Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.48087, -1.36810
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦32+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Raven and Barn Owl
- ✦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
- 🐦32+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Raven and Barn Owl
- ✦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 — Raven, Barn Owl, Firecrest +29 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Raven, Barn Owl, Firecrest +29 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large Yellow Underwing, Setaceous Hebrew Character, Snout +197 more · last seen 2025
Free
Grade II* listed building: Church of St James; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
⛪Churchyard walks
Good match
Churchyard or religious grounds — wildlife sanctuary and quiet reflection
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Roman WayWalking route274.5 km▾
Named routeLength 274.5 kmRegional walking route
Lambourn Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Round Berkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Photos
St. James's church, Leckhampstead
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
10,288 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,288 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
winterspring
2025▾
Raven · Barn Owl · Firecrest · Peregrine · Hobby +27
- RavenCorvus corax
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Domestic ChickenGallus gallus f. domestica2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
Mole · Fallow Deer · Rabbit
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Barred Sallow · Beaded Chestnut · Red-green Carpet · Merveille du Jour · Chestnut +21
- Barred SallowTiliacea aurago2023
- Beaded ChestnutAgrochola lychnidis2023
- Red-green CarpetChloroclysta siterata2023
- Merveille du JourGriposia aprilina2023
- ChestnutConistra vaccinii2023
- Green-brindled Crescent
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,288 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
winterspring
2025▾
Raven · Barn Owl · Firecrest · Peregrine · Hobby +27
- RavenCorvus corax
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Domestic ChickenGallus gallus f. domestica2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
Mole · Fallow Deer · Rabbit
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Barred Sallow · Beaded Chestnut · Red-green Carpet · Merveille du Jour · Chestnut +21
- Barred SallowTiliacea aurago2023
- Beaded ChestnutAgrochola lychnidis2023
- Red-green CarpetChloroclysta siterata2023
- Merveille du JourGriposia aprilina2023
- ChestnutConistra vaccinii2023
- Green-brindled Crescent
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Allophyes oxyacanthae2023
Allophyes oxyacanthae2023
Common Purple & GoldPyrausta purpuralisCommon Purple & GoldPyrausta purpuralisAploceraAploceraAploceraAploceraBrickSunira circellaris2023BrickSunira circellaris2023November Moth agg.Epirrita dilutata agg.2023November Moth agg.Epirrita dilutata agg.2023Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe2023Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe2023Brindled GreenDryobotodes eremita2023Brindled GreenDryobotodes eremita2023Straw DotRivula sericealis2023Straw DotRivula sericealis2023Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2023Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2023Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta2023Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta2023Lunar UnderwingAnchoscelis lunosa2023Lunar UnderwingAnchoscelis lunosa2023Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa2023Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa2023Vine's RusticHoplodrina ambigua2023Vine's RusticHoplodrina ambigua2023Swallow-tailed MothOurapteryx sambucaria2023Swallow-tailed MothOurapteryx sambucaria2023Grey Shoulder-knotLithophane ornitopus2023Grey Shoulder-knotLithophane ornitopus2023Orange SallowTiliacea citrago2023Orange SallowTiliacea citrago2023Black RusticAporophyla nigra2023Black RusticAporophyla nigra2023Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2023Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2023Brown-Spot PinionAnchoscelis litura2023Brown-Spot PinionAnchoscelis litura2023VestalRhodometra sacraria2023VestalRhodometra sacraria2023Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua fimbriata2023Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua fimbriata2023Events & activities nearby
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