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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
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Getting here
50.75097, -4.39452
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Woodpigeon
- ✦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
- 🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Woodpigeon
- ✦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 — Chaffinch, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +56 more · last seen 2025
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ST DENIS; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Birds — Chaffinch, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +56 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Flame Shoulder +114 more · last seen 2019
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
⛪Churchyard walks
Good match
Churchyard or religious grounds — wildlife sanctuary and quiet reflection
Free
Photos
The tower of St Denis' church
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
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Wildlife to spot
2,837 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,837 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreat Tit · Chaffinch · Magpie · Anas platyrhynchos x · Robin +17
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2022▾
Otter · Hedgehog
- OtterLutra lutra
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
Ivy-leaved Speedwell · daffodils · Intermediate Polypody · Pedunculate Oak · Primrose +123
- Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia2020
- daffodilsNarcissus2020
- Intermediate PolypodyPolypodium interjectum2020
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2020
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2020
- False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,837 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreat Tit · Chaffinch · Magpie · Anas platyrhynchos x · Robin +17
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2022▾
Otter · Hedgehog
- OtterLutra lutra
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
Ivy-leaved Speedwell · daffodils · Intermediate Polypody · Pedunculate Oak · Primrose +123
- Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia2020
- daffodilsNarcissus2020
- Intermediate PolypodyPolypodium interjectum2020
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2020
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2020
- False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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lanatus2020Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2020Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2020Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2020Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2020Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2020Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2020BeechFagus sylvatica2020BeechFagus sylvatica2020Common ChickweedStellaria media2020Common ChickweedStellaria media2020NavelwortUmbilicus rupestris2020NavelwortUmbilicus rupestris2020Red CampionSilene dioica2020Red CampionSilene dioica2020BrackenPteridium aquilinum2020BrackenPteridium aquilinum2020Odontites vernus subsp. serotinusOdontites vernus subsp. serotinusOdontites vernus subsp. serotinusOdontites vernus subsp. serotinusBarren BromeAnisantha sterilisBarren BromeAnisantha sterilisGladiolus communis subsp. byzantinusGladiolus communis subsp. byzantinusGladiolus communis subsp. byzantinusGladiolus communis subsp. byzantinusSymphoricarpos albus subsp. laevigatusSymphoricarpos albus subsp. laevigatusSymphoricarpos albus subsp. laevigatusSymphoricarpos albus subsp. 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