St John the Baptist's Church
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🦉 Wildlife🍄 Fungi🦅 Birds
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Getting here
52.79818, -0.69733
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit 🍄 Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🌤️ Visiting this summer
☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit 🍄 Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 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🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Netted Crust, Naematelia aurantia, Hairy Curtain Crust +12 more · last seen 2020; Fungi — Netted Crust, Naematelia aurantia, Hairy Curtain Crust +12 more · last seen 2020
Varies
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Wigeon, Stone-curlew, Peregrine +34 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Wigeon, Stone-curlew, Peregrine +34 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large Yellow Underwing, Brimstone Moth, Common Marble +317 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Large Yellow Underwing, Brimstone Moth, Common Marble +317 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — White Dead-nettle, Ground-elder, Red Dead-nettle +3 more foraging species
Varies
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 3 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell) Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Mowbray Way Walking route 14 km ▾
Named route Length 14 km Local walking route
Show on map Rutland Round Walking route 105 km ▾
Named route Length 105 km Regional walking route
Show on map 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Lincolnshire) Cycling route ▾
The National Byway in Lincolnshire
Named route Ref NB Regional cycle route
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National Byway in Rutland
Named route Ref NB Regional cycle route
Show on map Photos Buckminster, St. John the Baptist's Church: South eastern aspect
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Wildlife to spot
2,748 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 2,748 records · National Biodiversity Network Wigeon · Long-tailed Tit · Peregrine · Kestrel · Blue Tit +20
Wigeon Mareca penelope2022 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2023 Peregrine Falco peregrinus2022 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 Common Gull Larus canus2023 Dunnock Prunella modularis2023 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2023 Blackbird Turdus merula2023 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2024 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2024 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2024 Coal Tit Periparus ater2023 Jay Garrulus glandarius2023 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus2023 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2023 Barn Owl Tyto alba2023 Rook Corvus frugilegus2023 Robin Erithacus rubecula2023 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2023 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2023 Great Tit Parus major2023 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2023 Little Owl Athene noctua2021 Ilex Leaf-miner · Fruit-tree Dot · Small Beech Dot · Broken-barred Oak Dot · Beech Leaf-miner +62
Ilex Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter messaniella2021 Fruit-tree Dot Stigmella oxyacanthella2021 Small Beech Dot Stigmella tityrella2021 Broken-barred Oak Dot Ectoedemia subbimaculella2021 Beech Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter maestingella2021 🌿 Plants 10 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Indet. Comfrey · White Dead-nettle · Ground-elder · Yellow Corydalis · Hedge Woundwort +5
Indet. Comfrey Symphytum White Dead-nettle Lamium album2023 Ground-elder Aegopodium podagraria Yellow Corydalis Pseudofumaria lutea Hedge Woundwort Stachys sylvatica Fox-and-cubs Pilosella aurantiaca Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 2,748 records · National Biodiversity Network Wigeon · Long-tailed Tit · Peregrine · Kestrel · Blue Tit +20
Wigeon Mareca penelope2022 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2023 Peregrine Falco peregrinus2022 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 Common Gull Larus canus2023 Dunnock Prunella modularis2023 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2023 Blackbird Turdus merula2023 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2024 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2024 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2024 Coal Tit Periparus ater2023 Jay Garrulus glandarius2023 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus2023 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2023 Barn Owl Tyto alba2023 Rook Corvus frugilegus2023 Robin Erithacus rubecula2023 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2023 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2023 Great Tit Parus major2023 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2023 Little Owl Athene noctua2021 Ilex Leaf-miner · Fruit-tree Dot · Small Beech Dot · Broken-barred Oak Dot · Beech Leaf-miner +62
Ilex Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter messaniella2021 Fruit-tree Dot Stigmella oxyacanthella2021 Small Beech Dot Stigmella tityrella2021 Broken-barred Oak Dot Ectoedemia subbimaculella2021 Beech Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter maestingella2021 🌿 Plants 10 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Indet. Comfrey · White Dead-nettle · Ground-elder · Yellow Corydalis · Hedge Woundwort +5
Indet. Comfrey Symphytum White Dead-nettle Lamium album2023 Ground-elder Aegopodium podagraria Yellow Corydalis Pseudofumaria lutea Hedge Woundwort Stachys sylvatica Fox-and-cubs Pilosella aurantiaca Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Hawthorn Parornix
Hawthorn Parornix
Parornix anglicella2021
Parornix anglicella2021
Shining Hawthorn Dot Stigmella hybnerella2021
Shining Hawthorn Dot Stigmella hybnerella2021
Barred Fruit-tree Dot Ectoedemia atricollis2021
Barred Fruit-tree Dot Ectoedemia atricollis2021
Golden Dot Stigmella aurella2021
