St John the Baptist's Church
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.80530, -1.00175
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦53+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 152m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦53+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 152m 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 — Blackbird, Robin, Woodpigeon +50 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Woodpigeon +50 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Golden Dot, Small White, Beech Leaf-miner +107 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 — Bluebell, Common Nettle, Great Willowherb +217 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Notts Wolds WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
17 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Fosse2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 48National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route191 m▾
Named routeRef 48Length 191 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route232 m▾
Named routeRef 48Length 232 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route746 m▾
Named routeRef 48Length 746 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route131 m▾
Named routeRef 48Length 131 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route380 m▾
Named routeRef 48Length 380 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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St John the Baptist Church, Old Dalby
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
4,839 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,839 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds26 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Kestrel · Blackbird · Pheasant · Goldfinch +21
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2022
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2022
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2022
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2022
🦌Mammals7 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Hedgehog · Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Rabbit +2
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2023
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Great Crested Newt · Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2024
Eriothrix rufomaculata · Common Wasp · Marmalade Hoverfly · Common Earwig · Psyllopsis fraxini agg. +50
- Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculata
- Common WaspVespula vulgaris
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.
- Psyllopsis fraxini agg.Psyllopsis fraxini agg.
- Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2023
King Alfred's Cakes · Mallrug, Mallryg · Lecidella elaeochroma · Lecanora chlarotera s. lat. · Common Orange Lichen
- King Alfred's CakesDaldinia concentrica
- Mallrug, MallrygClaviceps purpurea
- Lecidella elaeochromaLecidella elaeochroma2023
- Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.2023
- Common Orange LichenXanthoria parietina2023
Winter Heliotrope · Lady's Bedstraw · Cleavers · Tufted Vetch · Great Willowherb +48
- Winter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicus2023
- Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
- TimothyPhleum pratense
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,839 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds26 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Kestrel · Blackbird · Pheasant · Goldfinch +21
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2022
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2022
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2022
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2022
🦌Mammals7 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Hedgehog · Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Rabbit +2
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2023
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Great Crested Newt · Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2024
Eriothrix rufomaculata · Common Wasp · Marmalade Hoverfly · Common Earwig · Psyllopsis fraxini agg. +50
- Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculata
- Common WaspVespula vulgaris
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.
- Psyllopsis fraxini agg.Psyllopsis fraxini agg.
- Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula2023
King Alfred's Cakes · Mallrug, Mallryg · Lecidella elaeochroma · Lecanora chlarotera s. lat. · Common Orange Lichen
- King Alfred's CakesDaldinia concentrica
- Mallrug, MallrygClaviceps purpurea
- Lecidella elaeochromaLecidella elaeochroma2023
- Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.2023
- Common Orange LichenXanthoria parietina2023
Winter Heliotrope · Lady's Bedstraw · Cleavers · Tufted Vetch · Great Willowherb +48
- Winter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicus2023
- Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
- TimothyPhleum pratense
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Soprano Pipistrelle
Soprano Pipistrelle
Pipistrellus pygmaeus2023
Pipistrellus pygmaeus2023
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2023Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2023Speckled Bush-cricket
Speckled Bush-cricket
Leptophyes punctatissima2023
Leptophyes punctatissima2023
Speckled WoodPararge aegeriaSpeckled WoodPararge aegeriaRamshorn Gall CauserAndricus aries f. agamicRamshorn Gall CauserAndricus aries f. agamicCurved-leaf Gall CauserAndricus curvator f. sexualCurved-leaf Gall CauserAndricus curvator f. sexualFirethorn Leaf MinerPhyllonorycter leucographellaFirethorn Leaf MinerPhyllonorycter leucographellaDasineura ulmariaDasineura ulmariaDasineura ulmariaDasineura ulmariaDicyphus (Dicyphus) epilobiiDicyphus (Dicyphus) epilobiiDicyphus (Dicyphus) epilobiiDicyphus (Dicyphus) epilobiiMagpie MothAbraxas grossulariataMagpie MothAbraxas grossulariataKnopper Gall CauserAndricus quercuscalicis f. agamicKnopper Gall CauserAndricus quercuscalicis f. agamicDasineura pustulansDasineura pustulansDasineura pustulansDasineura pustulansGraphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatusDasineura crataegiDasineura crataegiDasineura crataegiDasineura crataegiGolden DotStigmella aurellaGolden DotStigmella aurellaIteomyia majorIteomyia majorIteomyia majorIteomyia majorOyster Gall CauserNeuroterus anthracinus f. agamicOyster Gall CauserNeuroterus anthracinus f. agamicOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataCola-nut CauserAndricus lignicola f. agamicCola-nut CauserAndricus lignicola f. agamicVapourerOrgyia antiquaVapourerOrgyia antiquaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaDrepanosiphum platanoidisDrepanosiphum platanoidisDrepanosiphum platanoidisDrepanosiphum platanoidisDingy FootmanEilema griseolaDingy FootmanEilema griseola7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataMaple DotStigmella acerisMaple DotStigmella acerisAdonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegataAdonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegataNettle-TapAnthophila fabricianaNettle-TapAnthophila fabricianaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaCtenichneumon panzeriCtenichneumon panzeriCtenichneumon panzeriCtenichneumon panzeriGorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratusGorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratusAmauromyza labiatarumAmauromyza labiatarumAmauromyza labiatarumAmauromyza labiatarumCherry Gall CauserCynips quercusfolii f. agamicCherry Gall CauserCynips quercusfolii f. agamicMarble Gall CauserAndricus kollari f. agamicMarble Gall CauserAndricus kollari f. agamicOtiorhynchus armadilloOtiorhynchus armadillo2024Otiorhynchus armadilloOtiorhynchus armadillo2024Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2023Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2023SyrphusSyrphus2023SyrphusSyrphus2023Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2023Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2023RingletAphantopus hyperantus2023RingletAphantopus hyperantus2023Dock BugCoreus marginatus2023Dock BugCoreus marginatus2023Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2023Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2023Dasineura urticaeDasineura urticae2023Dasineura urticaeDasineura urticae2023Miridius quadrivirgatusMiridius quadrivirgatus2023Miridius quadrivirgatusMiridius quadrivirgatus2023Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus2023Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus2023Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2023Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2023Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2023Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2023Campyloneura virgulaCampyloneura virgula2023Campyloneura virgulaCampyloneura virgula2023Green-veined WhitePieris napi2023Green-veined WhitePieris napi2023Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2023Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2023Poecilobothrus nobilitatusPoecilobothrus nobilitatus2023Poecilobothrus nobilitatusPoecilobothrus nobilitatus2023GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2023GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2023Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus2023Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus2023Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusHard RushJuncus inflexusHard RushJuncus inflexusMeadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensisMeadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensisMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaAshFraxinus excelsiorAshFraxinus excelsiorField MapleAcer campestreField MapleAcer campestreHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaLeast Yellow-sorrelOxalis exilisLeast Yellow-sorrelOxalis exilisUpright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonicaUpright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonicaBroad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatataBroad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatataHairy SedgeCarex hirtaHairy SedgeCarex hirtaWater-plantainAlisma plantago-aquaticaWater-plantainAlisma plantago-aquaticaForked VeilwortMetzgeria furcataForked VeilwortMetzgeria furcataCelery-leaved ButtercupRanunculus sceleratusCelery-leaved ButtercupRanunculus sceleratusElmUlmusElmUlmusLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaSquare-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterumSquare-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterumEnchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetianaEnchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetianaCommon CouchElymus repens2023Common CouchElymus repens2023Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2023Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2023Curled DockRumex crispus2023Curled DockRumex crispus2023Common NettleUrtica dioica2023Common NettleUrtica dioica2023Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2023Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2023Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2023Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2023Black BryonyTamus communis2023Black BryonyTamus communis2023Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2023Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2023Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2023Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2023HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2023HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2023Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2023Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2023Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2023Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2023Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2023Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2023AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2023AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2023Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2023Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2023GroundselSenecio vulgaris2023GroundselSenecio vulgaris2023Dog-roseRosa canina2023Dog-roseRosa canina2023Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2023Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2023Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023Greater PlantainPlantago major2023Greater PlantainPlantago major2023White CloverTrifolium repens2023White CloverTrifolium repens2023Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2023Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2023BlackthornPrunus spinosa2023BlackthornPrunus spinosa2023BrambleRubus fruticosus2023BrambleRubus fruticosus2023Gold-of-pleasureCamelina sativa2022Gold-of-pleasureCamelina sativa2022Events & activities nearby
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