Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.03987, 0.08737
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- ✦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
- 🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- ✦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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Woodpigeon +73 more · last seen 2025
Free
Mammals — Fallow Deer, Badger, Grey Squirrel +13 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Darter, Meadow Brown, Dark-edged Bee-fly +103 more · last seen 2026
Free
Grade II* listed building: HOLY TRINITY PARISH CHURCH; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
⛪Churchyard walks
Good match
Churchyard or religious grounds — wildlife sanctuary and quiet reflection
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km▾
long distance footpath 169 km
Named routeLength 169 kmRegional walking route
Harcamlow WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef HARRegional walking route
Hertfordshire WayWalking route267 km▾
Long distance path
Named routeLength 267 kmRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Icknield Way Cycle TrailMountain bike route226 km▾
This is the off-road or mountain cycling route of the Icknield Way Trail.
Named routeLength 226 kmRegional cycle route
Photos
Heydon - Holy Trinity Church
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
2,884 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,884 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Skylark · Corn Bunting · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Magpie +43
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- RavenCorvus corax
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Great TitParus major
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwiftApus apus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CootFulica atra2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
🦌Mammals7 species
wintersummerautumn
2025▾
Fallow Deer · Badger · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Water Shrew +2
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- BadgerMeles meles2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Water ShrewNeomys fodiens
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐝Insects51 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · 2-spot Ladybird · 24-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird +46
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,884 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Skylark · Corn Bunting · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Magpie +43
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- RavenCorvus corax
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Great TitParus major
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwiftApus apus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CootFulica atra2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
🦌Mammals7 species
wintersummerautumn
2025▾
Fallow Deer · Badger · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Water Shrew +2
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- BadgerMeles meles2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Water ShrewNeomys fodiens
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐝Insects51 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · 2-spot Ladybird · 24-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird +46
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2024Brown RatRattus norvegicus2024Pegomya flavifronsPegomya flavifrons2025Pegomya flavifronsPegomya flavifrons2025Aphis (Aphis) jacobaeaeAphis (Aphis) jacobaeae2025Aphis (Aphis) jacobaeaeAphis (Aphis) jacobaeae2025AnthomyiaAnthomyia2024AnthomyiaAnthomyia2024Locust BlowflyStomorhina lunata2023Locust BlowflyStomorhina lunata2023Ivy BeeColletes hederae2023Ivy BeeColletes hederae2023StictopleurusStictopleurus2023StictopleurusStictopleurus2023Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2023Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2023PolietesPolietes2025PolietesPolietes2025Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)2025Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)2025HydrotaeaHydrotaea2025HydrotaeaHydrotaea2025AnoeciaAnoecia2025AnoeciaAnoecia2025Dolichovespula mediaDolichovespula media2025Dolichovespula mediaDolichovespula media2025Philotarsus picicornisPhilotarsus picicornis2025Philotarsus picicornisPhilotarsus picicornis2025Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2025Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2025Harmonia axyridis form conspicuaHarmonia axyridis form conspicua2025Harmonia axyridis form conspicuaHarmonia axyridis form conspicua2025Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2025Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2025Periphyllus testudinaceusPeriphyllus testudinaceus2025Periphyllus testudinaceusPeriphyllus testudinaceus2025Psyllopsis fraxini agg.Psyllopsis fraxini agg.2024Psyllopsis fraxini agg.Psyllopsis fraxini agg.2024Trioza urticaeTrioza urticae2024Trioza urticaeTrioza urticae2024Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024Uroleucon (Uromelan) aeneumUroleucon (Uromelan) aeneum2024Uroleucon (Uromelan) aeneumUroleucon (Uromelan) aeneum2024Uroleucon (Uromelan) jaceaeUroleucon (Uromelan) jaceae2024Uroleucon (Uromelan) jaceaeUroleucon (Uromelan) jaceae2024House WindowflyScenopinus fenestralis2024House WindowflyScenopinus fenestralis2024Haplothrips leucanthemiHaplothrips leucanthemi2024Haplothrips leucanthemiHaplothrips leucanthemi2024Malthinus flaveolusMalthinus flaveolus2024Malthinus flaveolusMalthinus flaveolus2024Elder AphidAphis (Aphis) sambuci2024Elder AphidAphis (Aphis) sambuci2024Fine Streaked BugkinMiris striatus2024Fine Streaked BugkinMiris striatus202414-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202414-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2024Rhombic LeatherbugSyromastus rhombeus2024Rhombic LeatherbugSyromastus rhombeus2024Empis tessellataEmpis tessellata2024Empis tessellataEmpis tessellata2024Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2023Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2023Chrysolina banksiiChrysolina banksii2023Chrysolina banksiiChrysolina banksii2023Himacerus (Anaptus) majorHimacerus (Anaptus) major2023Himacerus (Anaptus) majorHimacerus (Anaptus) major2023Polyporivora pictaPolyporivora picta2023Polyporivora pictaPolyporivora picta2023Anoecia (Anoecia) corniAnoecia (Anoecia) corni2023Anoecia (Anoecia) corniAnoecia (Anoecia) corni2023Twin-spot CenturionSargus bipunctatus2023Twin-spot CenturionSargus bipunctatus2023Cabbage-stem Flea BeetlePsylliodes chrysocephala2023Cabbage-stem Flea BeetlePsylliodes chrysocephala2023LonchaeidaeLonchaeidae2023LonchaeidaeLonchaeidae2023Toxonevra muliebrisToxonevra muliebris2023Toxonevra muliebrisToxonevra muliebris2023Bright Four-spined LegionnaireChorisops nagatomii2023Bright Four-spined LegionnaireChorisops nagatomii2023Tachina feraTachina fera2023Tachina feraTachina fera2023Kite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillus2023Kite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillus2023Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2023Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2023Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023Musk BeetleAromia moschata2023Musk BeetleAromia moschata2023Bibio hortulanusBibio hortulanus2023Bibio hortulanusBibio hortulanus2023Events & activities nearby
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