Moated site immediately adjacent to St Peter's Church
2 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
52.19391, -1.96265
Open directionsv
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
- ✦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
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ✦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
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Wren, Woodpigeon +68 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Wren, Woodpigeon +68 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Large White, Holly Blue +37 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small White, Large White, Holly Blue +37 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
Millennium Way (Warks)Walking route100 km▾
A 100 mile long distance footpath, across the centre of England from Pershore to Chipping Warden via Meriden.
Named routeLength 100 kmRegional walking route
Wychavon WayWalking route67 km▾
A route from Holt Fleet on the River Severn to Winchcombe in the Cotswolds.
Named routeRef WyWLength 67 kmRegional walking route
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St Peter, Abbots Morton: steps to the church
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Wildlife to spot
3,464 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,464 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds55 species
springautumn
2026▾
Robin · Wren · Blackcap · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Woodpigeon +50
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2023
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- Hirundo rustica rusticaHirundo rustica rustica2023
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Brown Hare · Badger · Roe Deer
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- BadgerMeles meles2024
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2023
🐝Insects11 species
springsummer
2025▾
Roesel's Bush-cricket · Beautiful Demoiselle · Speckled Bush-cricket · Oedemera femoralis · Black-headed Cardinal Beetle +6
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis
- Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea
- Common Water-BoatmanNotonecta (Notonecta) glauca
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,464 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds55 species
springautumn
2026▾
Robin · Wren · Blackcap · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Woodpigeon +50
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2023
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- Hirundo rustica rusticaHirundo rustica rustica2023
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Brown Hare · Badger · Roe Deer
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- BadgerMeles meles2024
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2023
🐝Insects11 species
springsummer
2025▾
Roesel's Bush-cricket · Beautiful Demoiselle · Speckled Bush-cricket · Oedemera femoralis · Black-headed Cardinal Beetle +6
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis
- Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea
- Common Water-BoatmanNotonecta (Notonecta) glauca
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2023Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2023Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2023Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis20237-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20237-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2023Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2023Grammoptera ruficornisGrammoptera ruficornis2023Grammoptera ruficornisGrammoptera ruficornis2023Events & activities nearby
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