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Keig Parish Church

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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

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Tawny Owl, Greylag Goose, Jackdaw +29 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Tawny Owl, Greylag Goose, Jackdaw +29 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Common Nettle, Rowan, Tufted Hair-grass +172 more · last seen 2016; Plants — Common Nettle, Rowan, Tufted Hair-grass +172 more · last seen 2016

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Common Nettle, Rowan, Raspberry +24 more foraging species

Varies

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Peacock, Common Blue Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly +14 more · last seen 2023; Insects — Peacock, Common Blue Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly +14 more · last seen 2023

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Gordon WayWalking route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

2,731 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,731 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds34 species

winterspring

2025

Tawny Owl · Greylag Goose · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Jackdaw · Lapwing +29

Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2022
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2021
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
Mute SwanCygnus olor2021
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2021
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
Great TitParus major2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
DipperCinclus cinclus2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
SwiftApus apus2022
SiskinSpinus spinus2021
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2020
CuckooCuculus canorus2020
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2020
BuzzardButeo buteo2020
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2020
WhitethroatCurruca communis2018
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2018
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2018
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2016

🦌

Mammals3 species

winterspringautumn

2025

Red Squirrel · Roe Deer · Pine Marten

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Pine MartenMartes martes2021

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2019

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐸

Amphibians3 species

springsummer

2018

Common Frog · Common Toad · Palmate Newt

Common FrogRana temporaria
Common ToadBufo bufo
Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus

🐝

Insects15 species

summer

2023

Peacock · Large Red Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly +10

PeacockAglais io2019
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2017
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2017
Common White WaveCabera pusaria2017
Purple BarCosmorhoe ocellata2017
Clouded BorderLomaspilis marginata2017
Mottled BeautyAlcis repandata2017
Map-winged SwiftKorscheltellus fusconebulosa2017
Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria2017

🌿

Plants58 species

summer

2023

Twinflower · Sweet Cicely · Common Nettle · Hedge Woundwort · Cow Parsley +53

TwinflowerLinnaea borealis
Sweet CicelyMyrrhis odorata2016
Common NettleUrtica dioica2016
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2016
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2016
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2016
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2016
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2016
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2016
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2016
Tuberous ComfreySymphytum tuberosum2016
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2016
Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2016
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2016
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2016
Bush VetchVicia sepium2016
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2016
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2016
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2016
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2016
CleaversGalium aparine2016
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2016
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2016
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2016
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2016
NipplewortLapsana communis2016
Common CouchElymus repens2016
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2016
Common SallowSalix cinerea2016
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2016
Common Hemp-Nettle agg.Galeopsis tetrahit2016
Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2016
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2016
Reed Sweet-grassGlyceria maxima2016
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2016
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2016
PignutConopodium majus2016
Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum2016
Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans2016
Pink PurslaneClaytonia sibirica2016
Wood Crane's-billGeranium sylvaticum2016
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2016
Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2016
Salix euxinaSalix euxina2016
Monkeyflower SpeciesErythranthe2016
daffodilsNarcissus2016
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2016
Water Forget-me-notMyosotis scorpioides2016
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2016
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2016
Marsh VioletViola palustris2016
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2016
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2016
BroomCytisus scoparius2016
Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre2016
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2016
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2016
Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2016

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,731 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds34 species

winterspring

2025

Tawny Owl · Greylag Goose · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Jackdaw · Lapwing +29

Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2022
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2021
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
Mute SwanCygnus olor2021
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2021
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
Great TitParus major2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
DipperCinclus cinclus2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
SwiftApus apus2022
SiskinSpinus spinus2021
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2020
CuckooCuculus canorus2020
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2020
BuzzardButeo buteo2020
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2020
WhitethroatCurruca communis2018
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2018
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2018
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2016

🦌

Mammals3 species

winterspringautumn

2025

Red Squirrel · Roe Deer · Pine Marten

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Pine MartenMartes martes2021

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2019

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐸

Amphibians3 species

springsummer

2018

Common Frog · Common Toad · Palmate Newt

Common FrogRana temporaria
Common ToadBufo bufo
Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus

🐝

Insects15 species

summer

2023

Peacock · Large Red Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly +10

PeacockAglais io2019
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2017
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2017
Common White WaveCabera pusaria2017
Purple BarCosmorhoe ocellata2017
Clouded BorderLomaspilis marginata2017
Mottled BeautyAlcis repandata2017
Map-winged SwiftKorscheltellus fusconebulosa2017
Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria2017

🌿

Plants58 species

summer

2023

Twinflower · Sweet Cicely · Common Nettle · Hedge Woundwort · Cow Parsley +53

TwinflowerLinnaea borealis
Sweet CicelyMyrrhis odorata2016
Common NettleUrtica dioica2016
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2016
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2016
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2016
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2016
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2016
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2016
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2016
Tuberous ComfreySymphytum tuberosum2016
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2016
Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2016
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2016
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2016
Bush VetchVicia sepium2016
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2016
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2016
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2016
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2016
CleaversGalium aparine2016
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2016
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2016
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2016
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2016
NipplewortLapsana communis2016
Common CouchElymus repens2016
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2016
Common SallowSalix cinerea2016
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2016
Common Hemp-Nettle agg.Galeopsis tetrahit2016
Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2016
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2016
Reed Sweet-grassGlyceria maxima2016
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2016
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2016
PignutConopodium majus2016
Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum2016
Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans2016
Pink PurslaneClaytonia sibirica2016
Wood Crane's-billGeranium sylvaticum2016
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2016
Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2016
Salix euxinaSalix euxina2016
Monkeyflower SpeciesErythranthe2016
daffodilsNarcissus2016
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2016
Water Forget-me-notMyosotis scorpioides2016
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2016
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2016
Marsh VioletViola palustris2016
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2016
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2016
BroomCytisus scoparius2016
Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre2016
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2016
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2016
Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2016

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Scott Cormie · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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