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St John's Church

📷 N Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦94+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Oystercatcher
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🛝Playground 179m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦94+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Oystercatcher
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🛝Playground 179m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· FreePicnic spotPlaygroundToilets

Best for

13 activities

Picnic day out

Very strong match

picnic area, toilets, car park

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Herring Gull, Oystercatcher, Starling +91 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Herring Gull, Oystercatcher, Starling +91 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Family friendly

Very strong match

playground, toilets, picnic area

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, toilets, parking

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Feverfew, Ivy-leaved Toadflax, Red Valerian +106 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Feverfew, Ivy-leaved Toadflax, Red Valerian +106 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Berwickshire Coastal PathWalking route48 km

Named routeLength 48 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

The Lowry trailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Northumberland Coast PathWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

25 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Pennine CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network

NCN 1 Berwick-upon-Tweed to InnerleithenCycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Route 1Cycling route

NCN 1 Alnmouth to Berwick-upon-Tweed

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

NCN National Route 76Cycling route

Named routeRef 76Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network

Tweed CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef TRegional cycle route

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 6Cycling route

Tynemouth - Edinburgh

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

Wildlife to spot

14,112 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

14,112 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds60 species

autumn

2026

Oystercatcher · Redshank · Mute Swan · Herring Gull · Grey Heron +55

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2025
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
Water PipitAnthus spinoletta2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

autumn

2025

Mole · Otter

MoleTalpa europaea
OtterLutra lutra

🐝

Insects9 species

autumn

2026

Syrphus · Harlequin Ladybird · Bronze Shieldbug · Kidney-spot Ladybird · Hawthorn Shieldbug +4

SyrphusSyrphus2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus
Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025

🌿

Plants6 species

autumn

2025

Pineappleweed · Feverfew · Ivy-leaved Toadflax · Red Dead-nettle · Pellitory-of-the-wall +1

PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

14,112 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds60 species

autumn

2026

Oystercatcher · Redshank · Mute Swan · Herring Gull · Grey Heron +55

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2025
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
Water PipitAnthus spinoletta2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

autumn

2025

Mole · Otter

MoleTalpa europaea
OtterLutra lutra

🐝

Insects9 species

autumn

2026

Syrphus · Harlequin Ladybird · Bronze Shieldbug · Kidney-spot Ladybird · Hawthorn Shieldbug +4

SyrphusSyrphus2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus
Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025

🌿

Plants6 species

autumn

2025

Pineappleweed · Feverfew · Ivy-leaved Toadflax · Red Dead-nettle · Pellitory-of-the-wall +1

PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 N Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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