St John the Baptist Church
8 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
52.34096, -2.58341
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦28+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Dipper
- 🐕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
- 🐦28+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Dipper
- 🐕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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Swift, Dipper, Greenfinch +25 more · last seen 2023
Free
Birds — Swift, Dipper, Greenfinch +25 more · last seen 2023
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large Yellow Underwing, Brimstone Moth, Heart & Dart +176 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Urban park — open green space
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Shropshire Way - stage 06Walking route17.1 km▾
Named routeRef ShW06Length 17.1 kmLocal walking route
Shropshire Way (Route 11, Link to Severn Way)Walking route14 km▾
Named routeLength 14 kmRegional walking route
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St. John the Baptist church (Nash)
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
7,956 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,956 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwift · House Sparrow · Greenfinch · Wren · Coal Tit +21
- SwiftApus apus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DipperCinclus cinclus2021
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2019
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2019
Badger
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2020▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Large Yellow Underwing · Brimstone Moth · Lunar Underwing · Setaceous Hebrew Character · Heart & Dart +58
- Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2018
- Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2018
- Lunar UnderwingAnchoscelis lunosa2018
- Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2018
- Heart & DartAgrotis exclamationis2018
- Beaded Chestnut
Wall Screw-moss · Clustered Feather-moss · Wood Bristle-moss · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Creeping Feather-moss
- Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
- Clustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertum
- Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
- Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,956 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwift · House Sparrow · Greenfinch · Wren · Coal Tit +21
- SwiftApus apus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DipperCinclus cinclus2021
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2019
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2019
Badger
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2020▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Large Yellow Underwing · Brimstone Moth · Lunar Underwing · Setaceous Hebrew Character · Heart & Dart +58
- Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2018
- Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2018
- Lunar UnderwingAnchoscelis lunosa2018
- Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2018
- Heart & DartAgrotis exclamationis2018
- Beaded Chestnut
Wall Screw-moss · Clustered Feather-moss · Wood Bristle-moss · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Creeping Feather-moss
- Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
- Clustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertum
- Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
- Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Agrochola lychnidis2018
Agrochola lychnidis2018
Dusky ThornEnnomos fuscantaria2018Dusky ThornEnnomos fuscantaria2018Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2018Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2018Straw DotRivula sericealis2018Straw DotRivula sericealis2018Common WainscotMythimna pallens2018Common WainscotMythimna pallens2018Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea2018Rosy RusticHydraecia micacea2018Chinese CharacterCilix glaucata2018Chinese CharacterCilix glaucata2018Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2018Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2018Rhyzobius lophanthaeRhyzobius lophanthaeRhyzobius lophanthaeRhyzobius lophanthaeNovember Moth agg.Epirrita dilutata agg.2018November Moth agg.Epirrita dilutata agg.2018Black RusticAporophyla nigra2018Black RusticAporophyla nigra2018SnoutHypena proboscidalis2018SnoutHypena proboscidalis2018Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2018Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2018Silver YAutographa gamma2018Silver YAutographa gamma2018Canary-shouldered ThornEnnomos alniaria2018Canary-shouldered ThornEnnomos alniaria2018Flame CarpetXanthorhoe designata2018Flame CarpetXanthorhoe designata2018Flounced RusticLuperina testacea2018Flounced RusticLuperina testacea2018Six-striped RusticXestia sexstrigata2018Six-striped RusticXestia sexstrigata2018Poplar Hawk-mothLaothoe populi2018Poplar Hawk-mothLaothoe populi201816-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctataMerveille du JourGriposia aprilina2018Merveille du JourGriposia aprilina2018Barred SallowTiliacea aurago2018Barred SallowTiliacea aurago2018Light EmeraldCampaea margaritaria2018Light EmeraldCampaea margaritaria2018Brown-Spot PinionAnchoscelis litura2018Brown-Spot PinionAnchoscelis litura2018Copper Underwing agg.Amphipyra pyramidea agg.2018Copper Underwing agg.Amphipyra pyramidea agg.2018Centre-barred SallowAtethmia centrago2018Centre-barred SallowAtethmia centrago2018Small Square-spotDiarsia rubi2018Small Square-spotDiarsia rubi2018Vine's RusticHoplodrina ambigua2018Vine's RusticHoplodrina ambigua2018SpectacleAbrostola tripartita2018SpectacleAbrostola tripartita2018Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe2018Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe2018Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.2018Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.2018Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata2018Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata20187-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataPine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatusPine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatusDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraYellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta2018Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta2018Green-brindled CrescentAllophyes oxyacanthae2018Green-brindled CrescentAllophyes oxyacanthae2018Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa2018Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa2018Yellow-tailEuproctis similis2018Yellow-tailEuproctis similis2018Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata2018Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata2018Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua fimbriata2018Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua fimbriata2018Small Blood-veinScopula imitaria2018Small Blood-veinScopula imitaria2018Uncertain/RusticHoplodrina octogenaria/blanda2018Uncertain/RusticHoplodrina octogenaria/blanda2018Orange SwiftTriodia sylvina2018Orange SwiftTriodia sylvina2018Burnished BrassDiachrysia chrysitis2018Burnished BrassDiachrysia chrysitis2018Frosted OrangeGortyna flavago2018Frosted OrangeGortyna flavago2018Knot GrassAcronicta rumicis2018Knot GrassAcronicta rumicis2018Treble-barAplocera plagiata2018Treble-barAplocera plagiata2018Pale ProminentPterostoma palpina2018Pale ProminentPterostoma palpina2018Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria2018Green CarpetColostygia pectinataria2018Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria2018Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria2018Blood-veinTimandra comae2018Blood-veinTimandra comae2018Mouse MothAmphipyra tragopoginis2018Mouse MothAmphipyra tragopoginis2018Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2018Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2018Swallow ProminentPheosia tremula2018Swallow ProminentPheosia tremula2018Red UnderwingCatocala nupta2018Red UnderwingCatocala nupta2018Shoulder-striped WainscotLeucania comma2018Shoulder-striped WainscotLeucania comma2018Magpie MothAbraxas grossulariata2018Magpie MothAbraxas grossulariata2018Events & activities nearby
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