St John the Baptist's Church
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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.97130, -0.29129
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for House Sparrow and Collared Dove
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 188m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for House Sparrow and Collared Dove
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 188m 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 — House Sparrow, Collared Dove, Starling +60 more · last seen 2025
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Birds — House Sparrow, Collared Dove, Starling +60 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Peacock, Small White, Small Tortoiseshell +53 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Crab LaneWalking route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Orchard Closepublic footpath · 31 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 31 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 15Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 15National Cycle Network
Boston Road Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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The church of St. John the Baptist, Great Hale
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Wildlife to spot
4,330 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,330 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Collared Dove · Wren +45
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- SwiftApus apus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- MagpiePica pica2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2024
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2023
- RedshankTringa totanus2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2023
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2020
- SiskinSpinus spinus2020
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2020
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummerautumn
2023▾
Hedgehog · Brown Hare · Rabbit · Roe Deer · Red Fox +1
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Great Crested Newt · Common Frog
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2022
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Field Grasshopper · Marmalade Hoverfly · 14-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Western Conifer Seed Bug +19
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2022
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2019
- 16-spot Ladybird
🌿Plants29 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Fat Duckweed · Creeping Bent · Clustered Dock · Reed Sweet-grass · Fool's Water-Cress +24
- Fat DuckweedLemna gibba2021
- Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2021
- Clustered DockRumex conglomeratus2021
- Reed Sweet-grassGlyceria maxima2021
- Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum2021
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,330 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Collared Dove · Wren +45
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- SwiftApus apus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- MagpiePica pica2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2024
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2023
- RedshankTringa totanus2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2023
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2020
- SiskinSpinus spinus2020
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2020
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummerautumn
2023▾
Hedgehog · Brown Hare · Rabbit · Roe Deer · Red Fox +1
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Great Crested Newt · Common Frog
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2022
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Field Grasshopper · Marmalade Hoverfly · 14-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Western Conifer Seed Bug +19
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2022
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2019
- 16-spot Ladybird
🌿Plants29 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Fat Duckweed · Creeping Bent · Clustered Dock · Reed Sweet-grass · Fool's Water-Cress +24
- Fat DuckweedLemna gibba2021
- Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2021
- Clustered DockRumex conglomeratus2021
- Reed Sweet-grassGlyceria maxima2021
- Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum2021
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2021
2021
Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata
Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctataOak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2024Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2024Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2023Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2023Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2023Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2023SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2023SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2023Cabbage Stem WeevilCeutorhynchus pallidactylus2023Cabbage Stem WeevilCeutorhynchus pallidactylus2023Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus2022Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus2022Larder BeetleDermestes lardarius2022Larder BeetleDermestes lardarius2022Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2021Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus20217-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20217-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2021Small Black AntLasius niger2021Small Black AntLasius niger2021Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus2021Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus2021Toxonevra muliebrisToxonevra muliebris2021Toxonevra muliebrisToxonevra muliebris2021Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2021Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2021Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2020Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2020Greater Horntail WaspUrocerus gigas2020Greater Horntail WaspUrocerus gigas2020Perennial Sow-thistle
Perennial Sow-thistle
Sonchus arvensis
Sonchus arvensis
Amphibious BistortPersicaria amphibia2021Amphibious BistortPersicaria amphibia2021Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2021Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2021Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2021Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2021Great BindweedCalystegia sepium subsp. sepium2021Great BindweedCalystegia sepium subsp. sepium2021Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2021Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2021ArrowheadSagittaria sagittifolia2021ArrowheadSagittaria sagittifolia2021Nuttall's WaterweedElodea nuttallii2021Nuttall's WaterweedElodea nuttallii2021Shining PondweedPotamogeton lucens2021Shining PondweedPotamogeton lucens2021MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2021MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2021Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2021Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2021Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2019Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2019WatercressNasturtium officinale2019WatercressNasturtium officinale2019Pink Water-speedwellVeronica catenata2019Pink Water-speedwellVeronica catenata2019Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2019Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2019Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2019Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2019Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2019Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2019Root BeetBeta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris2019Root BeetBeta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris2019Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2019Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2019Hard RushJuncus inflexus2019Hard RushJuncus inflexus2019Field MapleAcer campestre2019Field MapleAcer campestre2019Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2019Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2019Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2019Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2019Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2019Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2019