St John the Baptist Church
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.68032, -1.41236
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackcap and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 266m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackcap and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 266m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackcap, Blackbird, Robin +58 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Blackcap, Blackbird, Robin +58 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Box Tree Moth, Scarlet Tiger +124 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
⛪Churchyard walks
Good match
Churchyard or religious grounds — wildlife sanctuary and quiet reflection
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Marcham Jubilee WalksWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Windrush PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Thames PathWalking route296 km▾
Named routeRef TPLength 296 kmNational walking route
7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Eaton - WoottonCycling route▾
Named routeXcn
Eaton-FyfieldCycling route▾
Named routeXcn
Botley-EatonCycling route▾
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Wootton-FyfieldCycling route▾
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Vale Cycle LinksCycling route▾
Netherton - Hinton WaldristCycling route▾
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St John the Baptist church
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
5,605 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,605 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Blackbird · Greenfinch · Tawny Owl · Chaffinch · Robin +37
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
🦌Mammals8 species
springsummer
2026▾
Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Badger · Hedgehog · Muntjac +3
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- BadgerMeles meles
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Cinnabar · Banded Demoiselle · Large Red Damselfly · Nebria brevicollis · Southern Oak Bush-cricket +27
- CinnabarTyria jacobaeae
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024
- Nebria brevicollisNebria brevicollis
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
- Sitaris muralisSitaris muralis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,605 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Blackbird · Greenfinch · Tawny Owl · Chaffinch · Robin +37
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
🦌Mammals8 species
springsummer
2026▾
Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Badger · Hedgehog · Muntjac +3
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- BadgerMeles meles
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Cinnabar · Banded Demoiselle · Large Red Damselfly · Nebria brevicollis · Southern Oak Bush-cricket +27
- CinnabarTyria jacobaeae
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024
- Nebria brevicollisNebria brevicollis
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
- Sitaris muralisSitaris muralis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis2025
Sciurus carolinensis2025
Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri2025Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri2025Speckled Bush-cricket
Speckled Bush-cricket
Leptophyes punctatissima
Leptophyes punctatissima
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scriptaDock BugCoreus marginatusDock BugCoreus marginatusScarlet TigerCallimorpha dominulaScarlet TigerCallimorpha dominulaCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiMeadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelusMeadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelusCantharis flavilabris (=nigra auctt.)Cantharis flavilabris (=nigra auctt.)Cantharis flavilabris (=nigra auctt.)Cantharis flavilabris (=nigra auctt.)Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylansVolucella bombylansVolucella bombylans7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisApple Fruit RhynchitesTatianaerhynchites aequatusApple Fruit RhynchitesTatianaerhynchites aequatusBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgoBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgoDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilineaDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilineaDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilineaDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilineaCabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleraceaCabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleraceaRoesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeseliiRoesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctataPale-collared CarverRhogogaster chlorosomaPale-collared CarverRhogogaster chlorosomaBox BugGonocerus acuteangulatusBox BugGonocerus acuteangulatusWestern Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalisWestern Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata202410-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2024Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024Water Stick InsectRanatra (Ranatra) linearis2024Water Stick InsectRanatra (Ranatra) linearis2024Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2024Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2024Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2024Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2024Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2024Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2024Events & activities nearby
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