Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.95831, -0.53064
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦50+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Rook and Blackbird
- ✦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
- 🐦50+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Rook and Blackbird
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Rook, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +47 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ST ANDREW; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Birds — Rook, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +47 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Dark Arches, Flame Shoulder, Straw Dot +189 more · last seen 2024
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
⛪Churchyard walks
Good match
Churchyard or religious grounds — wildlife sanctuary and quiet reflection
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Minster WayWalking route80 km▾
Named routeLength 80 kmRegional walking route
Chalkland WayWalking route59 km▾
Named routeRef N28Length 59 kmRegional walking route
21 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 3Cycling route▾
Lincoln - Whitby
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Yorkshire Wolds Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripNational Cycle Network
Way of the Roses Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WoRNational Cycle Network
NCN 1 Humber to TeesCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 164Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 164National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route5.5 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 5.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
St Andrew's Church, Bainton
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
7,759 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,759 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springsummerwinter
2026▾
Rook · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Wren · Jackdaw +40
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- Great TitParus major
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
- SwiftApus apus2022
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- GadwallMareca strepera2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
- White StorkCiconia ciconia2021
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummerwinter
2023▾
Mole · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Hedgehog · Brown Hare +1
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2022
- Badger
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2023▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Common Rustic agg. · Yellow-tail · Red Twin-spot Carpet · Chinese Character · Riband Wave +42
- Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.2019
- Yellow-tailEuproctis similis2019
- Red Twin-spot CarpetXanthorhoe spadicearia2019
- Chinese CharacterCilix glaucata2019
- Riband WaveIdaea aversata2019
- Lesser Yellow Underwing
Marsh Cudweed
- Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,759 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springsummerwinter
2026▾
Rook · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Wren · Jackdaw +40
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- Great TitParus major
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
- SwiftApus apus2022
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- GadwallMareca strepera2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
- White StorkCiconia ciconia2021
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummerwinter
2023▾
Mole · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Hedgehog · Brown Hare +1
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2022
- Badger
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2023▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Common Rustic agg. · Yellow-tail · Red Twin-spot Carpet · Chinese Character · Riband Wave +42
- Common Rustic agg.Mesapamea secalis agg.2019
- Yellow-tailEuproctis similis2019
- Red Twin-spot CarpetXanthorhoe spadicearia2019
- Chinese CharacterCilix glaucata2019
- Riband WaveIdaea aversata2019
- Lesser Yellow Underwing
Marsh Cudweed
- Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Meles meles2021
Meles meles2021
Noctua comes2019
Noctua comes2019
Dingy FootmanEilema griseola2019Dingy FootmanEilema griseola2019Limonia nubeculosaLimonia nubeculosaLimonia nubeculosaLimonia nubeculosaParent BugElasmucha griseaParent BugElasmucha griseaCream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttataCream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttataLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2020Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2020PeacockAglais io2019PeacockAglais io2019Small Fan-footed WaveIdaea biselata2019Small Fan-footed WaveIdaea biselata2019SnoutHypena proboscidalis2019SnoutHypena proboscidalis2019Shaded Broad-barScotopteryx chenopodiata2019Shaded Broad-barScotopteryx chenopodiata2019Knot GrassAcronicta rumicis2019Knot GrassAcronicta rumicis2019Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata2019Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata2019Pebble ProminentNotodonta ziczac2019Pebble ProminentNotodonta ziczac2019Flame CarpetXanthorhoe designata2019Flame CarpetXanthorhoe designata2019Dark-barred Twin-spot CarpetXanthorhoe ferrugata2019Dark-barred Twin-spot CarpetXanthorhoe ferrugata2019Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe2019Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe2019Blood-veinTimandra comae2019Blood-veinTimandra comae2019Map-winged SwiftKorscheltellus fusconebulosa2019Map-winged SwiftKorscheltellus fusconebulosa2019Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2019Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2019Bulrush WainscotNonagria typhae2019Bulrush WainscotNonagria typhae2019Magpie MothAbraxas grossulariata2019Magpie MothAbraxas grossulariata2019Copper Underwing agg.Amphipyra pyramidea agg.2019Copper Underwing agg.Amphipyra pyramidea agg.2019Orange SwiftTriodia sylvina2019Orange SwiftTriodia sylvina2019Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2019Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2019RivuletPerizoma affinitata2019RivuletPerizoma affinitata2019Mouse MothAmphipyra tragopoginis2019Mouse MothAmphipyra tragopoginis2019Gold SpotPlusia festucae2019Gold SpotPlusia festucae2019Least Yellow UnderwingNoctua interjecta2019Least Yellow UnderwingNoctua interjecta2019Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria2019Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria2019Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2019Flame ShoulderOchropleura plecta2019Six-striped RusticXestia sexstrigata2019Six-striped RusticXestia sexstrigata2019Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2019Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2019Poplar Hawk-mothLaothoe populi2019Poplar Hawk-mothLaothoe populi2019Dun-barCosmia trapezina2019Dun-barCosmia trapezina2019Single-dotted WaveIdaea dimidiata2019Single-dotted WaveIdaea dimidiata2019Straw DotRivula sericealis2019Straw DotRivula sericealis2019Silver YAutographa gamma2019Silver YAutographa gamma2019Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2019Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2019UncertainHoplodrina octogenaria2019UncertainHoplodrina octogenaria2019Small RufousCoenobia rufa2019Small RufousCoenobia rufa2019Pale ProminentPterostoma palpina2019Pale ProminentPterostoma palpina2019Sallow KittenFurcula furcula2019Sallow KittenFurcula furcula2019Events & activities nearby
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