Shepherd Drive Baptist Church
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.04241, 1.10848
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 227m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 227m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Woodpigeon, Robin +64 more · last seen 2026
Free
Mammals — Bat, Hazel Dormouse, Daubenton's Bat +13 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Stag Beetle, Banded Demoiselle, Large Red Damselfly +38 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Red Dead-nettle, Cherry Plum, Green-winged Orchid +27 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
King Charles III England Coast Path: East: Shotley Gate to Felixstowe FerryWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Stour & Orwell WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
The Fonnereau WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Fynn Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Gipping Valley River PathWalking route▾
154 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
Route 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 2Local cycle route
2ACycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 10BCycling route▾
Named routeRef 10BLocal cycle route
Alton Water LoopCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN51 Proposed change avoiding Duke Street, IpswichCycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
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Shepherd Drive Baptist church
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Wildlife to spot
27,077 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
27,077 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Blue Tit · Robin · Great Tit · Blackbird · Goldfinch +29
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Common Shrew · Rat spp.
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
- Rat spp.Rattus
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects23 species
springsummer
2025▾
Banded Demoiselle · Large Red Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Hairy Dragonfly · Common Blue Damselfly +18
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
Cherry Plum · Green-winged Orchid · Elder · Hedge Mustard · Red Dead-nettle +1
- Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
- Green-winged OrchidAnacamptis morio
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
27,077 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Blue Tit · Robin · Great Tit · Blackbird · Goldfinch +29
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Common Shrew · Rat spp.
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
- Rat spp.Rattus
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects23 species
springsummer
2025▾
Banded Demoiselle · Large Red Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Hairy Dragonfly · Common Blue Damselfly +18
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
Cherry Plum · Green-winged Orchid · Elder · Hedge Mustard · Red Dead-nettle +1
- Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
- Green-winged OrchidAnacamptis morio
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas