St Mary Magdalene's Church
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
55.16442, -1.73635
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦44+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Blackbird
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦44+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Blackbird
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Jackdaw, Blackbird, Carrion Crow +41 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Jackdaw, Blackbird, Carrion Crow +41 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Sanicle, Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem, Garlic Mustard +6 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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Named routeRef 155Length 710 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Named routeRef 155Length 592 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos
Mitford, St. Mary Magdalene Church: South eastern aspect
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
15,204 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
15,204 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Jackdaw · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit +39
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
7-spot Ladybird
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Sanicle · Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem · Garlic Mustard · Woodruff · Barren Strawberry +4
- SanicleSanicula europaea
- Yellow Star-of-BethlehemGagea lutea
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- WoodruffGalium odoratum
- Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis
- PignutConopodium majus
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,204 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Jackdaw · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit +39
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
7-spot Ladybird
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Sanicle · Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem · Garlic Mustard · Woodruff · Barren Strawberry +4
- SanicleSanicula europaea
- Yellow Star-of-BethlehemGagea lutea
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- WoodruffGalium odoratum
- Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis
- PignutConopodium majus
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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