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🦅Birds🦋Insects✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
55.20782, -1.84192
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦12+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Kestrel and Tree Pipit
- ✦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
- 🐦12+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Kestrel and Tree Pipit
- ✦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
Strong match
Birds — Kestrel, Tree Pipit, Jackdaw +9 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Helophilus pendulus, Hairy Shieldbug, Sericomyia silentis +49 more · last seen 2025
Free
Grade II* listed building: CHURCH OF ST GILES; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Red Campion, Yorkshire-fog, Cock's-foot +64 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
⛪Churchyard walks
Good match
Churchyard or religious grounds — wildlife sanctuary and quiet reflection
Free
Photos
The Church of St. Giles, Netherwitton
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Wildlife to spot
2,087 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,087 records · National Biodiversity NetworkKestrel · Tree Pipit · Wren · Jackdaw · Blue Tit +7
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects53 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Helophilus pendulus · Hairy Shieldbug · Sericomyia silentis · Volucella bombylans · Cheilosia illustrata +48
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
- Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans
- Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata
- Xylota segnisXylota segnis
Red Campion · Yorkshire-fog · Rough Meadow-grass · Red Fescue · False Oat-grass +62
- Red CampionSilene dioica2024
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
- Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis
- Red FescueFestuca rubra
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- Wood Crane's-billGeranium sylvaticum
- Common Nettle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,087 records · National Biodiversity NetworkKestrel · Tree Pipit · Wren · Jackdaw · Blue Tit +7
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects53 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Helophilus pendulus · Hairy Shieldbug · Sericomyia silentis · Volucella bombylans · Cheilosia illustrata +48
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
- Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans
- Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata
- Xylota segnisXylota segnis
Red Campion · Yorkshire-fog · Rough Meadow-grass · Red Fescue · False Oat-grass +62
- Red CampionSilene dioica2024
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
- Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis
- Red FescueFestuca rubra
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- Wood Crane's-billGeranium sylvaticum
- Common Nettle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Urtica dioica2024
Urtica dioica2024
White CloverTrifolium repens2024White CloverTrifolium repens2024Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa2024Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa2024Greater PlantainPlantago major2024Greater PlantainPlantago major2024Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensisMeadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensisCock's-footDactylis glomerataCock's-footDactylis glomerataMarsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosumMarsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosumSoft-bromeBromus hordeaceusSoft-bromeBromus hordeaceusSweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratumSweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratumPerennial Rye-grassLolium perennePerennial Rye-grassLolium perenneCrested Hair-grassKoeleria macranthaCrested Hair-grassKoeleria macranthaCrested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatusCrested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatusTufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosaTufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosaRed CloverTrifolium pratense2024Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024Heath Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza maculata2024Heath Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza maculata2024Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2024Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2024Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2024Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2024BeechFagus sylvatica2024BeechFagus sylvatica2024HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2024HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2024PignutConopodium majus2024PignutConopodium majus2024Melancholy ThistleCirsium heterophyllum2024Melancholy ThistleCirsium heterophyllum2024HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024Bush VetchVicia sepium2024Bush VetchVicia sepium2024Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2024Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2024SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024ColtsfootTussilago farfara2024ColtsfootTussilago farfara2024HazelCorylus avellana2024HazelCorylus avellana2024HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2024Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2024Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2024Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2024CleaversGalium aparine2024CleaversGalium aparine2024CrosswortCruciata laevipes2024CrosswortCruciata laevipes2024Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2024Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2024Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica2024Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica2024Curled DockRumex crispus2024Curled DockRumex crispus2024Wood DockRumex sanguineus2024Wood DockRumex sanguineus2024BrackenPteridium aquilinum2024BrackenPteridium aquilinum2024PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2024PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2024BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2024BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2024Goat WillowSalix caprea2024Goat WillowSalix caprea2024Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2024Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2024Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2024Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2024Soft-rushJuncus effusus2024Soft-rushJuncus effusus2024Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2024Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2024Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2024Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2024Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica2024Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica2024Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2024Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2024Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2024Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2024IvyHedera helix2024IvyHedera helix2024NipplewortLapsana communis2024NipplewortLapsana communis2024Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024TormentilPotentilla erecta2024TormentilPotentilla erecta2024Eared WillowSalix aurita2024Eared WillowSalix aurita2024Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2024Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2024