeping Cinquefoil Potentilla reptans2025
Ground-ivy Glechoma hederacea2025
Ground-ivy Glechoma hederacea2025
Gypsywort Lycopus europaeus2025
Gypsywort Lycopus europaeus2025
White Clover Trifolium repens2025
White Clover Trifolium repens2025
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata2025
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata2025 