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Langley Baptist Church

📷 John Sutton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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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

Parking

Best for

8 activities

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 — Starling, Blue Tit, Robin +66 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Starling, Blue Tit, Robin +66 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Crested Cow-wheat, Cut-leaved Crane's-bill, Creeping Thistle +31 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Crested Cow-wheat, Cut-leaved Crane's-bill, Creeping Thistle +31 more · last seen 2024

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Marmalade Hoverfly, Swollen-thighed Beetle, 7-spot Ladybird +36 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Marmalade Hoverfly, Swollen-thighed Beetle, 7-spot Ladybird +36 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Hazel, Meadowsweet, Hawthorn +6 more foraging species

Varies

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Hertfordshire WayWalking route267 km

Long distance path

Named routeLength 267 kmRegional walking route

Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km

long distance footpath 169 km

Named routeLength 169 kmRegional walking route

Harcamlow WayWalking route

Named routeRef HARRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 11Cycling route

Named routeRef 11National Cycle Network

National Byway (Cambridgeshire)Cycling route

National Byway route through Cambridgeshire

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route1.9 km

Named routeRef 11Length 1.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

9,361 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

9,361 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds73 species

springsummer

2025

Starling · Blue Tit · Robin · Greenfinch · Blackbird +68

StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Great TitParus major2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Red KiteMilvus milvus
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Barn OwlTyto alba
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
Aegithalos caudatus rosaceusAegithalos caudatus rosaceus2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
Rock DoveColumba livia2020
MagpiePica pica2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
SwallowHirundo rustica2021
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2023
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2023
Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2022
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2020
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2020
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
Greylag GooseAnser anser2020
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2020
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2024
RavenCorvus corax2023
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2022
SwiftApus apus2021
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2021
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix2020
House MartinDelichon urbicum2020
LinnetLinaria cannabina2020
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2020
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor2024
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
GoshawkAstur gentilis2022
QuailCoturnix coturnix2022
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2022
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2021
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2021
Emberiza schoeniclus schoeniclusEmberiza schoeniclus schoeniclus2021
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2021
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2021
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2021
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2021
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2020
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2020
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2020
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2020

🦌

Mammals5 species

autumn

2025

Badger · Fallow Deer · Brown Hare · Muntjac · Red Fox

BadgerMeles meles
Fallow DeerDama dama2024
Brown HareLepus europaeus2022
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2020
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2021

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2023

Adder

AdderVipera berus

🐸

Amphibians4 species

spring

2026

Common Toad · Great Crested Newt · Common Frog · Smooth Newt

Common ToadBufo bufo2025
Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Common FrogRana temporaria2022
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2021

🐝

Insects39 species

summer

2025

Marmalade Hoverfly · Swollen-thighed Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird · Dock Bug · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle +34

Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2024
PipizellaPipizella2024
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2021
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2020
Scarlet Malachite BeetleMalachius aeneus2020
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2024
Toxonevra muliebrisToxonevra muliebris2023
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2023
Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2023
Criorhina floccosaCriorhina floccosa2023
Volucella inflataVolucella inflata2023
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2023
SyrphusSyrphus2022
Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2022
Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum2022
Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2022
Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2022
Empis lividaEmpis livida2021
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2021
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber2021
Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2021
Cantharis lateralisCantharis lateralis2021
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2021
HornetVespa crabro2020
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2020
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2020
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2020
Macrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosaeMacrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosae2020

🌿

Plants34 species

summer

2024

Crested Cow-wheat · Cut-leaved Crane's-bill · Hazel · Creeping Thistle · Perennial Rye-grass +29

Crested Cow-wheatMelampyrum cristatum
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
HazelCorylus avellana2022
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2022
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2022
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2022
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2022
Common CouchElymus repens2022
Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba2022
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2022
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2022
CleaversGalium aparine2022
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2022
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2022
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2022
BrambleRubus fruticosus2022
ElderSambucus nigra2022
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2022
SilverweedPotentilla anserina2022
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2022
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2022
Field MapleAcer campestre2022
AshFraxinus excelsior2022
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2022
Common NettleUrtica dioica2022
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2022
YarrowAchillea millefolium2022
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2022
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2022
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2021
Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula2021
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2021
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2021
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2021

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

9,361 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds73 species

springsummer

2025

Starling · Blue Tit · Robin · Greenfinch · Blackbird +68

StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Great TitParus major2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Red KiteMilvus milvus
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Barn OwlTyto alba
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
Aegithalos caudatus rosaceusAegithalos caudatus rosaceus2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
Rock DoveColumba livia2020
MagpiePica pica2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
SwallowHirundo rustica2021
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2023
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2023
Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2022
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2020
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2020
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
Greylag GooseAnser anser2020
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2020
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2024
RavenCorvus corax2023
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2022
SwiftApus apus2021
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2021
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix2020
House MartinDelichon urbicum2020
LinnetLinaria cannabina2020
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2020
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor2024
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
GoshawkAstur gentilis2022
QuailCoturnix coturnix2022
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2022
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2021
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2021
Emberiza schoeniclus schoeniclusEmberiza schoeniclus schoeniclus2021
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2021
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2021
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2021
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2021
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2020
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2020
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2020
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2020

🦌

Mammals5 species

autumn

2025

Badger · Fallow Deer · Brown Hare · Muntjac · Red Fox

BadgerMeles meles
Fallow DeerDama dama2024
Brown HareLepus europaeus2022
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2020
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2021

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2023

Adder

AdderVipera berus

🐸

Amphibians4 species

spring

2026

Common Toad · Great Crested Newt · Common Frog · Smooth Newt

Common ToadBufo bufo2025
Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Common FrogRana temporaria2022
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2021

🐝

Insects39 species

summer

2025

Marmalade Hoverfly · Swollen-thighed Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird · Dock Bug · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle +34

Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2024
PipizellaPipizella2024
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2021
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2020
Scarlet Malachite BeetleMalachius aeneus2020
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2024
Toxonevra muliebrisToxonevra muliebris2023
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2023
Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2023
Criorhina floccosaCriorhina floccosa2023
Volucella inflataVolucella inflata2023
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2023
SyrphusSyrphus2022
Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2022
Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum2022
Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2022
Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2022
Empis lividaEmpis livida2021
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2021
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber2021
Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2021
Cantharis lateralisCantharis lateralis2021
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2021
HornetVespa crabro2020
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2020
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2020
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2020
Macrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosaeMacrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosae2020

🌿

Plants34 species

summer

2024

Crested Cow-wheat · Cut-leaved Crane's-bill · Hazel · Creeping Thistle · Perennial Rye-grass +29

Crested Cow-wheatMelampyrum cristatum
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
HazelCorylus avellana2022
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2022
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2022
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2022
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2022
Common CouchElymus repens2022
Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba2022
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2022
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2022
CleaversGalium aparine2022
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2022
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2022
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2022
BrambleRubus fruticosus2022
ElderSambucus nigra2022
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2022
SilverweedPotentilla anserina2022
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2022
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2022
Field MapleAcer campestre2022
AshFraxinus excelsior2022
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2022
Common NettleUrtica dioica2022
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2022
YarrowAchillea millefolium2022
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2022
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2022
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2021
Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula2021
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2021
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2021
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2021

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 John Sutton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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