St John the Baptist's Church
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.96363, -1.04379
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swallow and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 178m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swallow and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 178m 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 — Swallow, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +68 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Swallow, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +68 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown, Common Darter +56 more · last seen 2025
Free
Grade II* listed building: CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Water Mint, Meadowsweet, Endive Pellia +17 more · last seen 2024
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Cross Bucks WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Ouse Valley Way 1 (Syresham to Turvey)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Bernwood Jubilee WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
32 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 50Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 50National Cycle Network
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
National Byway (Bernwood Forest Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route4.9 km▾
Named routeRef 51Length 4.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route993 m▾
Named routeRef 51Length 993 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route694 m▾
Named routeRef 51Length 694 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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St John the Baptist Church, Preston Bissett
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Wildlife to spot
3,019 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,019 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds54 species
springsummer
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Chiffchaff · Woodpigeon · Green Woodpecker · Wren +49
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Wood Mouse · Brown Hare
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
Common Darter · Broad-bodied Chaser · Banded Demoiselle · Southern Hawker · Emperor Dragonfly +4
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2023
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024
- Phasia hemipteraPhasia hemiptera
False-brome
- False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,019 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds54 species
springsummer
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Chiffchaff · Woodpigeon · Green Woodpecker · Wren +49
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Wood Mouse · Brown Hare
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
Common Darter · Broad-bodied Chaser · Banded Demoiselle · Southern Hawker · Emperor Dragonfly +4
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2023
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024
- Phasia hemipteraPhasia hemiptera
False-brome
- False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2023Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2023Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2023Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2023