St Mary Magdalen's Church
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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.95328, 0.49025
Open directionsv
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 Blue Tit and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 206m 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 Blue Tit and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 206m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Woodpigeon, Great Tit +60 more · last seen 2025
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: PARISH CHURCH OF ST MARY MAGDALENE; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Mammals — Mole, Feral Cat, Rabbit +15 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Peacock, Small White +104 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Common Nettle, White Dead-nettle +79 more · last seen 2022
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
London to Walsingham - stage 04Walking route▾
Named routeRef LW04Local walking route
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St Mary Magdalen's Church, Brighton
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Wildlife to spot
2,562 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,562 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Blue Tit · Great Tit · Long-tailed Tit · Woodpigeon · Wren +26
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- SwiftApus apus2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · Cantharis rustica · Tachina fera · Marmalade Hoverfly +54
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2022
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2022
- Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica
- Tachina feraTachina fera2022
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2022
- Wasp BeetleClytus arietis
Creeping Buttercup · Himalayan Balsam · Creeping Thistle · Spear Thistle · Hedge Woundwort +12
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- White CloverTrifolium repens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,562 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Blue Tit · Great Tit · Long-tailed Tit · Woodpigeon · Wren +26
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- SwiftApus apus2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · Cantharis rustica · Tachina fera · Marmalade Hoverfly +54
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2022
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2022
- Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica
- Tachina feraTachina fera2022
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2022
- Wasp BeetleClytus arietis
Creeping Buttercup · Himalayan Balsam · Creeping Thistle · Spear Thistle · Hedge Woundwort +12
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- White CloverTrifolium repens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2022
2022
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2022Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2022Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2022Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum20227-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20227-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2022Phasia hemipteraPhasia hemiptera2022Phasia hemipteraPhasia hemiptera2022Ivy BeeColletes hederae2022Ivy BeeColletes hederae2022Ferdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cuprea2022Ferdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cuprea2022Dock BugCoreus marginatus2022Dock BugCoreus marginatus2022Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2022Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2022Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2022Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2022Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2022Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2022Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2022Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2022Chrysogaster solstitialisChrysogaster solstitialis2022Chrysogaster solstitialisChrysogaster solstitialis2022Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2022Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2022Common DarterSympetrum striolatumCommon DarterSympetrum striolatumSmall HeathCoenonympha pamphilusSmall HeathCoenonympha pamphilus22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202222-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2022Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus2022Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus2022Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2022Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2022Chrysolina banksiiChrysolina banksii2022Chrysolina banksiiChrysolina banksii2022Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2022Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2022Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2022Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax202216-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata202216-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2022Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2022Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2022Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2022Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2022Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculata2022Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculata2022Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2022Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2022Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2022Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2022Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2022Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2022Four-barred MajorOxycera rara2022Four-barred MajorOxycera rara2022Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2022Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2022Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2022Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2022Stictoleptura scutellataStictoleptura scutellata2022Stictoleptura scutellataStictoleptura scutellata2022Meadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrata2022Meadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrata2022Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2022Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2022Anaspis fasciataAnaspis fasciata2022Anaspis fasciataAnaspis fasciata2022Pseudovadonia lividaPseudovadonia livida2022Pseudovadonia lividaPseudovadonia livida2022Anaspis maculataAnaspis maculata2022Anaspis maculataAnaspis maculata2022Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2022Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2022Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2022Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2022Common Spiny Digger WaspOxybelus uniglumis2022Common Spiny Digger WaspOxybelus uniglumis2022Empis tessellataEmpis tessellata2022Empis tessellataEmpis tessellata2022Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2022Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2022Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2022Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2022Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2022Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2022Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2022Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2022White-tailed BumblebeeBombus lucorum2022White-tailed BumblebeeBombus lucorum2022Xylota segnisXylota segnis2022Xylota segnisXylota segnis2022Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2022Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2022Common WaspVespula vulgaris2022Common WaspVespula vulgaris202214-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202214-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2022Gooden's Nomad BeeNomada goodeniana2022Gooden's Nomad BeeNomada goodeniana2022Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2022Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2022Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2022Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2022Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensisScarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensisCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansIvyHedera helixIvyHedera helixCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectumCut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectumCommon MallowMalva sylvestrisCommon MallowMalva sylvestrisGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataDaisyBellis perennisDaisyBellis perennis