St John the Baptist's Church
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.29166, -3.90191
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wren and Robin
- 🐕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
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wren and Robin
- 🐕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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Wren, Robin, Blackbird +71 more · last seen 2024
Free
Birds — Wren, Robin, Blackbird +71 more · last seen 2024
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Green-veined White, Marsh Fritillary, Speckled Wood +66 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Lesser Bird's-claw Beard-moss, Isothecium myosuroides, Overleaf Pellia +91 more · last seen 2021
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named cycling route nearby: National Cycle Network National Route 82
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Cambrian WayWalking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
24 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 81Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 81National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network National Route 82Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 82National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route173 m▾
Named routeRef 82Length 173 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route1.6 km▾
Named routeRef 81Length 1.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route446 m▾
Named routeRef 82Length 446 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route982 m▾
Named routeRef 82Length 982 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Trans Cambrian WayMountain bike route▾
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St John the Baptist's Church, Chester
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Wildlife to spot
1,855 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,855 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
springautumn
2024▾
Blackbird · Robin · Wren · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Magpie +42
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MagpiePica pica
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SwiftApus apus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2022
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2021
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2021
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2021
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Great TitParus major
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- DipperCinclus cinclus2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
- RavenCorvus corax2021
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2021
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
- JackdawColoeus monedula2021
- RookCorvus frugilegus2021
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2021
- DunnockPrunella modularis2021
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2021
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2021
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Pine Marten · Red Fox
- Pine MartenMartes martes
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2021
🐝Insects2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Banded Demoiselle · Meadow Grasshopper
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2023
Isothecium myosuroides · Lesser Bird's-claw Beard-moss · Pohlia wahlenbergii var. wahlenbergii · Dune Thread-moss · Dilated Scalewort +63
- Isothecium myosuroidesIsothecium myosuroides2021
- Lesser Bird's-claw Beard-mossStreblotrichum convolutum var. convolutum2021
- Pohlia wahlenbergii var. wahlenbergiiPohlia wahlenbergii var. wahlenbergii2021
- Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum2021
- Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2021
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,855 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
springautumn
2024▾
Blackbird · Robin · Wren · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Magpie +42
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MagpiePica pica
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SwiftApus apus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2022
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2021
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2021
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2021
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Great TitParus major
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- DipperCinclus cinclus2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
- RavenCorvus corax2021
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2021
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
- JackdawColoeus monedula2021
- RookCorvus frugilegus2021
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2021
- DunnockPrunella modularis2021
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2021
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2021
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Pine Marten · Red Fox
- Pine MartenMartes martes
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2021
🐝Insects2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Banded Demoiselle · Meadow Grasshopper
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2023
Isothecium myosuroides · Lesser Bird's-claw Beard-moss · Pohlia wahlenbergii var. wahlenbergii · Dune Thread-moss · Dilated Scalewort +63
- Isothecium myosuroidesIsothecium myosuroides2021
- Lesser Bird's-claw Beard-mossStreblotrichum convolutum var. convolutum2021
- Pohlia wahlenbergii var. wahlenbergiiPohlia wahlenbergii var. wahlenbergii2021
- Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum2021
- Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2021
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas