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St Helen's Church

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦116+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Tufted Duck
✦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

🐦116+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Tufted Duck
✦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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

4 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mute Swan, Tufted Duck, Coot +113 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Mute Swan, Tufted Duck, Coot +113 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Hawthorn Shieldbug · last seen 2024; Insects — Hawthorn Shieldbug · last seen 2024

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Trent Valley WayWalking route

Named route

Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km

Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route

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Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Byway (Lincolnshire)Cycling route

The National Byway in Lincolnshire

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

National Byway Retford LoopCycling route

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

16,864 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

16,864 records · National Biodiversity Network

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Birds84 species

summerwinter

2025

Great Crested Grebe · Kestrel · Black-headed Gull · Lapwing · Mallard +79

Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
TealAnas crecca
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Great TitParus major
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
RobinErithacus rubecula
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
CootFulica atra
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
GadwallMareca strepera
WigeonMareca penelope
PochardAythya ferina
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
MagpiePica pica
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
HobbyFalco subbuteo
Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
JackdawColoeus monedula
RedwingTurdus iliacus
DunnockPrunella modularis
JayGarrulus glandarius
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
RookCorvus frugilegus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Barn OwlTyto alba
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Common GullLarus canus
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
GoosanderMergus merganser
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
PintailAnas acuta
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Water RailRallus aquaticus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
SwiftApus apus
Common TernSterna hirundo
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
SwallowHirundo rustica
GarganeySpatula querquedula

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Mammals7 species

winter

2025

Red Fox · Badger · Rabbit · Red Deer · Grey Squirrel +2

Red FoxVulpes vulpes
BadgerMeles meles
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Red DeerCervus elaphus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

16,864 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds84 species

summerwinter

2025

Great Crested Grebe · Kestrel · Black-headed Gull · Lapwing · Mallard +79

Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
TealAnas crecca
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Great TitParus major
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
RobinErithacus rubecula
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
CootFulica atra
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
GadwallMareca strepera
WigeonMareca penelope
PochardAythya ferina
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
MagpiePica pica
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
HobbyFalco subbuteo
Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
JackdawColoeus monedula
RedwingTurdus iliacus
DunnockPrunella modularis
JayGarrulus glandarius
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
RookCorvus frugilegus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Barn OwlTyto alba
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Common GullLarus canus
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
GoosanderMergus merganser
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
PintailAnas acuta
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Water RailRallus aquaticus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
SwiftApus apus
Common TernSterna hirundo
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
SwallowHirundo rustica
GarganeySpatula querquedula

🦌

Mammals7 species

winter

2025

Red Fox · Badger · Rabbit · Red Deer · Grey Squirrel +2

Red FoxVulpes vulpes
BadgerMeles meles
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Red DeerCervus elaphus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Colin Park · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Ruins of St Helen's Church, S Wheatley

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