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St Jame's Church

📷 Fabian Musto · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Great Tit, Blue Tit +58 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Great Tit, Blue Tit +58 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Small White, Meadow Brown, Large White +60 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Small White, Meadow Brown, Large White +60 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Moderate match

Plants — Bluebell · last seen 2017; Plants — Bluebell · last seen 2017

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Worcestershire WayWalking route50 km

Walking route from Bewdley to Great Malvern

Named routeLength 50 kmRegional walking route

Geopark WayWalking route175 km

Named routeRef geoLength 175 kmRegional walking route

Abberley Circular WalkWalking route5 km

Named routeLength 5 kmLocal walking route

🐴

Horse riding

1 public path nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

2,281 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,281 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds64 species

springsummer

2026

Buzzard · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Robin +59

BuzzardButeo buteo2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
Great TitParus major2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
MagpiePica pica2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2021
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2021
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2021
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2019
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
SwiftApus apus2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2019
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2019
RedwingTurdus iliacus2019
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2022
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
RavenCorvus corax2019
SiskinSpinus spinus2018
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2018
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2018
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2017
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2019
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2019
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2016
RookCorvus frugilegus2016

🦌

Mammals11 species

springsummer

2024

Soprano Pipistrelle · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Muntjac +6

Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2020
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2019
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
Brown HareLepus europaeus2019
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020
Bank VoleMyodes glareolus2020
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2019
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2018
OtterLutra lutra2018
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2016

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2021

Grass Snake

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2019

Great Crested Newt

Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus

🐝

Insects63 species

summer

2026

Small White · Meadow Brown · Large White · Gatekeeper · Green-veined White +58

Small WhitePieris rapae2020
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2020
Large WhitePieris brassicae2020
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2020
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2020
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2020
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2020
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2020
PeacockAglais io2020
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2019
White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2021
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2021
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2020
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2021
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2020
CommaPolygonia c-album2020
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2016
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2016
BumblebeeBombus2021
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2021
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2019
Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2021
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2021
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2019
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2018
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2022
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2021
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2021
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2021
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2020
Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2020
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2018
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2016
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2024
Tipula vernalisTipula vernalis2023
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2022
Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2021
Variimorda villosaVariimorda villosa2021
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2021
Barbut's Cuckoo BeeBombus barbutellus2021
Stenocorus meridianusStenocorus meridianus2020
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2019
Six-spot BurnetZygaena filipendulae2019
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2019
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2019
SarcophagaSarcophaga2019
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2018
Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2018
Large EmeraldGeometra papilionaria2018
Barberry FusehornArge berberidis2017
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2017
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2017
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2017
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2017
Acrossus rufipesAcrossus rufipes2017
CinnabarTyria jacobaeae2017
Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2017
White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2016

🌿

Plants1 species

spring

2017

Bluebell

BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,281 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds64 species

springsummer

2026

Buzzard · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Robin +59

BuzzardButeo buteo2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
Great TitParus major2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
MagpiePica pica2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2021
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2021
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2021
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2019
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
SwiftApus apus2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2019
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2019
RedwingTurdus iliacus2019
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2022
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
RavenCorvus corax2019
SiskinSpinus spinus2018
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2018
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2018
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2017
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2019
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2019
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2016
RookCorvus frugilegus2016

🦌

Mammals11 species

springsummer

2024

Soprano Pipistrelle · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Muntjac +6

Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2020
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2019
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
Brown HareLepus europaeus2019
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020
Bank VoleMyodes glareolus2020
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2019
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2018
OtterLutra lutra2018
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2016

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2021

Grass Snake

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2019

Great Crested Newt

Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus

🐝

Insects63 species

summer

2026

Small White · Meadow Brown · Large White · Gatekeeper · Green-veined White +58

Small WhitePieris rapae2020
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2020
Large WhitePieris brassicae2020
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2020
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2020
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2020
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2020
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2020
PeacockAglais io2020
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2019
White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2021
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2021
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2020
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2021
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2020
CommaPolygonia c-album2020
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2016
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2016
BumblebeeBombus2021
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2021
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2019
Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2021
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2021
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2019
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2018
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2022
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2021
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2021
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2021
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2020
Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2020
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2018
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2016
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2024
Tipula vernalisTipula vernalis2023
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2022
Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2021
Variimorda villosaVariimorda villosa2021
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2021
Barbut's Cuckoo BeeBombus barbutellus2021
Stenocorus meridianusStenocorus meridianus2020
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2019
Six-spot BurnetZygaena filipendulae2019
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2019
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2019
SarcophagaSarcophaga2019
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2018
Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2018
Large EmeraldGeometra papilionaria2018
Barberry FusehornArge berberidis2017
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2017
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2017
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2017
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2017
Acrossus rufipesAcrossus rufipes2017
CinnabarTyria jacobaeae2017
Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2017
White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2016

🌿

Plants1 species

spring

2017

Bluebell

BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Fabian Musto · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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