Dudleston United Reform Church
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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.78407, -2.96659
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦41+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Dunnock
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦41+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Dunnock
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Birds — Magpie, Dunnock, Wren +38 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Magpie, Dunnock, Wren +38 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, 22-spot Ladybird, Rhyzobius litura +12 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Knotgrass, Common Bird's-foot-trefoil, Hairy Tare +19 more · last seen 2024
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Severn Way (1) Source to ShrewsburyWalking route116 km▾
Named routeRef SW (1)Length 116 kmRegional walking route
Shropshire Way - stage 14Walking route22.1 km▾
Named routeRef ShW14Length 22.1 kmLocal walking route
Llwybr Clawdd WatWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Shropshire Way - stage 13Walking route22.1 km▾
Named routeRef ShW13Length 22.1 kmLocal walking route
Shropshire Way - stage 15Walking route21.1 km▾
Named routeRef ShW15Length 21.1 kmLocal walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 81Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 81National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route14.1 km▾
Named routeRef 81Length 14.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Doveston United Reformed Church
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
4,059 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,059 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Magpie · Dunnock · Wren · Robin · Blue Tit +36
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- SwiftApus apus
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
7-spot Ladybird · 22-spot Ladybird · Rhyzobius litura · 16-spot Ladybird · Roesel's Bush-cricket +10
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2024
- Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura2024
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2024
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- Brown Hawker
Knotgrass · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Hairy Tare · White Clover · Sweet Vernal-grass +17
- KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
- Field MapleAcer campestre
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,059 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Magpie · Dunnock · Wren · Robin · Blue Tit +36
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- SwiftApus apus
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
7-spot Ladybird · 22-spot Ladybird · Rhyzobius litura · 16-spot Ladybird · Roesel's Bush-cricket +10
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2024
- Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura2024
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2024
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- Brown Hawker
Knotgrass · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Hairy Tare · White Clover · Sweet Vernal-grass +17
- KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
- Field MapleAcer campestre
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Aeshna grandis
Aeshna grandis
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaEmerald DamselflyLestes sponsaEmerald DamselflyLestes sponsaSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaRhyzobius lophanthaeRhyzobius lophanthae2024Rhyzobius lophanthaeRhyzobius lophanthae2024Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2024Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2024Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2024Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2024Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024Bembidion dorisBembidion doris2024Bembidion dorisBembidion doris2024Marsh CinquefoilComarum palustreMarsh CinquefoilComarum palustreScots PinePinus sylvestrisScots PinePinus sylvestrisShort-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurumShort-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurumCrested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatusCrested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatusCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaWall SpeedwellVeronica arvensisWall SpeedwellVeronica arvensisPineappleweedMatricaria discoideaPineappleweedMatricaria discoideaSoft-rushJuncus effususSoft-rushJuncus effususBittersweetSolanum dulcamaraBittersweetSolanum dulcamaraDes Etangs' St John's-wortHypericum maculatum x perforatum = H. x desetangsiiDes Etangs' St John's-wortHypericum maculatum x perforatum = H. x desetangsiiCommon SallowSalix cinereaCommon SallowSalix cinereaHairy SedgeCarex hirtaHairy SedgeCarex hirtaLesser BurdockArctium minusLesser BurdockArctium minusEnchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetianaEnchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetianaGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumEvents & activities nearby
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