St Mary Magdalene's Church
Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
55.12582, -1.79669
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Chaffinch
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Chaffinch
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Chaffinch, Carrion Crow +65 more · last seen 2025
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ST MARY MAGDALENE; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Chaffinch, Carrion Crow +65 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Lecanora symmicta, Lecidella elaeochroma f. elaeochroma, Melanelixia fuliginosa +7 more · last seen 2012
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Spear Thistle, Lesser Celandine, Ivy +164 more · last seen 2024
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Carder Bee, Red-tailed Bumblebee, Tree Bumblebee +13 more · last seen 2023
Free
Photos
Whalton, St. Mary Magdalene's Church: The nave
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
770 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
770 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds5 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Robin · Tawny Owl · Marsh Tit · Swift · Whitethroat
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- SwiftApus apus2021
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
Common Carder Bee · Tree Bumblebee · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Lily Beetle
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
- Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2020
Lesser Celandine · Spear Thistle · Daisy · Ivy · Selfheal +160
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- DaisyBellis perennis
- IvyHedera helix
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
- Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
770 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds5 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Robin · Tawny Owl · Marsh Tit · Swift · Whitethroat
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- SwiftApus apus2021
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
Common Carder Bee · Tree Bumblebee · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Lily Beetle
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
- Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2020
Lesser Celandine · Spear Thistle · Daisy · Ivy · Selfheal +160
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- DaisyBellis perennis
- IvyHedera helix
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
- Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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