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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
50.72757, -4.36422
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Raven 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
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Raven 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 — Raven, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +69 more · last seen 2024
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ST JAMES; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Birds — Raven, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +69 more · last seen 2024
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Speckled Wood, Red Admiral, Gatekeeper +22 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
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
1,753 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,753 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSnipe · Barn Owl
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Barn OwlTyto alba2020
🦌Mammals8 species
springsummerwinter
2024▾
Field Vole · Harvest Mouse · Hedgehog · Otter · Rabbit +3
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- OtterLutra lutra2022
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2022
- Badger
Adder
Red Admiral · White-legged Damselfly · Gatekeeper · Common Blue · Speckled Wood +16
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui
False-brome · White Clover · Germander Speedwell · Silver Birch · Sanicle +113
- False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
- Silver BirchBetula pendula
- SanicleSanicula europaea
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- HollyIlex aquifolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,753 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSnipe · Barn Owl
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Barn OwlTyto alba2020
🦌Mammals8 species
springsummerwinter
2024▾
Field Vole · Harvest Mouse · Hedgehog · Otter · Rabbit +3
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- OtterLutra lutra2022
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2022
- Badger
Adder
Red Admiral · White-legged Damselfly · Gatekeeper · Common Blue · Speckled Wood +16
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui
False-brome · White Clover · Germander Speedwell · Silver Birch · Sanicle +113
- False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
- Silver BirchBetula pendula
- SanicleSanicula europaea
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- HollyIlex aquifolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Meles meles2022
Meles meles2022
BeaverCastor fiber2017BeaverCastor fiber2017BatChiroptera2015BatChiroptera20152019
2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2019Small WhitePieris rapae2019PeacockAglais io2019PeacockAglais io2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Large WhitePieris brassicae2019Large WhitePieris brassicae2019Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgoBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgoBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensBrachypalpoides lentusBrachypalpoides lentus2024Brachypalpoides lentusBrachypalpoides lentus2024Dark Giant HorseflyTabanus sudeticus2023Dark Giant HorseflyTabanus sudeticus2023BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2019Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2017Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2017Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2015Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2015Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2015Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2015Green-veined WhitePieris napi2015Green-veined WhitePieris napi2015Hairy Wood-rushLuzula pilosaHairy Wood-rushLuzula pilosaWood AvensGeum urbanumWood AvensGeum urbanumPrimrosePrimula vulgarisPrimrosePrimula vulgarisRed CampionSilene dioicaRed CampionSilene dioicaPerennial Rye-grassLolium perennePerennial Rye-grassLolium perenneHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaRowanSorbus aucupariaRowanSorbus aucupariaAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaEnchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetianaEnchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetianaHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumNipplewortLapsana communisNipplewortLapsana communisBeechFagus sylvaticaBeechFagus sylvaticaBugleAjuga reptansBugleAjuga reptansCommon SorrelRumex acetosaCommon SorrelRumex acetosaMarsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosumMarsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosumSessile OakQuercus petraeaSessile OakQuercus petraeaKnotgrassPolygonum aviculareKnotgrassPolygonum aviculareUpright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonicaUpright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonicaWild StrawberryFragaria vescaWild StrawberryFragaria vescaPineappleweedMatricaria discoideaPineappleweedMatricaria discoideaGuelder-roseViburnum opulusGuelder-roseViburnum opulusDevil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensisDevil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensisLesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2015Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2015DaisyBellis perennis2015DaisyBellis perennis2015Betula pubescens subsp. pubescensBetula pubescens subsp. pubescens2015Betula pubescens subsp. pubescensBetula pubescens subsp. pubescens2015Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2015Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2015Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans2015Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans2015Scaly Male-fernDryopteris affinis2015Scaly Male-fernDryopteris affinis2015Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2015Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2015Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2015Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2015Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2015Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2015Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2015Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2015Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2015Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2015Greater PlantainPlantago major2015Greater PlantainPlantago major2015Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2015Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2015Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2015Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2015Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2015Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2015Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2015Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2015Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2015Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2015Toad RushJuncus bufonius2015Toad RushJuncus bufonius2015Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum2015Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum2015Common VetchVicia sativa2015Common VetchVicia sativa2015Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2015Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2015Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2015Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2015BrackenPteridium aquilinum2015BrackenPteridium aquilinum2015Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2015Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2015Heath GroundselSenecio sylvaticus2015Heath GroundselSenecio sylvaticus2015Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2015Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2015Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2015Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2015TutsanHypericum androsaemum2015TutsanHypericum androsaemum2015Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2015Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2015Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2015Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2015Remote SedgeCarex remota2015Remote SedgeCarex remota2015HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2015HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2015Marsh RagwortJacobaea aquatica2015Marsh RagwortJacobaea aquatica2015BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2015BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2015Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2015Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2015Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2015Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2015ElmUlmus2015ElmUlmus2015Dog-roseRosa canina2015Dog-roseRosa canina2015Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2015Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2015Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2015Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2015Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2015Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2015Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus2015Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus2015Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2015Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2015Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2015Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2015HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2015HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2015Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2015Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2015Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2015Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2015Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2015Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2015Atlantic IvyHedera hibernica2015Atlantic IvyHedera hibernica2015Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2015Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2015Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2015Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2015Hay-scented Buckler-fernDryopteris aemula2015Hay-scented Buckler-fernDryopteris aemula2015Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2015Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2015AshFraxinus excelsior2015AshFraxinus excelsior2015Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2015Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2015GorseUlex europaeus2015GorseUlex europaeus2015PignutConopodium majus2015PignutConopodium majus2015DandelionTaraxacum2015DandelionTaraxacum2015SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2015SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2015Cerastium fontanum subsp. vulgareCerastium fontanum subsp. vulgare2015Cerastium fontanum subsp. vulgareCerastium fontanum subsp. vulgare2015Shining HookeriaHookeria lucens2015Shining HookeriaHookeria lucens2015False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2015False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2015CleaversGalium aparine2015CleaversGalium aparine2015Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2015Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2015BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2015BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2015Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2015Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2015MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2015MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2015Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica2015Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica2015SilverweedPotentilla anserina2015SilverweedPotentilla anserina2015Red CloverTrifolium pratense2015Red CloverTrifolium pratense2015FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2015FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2015Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2015Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2015Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2015Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2015Water MintMentha aquatica2015Water MintMentha aquatica2015Smooth-stalked SedgeCarex laevigata2015Smooth-stalked SedgeCarex laevigata2015Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2015Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2015Ranunculus flammula subsp. flammulaRanunculus flammula subsp. flammula2015Ranunculus flammula subsp. flammulaRanunculus flammula subsp. flammula2015Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2015Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2015Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2015Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata2015HazelCorylus avellana2015HazelCorylus avellana2015Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2015Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2015Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine2015Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine2015Tufted VetchVicia cracca2015Tufted VetchVicia cracca2015Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2015Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2015Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2015Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2015Common NettleUrtica dioica2015Common NettleUrtica dioica2015Field-roseRosa arvensis2015Field-roseRosa arvensis2015Rusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifolia2015Rusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifolia2015BlackthornPrunus spinosa2015BlackthornPrunus spinosa2015Events & activities nearby
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