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Old Burial Ground

📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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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
🐕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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Herring Gull, Greylag Goose, Oystercatcher +96 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Herring Gull, Greylag Goose, Oystercatcher +96 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Red Admiral, Cinnabar, Golden-ringed Dragonfly +48 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Red Admiral, Cinnabar, Golden-ringed Dragonfly +48 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Tufted Vetch, Red Campion, Lady's Bedstraw +3 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Tufted Vetch, Red Campion, Lady's Bedstraw +3 more · last seen 2024

Free

Heritage

Moderate match

Cemetery — local history and memorials

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Farm CircuitWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Woodland WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Ministers WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Ben Moore TrailWalking route

Named routeRef RW 24Local walking route

Wildlife to spot

5,891 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,891 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds70 species

summer

2025

Herring Gull · Common Gull · Grey Heron · Great Black-backed Gull · Shag +65

Herring GullLarus argentatus
Common GullLarus canus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Greylag GooseAnser anser
BlackbirdTurdus merula
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
CurlewNumenius arquata
RavenCorvus corax
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Common TernSterna hirundo
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
LapwingVanellus vanellus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Common GuillemotUria aalge
SwallowHirundo rustica
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
GoosanderMergus merganser
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
RedshankTringa totanus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Great TitParus major
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
SiskinSpinus spinus
GannetMorus bassanus
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Corvus corax coraxCorvus corax corax
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Prunella modularis modularisPrunella modularis modularis
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
SnipeGallinago gallinago
PuffinFratercula arctica
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
DunlinCalidris alpina
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
GreenfinchChloris chloris
DunnockPrunella modularis
Rock DoveColumba livia
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
CuckooCuculus canorus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
TwiteLinaria flavirostris

🐝

Insects1 species

summer

2025

Cicadella viridis

Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,891 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds70 species

summer

2025

Herring Gull · Common Gull · Grey Heron · Great Black-backed Gull · Shag +65

Herring GullLarus argentatus
Common GullLarus canus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
ShagGulosus aristotelis
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Greylag GooseAnser anser
BlackbirdTurdus merula
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
CurlewNumenius arquata
RavenCorvus corax
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Common TernSterna hirundo
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
LapwingVanellus vanellus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Common GuillemotUria aalge
SwallowHirundo rustica
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
GoosanderMergus merganser
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
RedshankTringa totanus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Great TitParus major
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
SiskinSpinus spinus
GannetMorus bassanus
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Corvus corax coraxCorvus corax corax
Great Northern DiverGavia immer
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Prunella modularis modularisPrunella modularis modularis
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
SnipeGallinago gallinago
PuffinFratercula arctica
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
DunlinCalidris alpina
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
GreenfinchChloris chloris
DunnockPrunella modularis
Rock DoveColumba livia
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
CuckooCuculus canorus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
TwiteLinaria flavirostris

🐝

Insects1 species

summer

2025

Cicadella viridis

Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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