Churchyard cross, St Andrew's churchyard
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
52.98215, -0.29908
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Barn Owl and Blackbird
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Church Street Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Barn Owl and Blackbird
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Church Street Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Barn Owl, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +60 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Barn Owl, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +60 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Peacock, Large White, Small White +52 more · last seen 2025
Free
Historic site; Grade I listed building nearby: CHURCH OF ST ANDREW
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Moderate match
Plants — Crescent-cup Liverwort · last seen 2019
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 12 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Crab LaneWalking route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Spires and Steeples TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Howell Roadpublic footpath · 383 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 383 mPath type: residential
Norris Closepublic footpath · 43 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 43 mPath type: residential
Potesgrave Waypublic footpath · 79 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 79 mPath type: residential
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 15Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 15National Cycle Network
Boston Road Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Photos
Creature with knotted tail, St Andrew's church, Heckington
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
3,846 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,846 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Barn Owl · Blackbird · Swift · Woodpigeon · Little Egret +30
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SwiftApus apus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- PochardAythya ferina
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- MagpiePica pica
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Great TitParus major
- WigeonMareca penelope2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2023
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2020
- SiskinSpinus spinus2020
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2020
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummerautumn
2023▾
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2021
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Frog · Great Crested Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2020
Marmalade Hoverfly · Painted Lady · Peacock · Field Grasshopper · Green Shieldbug +30
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2023
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
Perennial Sow-thistle · Mugwort · Sycamore · Crescent-cup Liverwort
- Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
- MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata2019
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,846 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Barn Owl · Blackbird · Swift · Woodpigeon · Little Egret +30
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SwiftApus apus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- PochardAythya ferina
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- MagpiePica pica
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Great TitParus major
- WigeonMareca penelope2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2023
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2020
- SiskinSpinus spinus2020
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2020
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummerautumn
2023▾
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2021
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Frog · Great Crested Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2020
Marmalade Hoverfly · Painted Lady · Peacock · Field Grasshopper · Green Shieldbug +30
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2023
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
Perennial Sow-thistle · Mugwort · Sycamore · Crescent-cup Liverwort
- Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
- MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata2019
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2019
2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019Large WhitePieris brassicae201914-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctataWestern Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2019Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus201916-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctataOak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2024Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2024Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2023Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2023Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2023Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2023Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2023SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2023Cabbage Stem WeevilCeutorhynchus pallidactylus2023Cabbage Stem WeevilCeutorhynchus pallidactylus2023Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus2022Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus2022Larder BeetleDermestes lardarius2022Larder BeetleDermestes lardarius2022Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2021Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus20217-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20217-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2021Small Black AntLasius niger2021Small Black AntLasius niger2021Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus2021Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus2021Toxonevra muliebrisToxonevra muliebris2021Toxonevra muliebrisToxonevra muliebris2021Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2021Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2021Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2020Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2020Greater Horntail WaspUrocerus gigas2020Greater Horntail WaspUrocerus gigas2020Clifden NonpareilCatocala fraxini2019Clifden NonpareilCatocala fraxini2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019Events & activities nearby
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