Golden Dot Stigmella aurella2021
Nut-tree Dot Stigmella microtheriella2021
Nut-tree Dot Stigmella microtheriella2021
Common Cloaked Tortrix Gypsonoma dealbana2021
Common Cloaked Tortrix Gypsonoma dealbana2021
Beautiful Elm Dot Stigmella lemniscella2021
Beautiful Elm Dot Stigmella lemniscella2021
Sallow Dot Stigmella salicis2021
Sallow Dot Stigmella salicis2021
Horse-Chestnut Leaf-miner Cameraria ohridella2021
Horse-Chestnut Leaf-miner Cameraria ohridella2021
Common Thorn Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter oxyacanthae2021
Common Thorn Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter oxyacanthae2021
Sycamore Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter geniculella2021
Sycamore Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter geniculella2021
Common Oak Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter quercifoliella2021
Common Oak Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter quercifoliella2021
Plain Elm Dot Stigmella viscerella2021
Plain Elm Dot Stigmella viscerella2021
Blue-shot Dot Stigmella plagicolella2021
Blue-shot Dot Stigmella plagicolella2021
Hawthorn Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter corylifoliella2021
Hawthorn Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter corylifoliella2021
Blackthorn Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter spinicolella2021
Blackthorn Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter spinicolella2021
December Moth Poecilocampa populi2021
December Moth Poecilocampa populi2021
Mottled Umber Erannis defoliaria2021
Mottled Umber Erannis defoliaria2021
Sprawler Asteroscopus sphinx2021
Sprawler Asteroscopus sphinx2021
November Moth agg. Epirrita dilutata agg.2021
November Moth agg. Epirrita dilutata agg.2021
Scarce Umber Agriopis aurantiaria2021
Scarce Umber Agriopis aurantiaria2021
Red-green Carpet Chloroclysta siterata2021
Red-green Carpet Chloroclysta siterata2021
Feathered Thorn Colotois pennaria2021
Feathered Thorn Colotois pennaria2021
Norway Maple Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter joannisi2021
Norway Maple Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter joannisi2021
Beech Dot Stigmella hemargyrella2021
Beech Dot Stigmella hemargyrella2021
Speckled Hazel Dot Stigmella floslactella2021
Speckled Hazel Dot Stigmella floslactella2021
Common Birch Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter ulmifoliella2021
Common Birch Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter ulmifoliella2021
Pear Leaf Blister Moth Leucoptera malifoliella2021
Pear Leaf Blister Moth Leucoptera malifoliella2021
Apple Nymph Callisto denticulella2021
Apple Nymph Callisto denticulella2021
Angle-barred Rose Dot Ectoedemia angulifasciella2021
Angle-barred Rose Dot Ectoedemia angulifasciella2021
Apple Leaf Miner Lyonetia clerkella2021
Apple Leaf Miner Lyonetia clerkella2021
Lime Dot Stigmella tiliae2021
Lime Dot Stigmella tiliae2021
White-spot Dot Ectoedemia heringi2021
White-spot Dot Ectoedemia heringi2021
Elm Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter tristrigella2021
Elm Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter tristrigella2021
Firethorn Leaf Miner Phyllonorycter leucographella2021
Firethorn Leaf Miner Phyllonorycter leucographella2021
Nut Leaf Blister Moth Phyllonorycter coryli2021
Nut Leaf Blister Moth Phyllonorycter coryli2021
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata
Plain Holm Oak Dot Stigmella suberivora2021
Plain Holm Oak Dot Stigmella suberivora2021
Speckled Holm Oak Dot Ectoedemia heringella2021
Speckled Holm Oak Dot Ectoedemia heringella2021
Chestnut Conistra vaccinii2021
Chestnut Conistra vaccinii2021
Green-brindled Crescent Allophyes oxyacanthae2021
Green-brindled Crescent Allophyes oxyacanthae2021
Satellite Eupsilia transversa2021
Satellite Eupsilia transversa2021
Wakely's Dowd Blastobasis lacticolella2021
Wakely's Dowd Blastobasis lacticolella2021
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua fimbriata2021
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Noctua fimbriata2021
Rusty Dot Udea ferrugalis2021
Rusty Dot Udea ferrugalis2021
Common Marbled Carpet Dysstroma truncata2021
Common Marbled Carpet Dysstroma truncata2021
Hazel leaf-miner Phyllonorycter nicellii2021
Hazel leaf-miner Phyllonorycter nicellii2021
Oak Tuft Bucculatrix ulmella2021
Oak Tuft Bucculatrix ulmella2021
Oak Dot Stigmella roborella2021
Oak Dot Stigmella roborella2021
Short-barred Dot Stigmella luteella2021
Short-barred Dot Stigmella luteella2021
Willow Dot Stigmella obliquella2021
Willow Dot Stigmella obliquella2021
Three-spot Dot Stigmella trimaculella2021
Three-spot Dot Stigmella trimaculella2021
Speckled Bittersweet Moth Acrolepia autumnitella2021
Speckled Bittersweet Moth Acrolepia autumnitella2021
Grey Apple Dot Stigmella incognitella2021
Grey Apple Dot Stigmella incognitella2021
Rowan Parornix Parornix scoticella2021
Rowan Parornix Parornix scoticella2021
Least Hawthorn Dot Stigmella perpygmaeella2021
Least Hawthorn Dot Stigmella perpygmaeella2021
Shining Elm Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter schreberella2021
Shining Elm Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter schreberella2021
Dark Hornbeam Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter esperella2021
Dark Hornbeam Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter esperella2021
Hornbeam Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter tenerella2021
Hornbeam Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter tenerella2021
Black-headed Dot Stigmella atricapitella2021
Black-headed Dot Stigmella atricapitella2021
Maple Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter acerifoliella2021
Maple Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter acerifoliella2021
Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana2023
Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana2023
Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum2023
Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum2023
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum2023
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum2023
Dandelion Taraxacum2023
Dandelion Taraxacum2023 