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St Mary's Church

📷 Fabian Musto · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Woodpigeon +64 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Woodpigeon +64 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Small White, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Small Tortoiseshell +41 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small White, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Small Tortoiseshell +41 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Bluebell, Hyacinthoides · last seen 2017; Plants — Bluebell, Hyacinthoides · last seen 2017

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 25 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Worcestershire WayWalking route50 km

Walking route from Bewdley to Great Malvern

Named routeLength 50 kmRegional walking route

Geopark WayWalking route175 km

Named routeRef geoLength 175 kmRegional walking route

Abberley Circular WalkWalking route5 km

Named routeLength 5 kmLocal walking route

Stourport Circular WalkWalking route6.5 km

Named routeLength 6.5 kmLocal walking route

Severn Way (2) Shrewsbury to WorcesterWalking route93 km

Named routeRef SW (2)Length 93 kmRegional walking route

Wildlife to spot

11,870 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

11,870 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds70 species

summerautumn

2026

Robin · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Chaffinch +65

RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Great TitParus major2023
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
BlackbirdTurdus merula2021
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
MagpiePica pica2023
DunnockPrunella modularis2020
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2017
Coal TitPeriparus ater2021
GreenfinchChloris chloris2016
JackdawColoeus monedula2023
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2020
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
NuthatchSitta europaea2022
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2016
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2021
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
JayGarrulus glandarius2022
RavenCorvus corax2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2022
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2021
House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2021
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2017
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2014
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
House MartinDelichon urbicum2017
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
SiskinSpinus spinus2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2021
Mute SwanCygnus olor2017
RookCorvus frugilegus2016
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2014
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
SwiftApus apus2024
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2022
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2016
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2014
LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2023
Arctic RedpollAcanthis flammea exilipes/hornemanni2023
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2020
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2020
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2016
Little OwlAthene noctua2016
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2016
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2016
CootFulica atra2016
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2014
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2014
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2013

🦌

Mammals16 species

spring

2025

Badger · Rabbit · Common Pipistrelle · Hedgehog · Weasel +11

BadgerMeles meles
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2021
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2018
WeaselMustela nivalis2023
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2022
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2021
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2021
Brown HareLepus europaeus2020
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2019
Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros2016
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2015
Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri2015
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2015
Myotis Bat speciesMyotis2015
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2015

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2025

Smooth Newt

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐝

Insects44 species

summer

2025

Small White · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Small Tortoiseshell · Large Red Damselfly · Gatekeeper +39

Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2022
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2021
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2022
PeacockAglais io2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2018
White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2022
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2018
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2017
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2016
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2022
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2022
Common Club-tailGomphus vulgatissimus2021
Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2020
CommaPolygonia c-album2017
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2017
Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes
Harpalus rufipalpisHarpalus rufipalpis
Pachytodes cerambyciformisPachytodes cerambyciformis2021
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2021
Ornithomya aviculariaOrnithomya avicularia2020
Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea2020
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2018
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2018
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2017
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2017
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2017
Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2017
Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2017
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2017
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2017
Harmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilis2017
HornetVespa crabro2016
Sericomyia superbiensSericomyia superbiens2016
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2016
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2016
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2015
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2015
MulleinCucullia verbasci2015
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2014
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2014

🌿

Plants6 species

springautumn

2023

Bluebell · Great Willowherb · Square-stalked Willowherb · Cut-leaved Crane's-bill · Small-flowered Buttercup +1

BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2017
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Square-stalked WillowherbEpilobium tetragonum
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Small-flowered ButtercupRanunculus parviflorus2019
HyacinthoidesHyacinthoides2017

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

11,870 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds70 species

summerautumn

2026

Robin · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Chaffinch +65

RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Great TitParus major2023
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
BlackbirdTurdus merula2021
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
MagpiePica pica2023
DunnockPrunella modularis2020
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2017
Coal TitPeriparus ater2021
GreenfinchChloris chloris2016
JackdawColoeus monedula2023
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2020
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
NuthatchSitta europaea2022
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2016
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2021
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
JayGarrulus glandarius2022
RavenCorvus corax2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2022
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2021
House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2021
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2017
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2014
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
House MartinDelichon urbicum2017
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
SiskinSpinus spinus2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2021
Mute SwanCygnus olor2017
RookCorvus frugilegus2016
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2014
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
SwiftApus apus2024
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2022
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2016
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2014
LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2023
Arctic RedpollAcanthis flammea exilipes/hornemanni2023
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2020
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2020
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2016
Little OwlAthene noctua2016
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2016
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2016
CootFulica atra2016
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2014
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2014
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2013

🦌

Mammals16 species

spring

2025

Badger · Rabbit · Common Pipistrelle · Hedgehog · Weasel +11

BadgerMeles meles
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2021
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2018
WeaselMustela nivalis2023
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2022
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2021
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2021
Brown HareLepus europaeus2020
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2019
Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros2016
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2015
Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri2015
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2015
Myotis Bat speciesMyotis2015
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2015

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2025

Smooth Newt

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐝

Insects44 species

summer

2025

Small White · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Small Tortoiseshell · Large Red Damselfly · Gatekeeper +39

Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2022
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2021
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2022
PeacockAglais io2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2018
White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2022
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2018
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2017
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2016
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2022
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2022
Common Club-tailGomphus vulgatissimus2021
Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2020
CommaPolygonia c-album2017
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2017
Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes
Harpalus rufipalpisHarpalus rufipalpis
Pachytodes cerambyciformisPachytodes cerambyciformis2021
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2021
Ornithomya aviculariaOrnithomya avicularia2020
Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea2020
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2018
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2018
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2017
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2017
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2017
Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2017
Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2017
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2017
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2017
Harmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilis2017
HornetVespa crabro2016
Sericomyia superbiensSericomyia superbiens2016
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2016
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2016
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2015
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2015
MulleinCucullia verbasci2015
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2014
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2014

🌿

Plants6 species

springautumn

2023

Bluebell · Great Willowherb · Square-stalked Willowherb · Cut-leaved Crane's-bill · Small-flowered Buttercup +1

BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2017
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Square-stalked WillowherbEpilobium tetragonum
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Small-flowered ButtercupRanunculus parviflorus2019
HyacinthoidesHyacinthoides2017

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Fabian Musto · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Glimpse of St. Mary's church (Abberley)

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