St John the Baptist's Church
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.95416, 0.34214
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🦌20+ species of mammals recorded in the area — Otter and American Mink are among those seen
- 🌿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
- 🦌20+ species of mammals recorded in the area — Otter and American Mink are among those seen
- 🌿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
Mammals — Otter, American Mink, Hedgehog +17 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Swift, Blue Tit, Blackbird +52 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Large White, Common Blue +44 more · last seen 2025
Free
Plants — Elder, Pedunculate Oak, Common Nettle +10 more foraging species
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Ribwort Plantain, Rosebay Willowherb, Elder +117 more · last seen 2017
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
toilets
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 33 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Turpin's Trail 1Walking route▾
Third of three linked circular walks around the birthplace of Dick Turpin, Highwayman
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Harcamlow WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef HARRegional walking route
Turpin's Trail 3Walking route▾
Third of three linked circular walks around the birthplace of Dick Turpin, Highwayman
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Turpin's Trail 2Walking route▾
Second of three linked circular walks around the birthplace of Dick Turpin, Highwayman
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
London to Walsingham - stage 04Walking route▾
Named routeRef LW04Local walking route
Magdalen Greenpublic footpath · 99 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 99 mPath type: residential
Vicarage Meadpublic footpath · 29 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 29 mPath type: residential
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Regional Route 50Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 50Regional cycle route
Photos
Church of St John the Baptist with Our Lady and St Laurence, Thaxted
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Wildlife to spot
5,877 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,877 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwift · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Robin +32
- SwiftApus apus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great TitParus major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- RavenCorvus corax2020
- DunnockPrunella modularis2020
- SiskinSpinus spinus2020
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2020
🦌Mammals10 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Otter · American Mink · Hedgehog · Fallow Deer · Red Fox +5
- OtterLutra lutra2023
- American MinkNeovison vison2022
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐝Insects8 species
springsummer
2025▾
Box Tree Moth · 7-spot Ladybird · Leopard Moth · Harlequin Ladybird · Voria ruralis +3
- Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2020
- Leopard MothZeuzera pyrina
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024
- Voria ruralisVoria ruralis2020
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,877 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwift · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Robin +32
- SwiftApus apus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great TitParus major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- RavenCorvus corax2020
- DunnockPrunella modularis2020
- SiskinSpinus spinus2020
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2020
🦌Mammals10 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Otter · American Mink · Hedgehog · Fallow Deer · Red Fox +5
- OtterLutra lutra2023
- American MinkNeovison vison2022
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐝Insects8 species
springsummer
2025▾
Box Tree Moth · 7-spot Ladybird · Leopard Moth · Harlequin Ladybird · Voria ruralis +3
- Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2020
- Leopard MothZeuzera pyrina
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024
- Voria ruralisVoria ruralis2020
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2022
2022
Brown HareLepus europaeusBrown HareLepus europaeusPolecatMustela putoriusPolecatMustela putoriusWeaselMustela nivalis2024WeaselMustela nivalis2024MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2022MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2022StoatMustela erminea2022StoatMustela erminea2022Swollen-thighed Beetle
Swollen-thighed Beetle
Oedemera nobilis2020
Oedemera nobilis2020
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2020Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2020Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis2020Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis2020