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St Mary's Burial Ground

📷 Derek Voller · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground 216m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground 216m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· PaidPlayground

Best for

10 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, House Sparrow, Blue Tit +63 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, House Sparrow, Blue Tit +63 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Green Shieldbug, Hawthorn Shieldbug, Hairy Shieldbug +126 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Green Shieldbug, Hawthorn Shieldbug, Hairy Shieldbug +126 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Beech, Butterfly-bush, Nipplewort +66 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Beech, Butterfly-bush, Nipplewort +66 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Beech, Hawthorn, Elder +9 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Greenwich Meridian TrailWalking route440 km

A long-distance walk that follows the line of the Prime Meridian. Inaugurated in 2009, to coincide with the 125th anniversary of the Greenwich Meridian.

Named routeRef GMTLength 440 kmRegional walking route

Silver Lincs WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Wildlife to spot

13,815 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

13,815 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds21 species

autumn

2026

House Sparrow · Blue Tit · Dunnock · Grey Heron · Black-headed Gull +16

House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
RobinErithacus rubecula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Great TitParus major2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
MagpiePica pica
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025

🐝

Insects47 species

autumn

2026

Harlequin Ladybird · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Orange Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Hairy Shieldbug +42

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Suillia atricornisSuillia atricornis2025
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2025
Stable FlyStomoxys calcitrans2025
Harmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilis2025
Pinalitus cervinusPinalitus cervinus2025
Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
Psylla alniPsylla alni2025
Drepanosiphum platanoidisDrepanosiphum platanoidis2025
Aguriahana stellulataAguriahana stellulata2025
Opomyza florumOpomyza florum2025
Common Orange LegionnaireBeris vallata2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
Didea fasciataDidea fasciata2025
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus
Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae2025
Acericerus ribautiAcericerus ribauti2025
PseudolyciellaPseudolyciella2025
Temnostethus (Montandoniella) gracilisTemnostethus (Montandoniella) gracilis2025
Tree Damsel BugHimacerus (Himacerus) apterus2025
Zygina flammigeraZygina flammigera2025
Lamprotettix nitidulusLamprotettix nitidulus2025
Lime AphidEucallipterus tiliae2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Blue ShieldbugZicrona caerulea2025
Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2025
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025
Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens2025
Eupteryx atropunctataEupteryx atropunctata2025

🌿

Plants20 species

summerautumn

2025

Beech · Nipplewort · Oxford Ragwort · Wild Angelica · Common Mallow +15

BeechFagus sylvatica
NipplewortLapsana communis
Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Red CampionSilene dioica
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Mind-your-own-businessSoleirolia soleirolii
DogwoodCornus sanguinea
ElderSambucus nigra
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Black HorehoundBallota nigra
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
White Dead-nettleLamium album
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

13,815 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds21 species

autumn

2026

House Sparrow · Blue Tit · Dunnock · Grey Heron · Black-headed Gull +16

House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
RobinErithacus rubecula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Great TitParus major2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
MagpiePica pica
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025

🐝

Insects47 species

autumn

2026

Harlequin Ladybird · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Orange Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Hairy Shieldbug +42

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Suillia atricornisSuillia atricornis2025
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2025
Stable FlyStomoxys calcitrans2025
Harmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilis2025
Pinalitus cervinusPinalitus cervinus2025
Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
Psylla alniPsylla alni2025
Drepanosiphum platanoidisDrepanosiphum platanoidis2025
Aguriahana stellulataAguriahana stellulata2025
Opomyza florumOpomyza florum2025
Common Orange LegionnaireBeris vallata2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
Didea fasciataDidea fasciata2025
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus
Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae2025
Acericerus ribautiAcericerus ribauti2025
PseudolyciellaPseudolyciella2025
Temnostethus (Montandoniella) gracilisTemnostethus (Montandoniella) gracilis2025
Tree Damsel BugHimacerus (Himacerus) apterus2025
Zygina flammigeraZygina flammigera2025
Lamprotettix nitidulusLamprotettix nitidulus2025
Lime AphidEucallipterus tiliae2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Blue ShieldbugZicrona caerulea2025
Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2025
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025
Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens2025
Eupteryx atropunctataEupteryx atropunctata2025

🌿

Plants20 species

summerautumn

2025

Beech · Nipplewort · Oxford Ragwort · Wild Angelica · Common Mallow +15

BeechFagus sylvatica
NipplewortLapsana communis
Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Red CampionSilene dioica
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Mind-your-own-businessSoleirolia soleirolii
DogwoodCornus sanguinea
ElderSambucus nigra
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Black HorehoundBallota nigra
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
White Dead-nettleLamium album
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Derek Voller · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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