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St Mary's Church

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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
🐕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

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Stonechat, Kestrel, Goldfinch +20 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Stonechat, Kestrel, Goldfinch +20 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Green-veined White, Small Tortoiseshell, Meadow Brown +54 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Green-veined White, Small Tortoiseshell, Meadow Brown +54 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Seasonal nature

Moderate match

Plants — Kneiff's Hook-moss · last seen 2018; Plants — Kneiff's Hook-moss · last seen 2018

Free

Heritage

Moderate match

Religious grounds — local heritage

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Rothschild WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

National Byway (through Ely)Cycling route

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

3,882 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,882 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds24 species

spring

2025

Stonechat · Kestrel · Goldfinch · Collared Dove · Magpie +19

StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
MagpiePica pica2022
Mute SwanCygnus olor2020
GreenfinchChloris chloris2020
SwallowHirundo rustica2022
Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2022
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2022
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2022
Stock DoveColumba oenas2020
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2020
WhitethroatCurruca communis2020
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2020
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2020
House SparrowPasser domesticus2020
Great TitParus major2020
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2020
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2020
JackdawColoeus monedula2020
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2020
RobinErithacus rubecula2020
Barn OwlTyto alba2020

🦌

Mammals20 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2026

Hedgehog · Mole · Chinese Water Deer · Muntjac · Water Vole +15

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
MoleTalpa europaea2025
Chinese Water DeerHydropotes inermis2025
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Water VoleArvicola amphibius2025
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2025
BadgerMeles meles2025
Bank VoleMyodes glareolus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
House MouseMus musculus2024
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2023
Common ShrewSorex araneus2025
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
BatChiroptera2024
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
OtterLutra lutra2022
Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2021
WeaselMustela nivalis2021
Water ShrewNeomys fodiens2021

🐝

Insects57 species

summer

2025

Green-veined White · Small Tortoiseshell · Meadow Brown · Red Admiral · Large White +52

Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
PeacockAglais io2024
Small WhitePieris rapae2023
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2023
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2023
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2023
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva
Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2022
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2023
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2022
Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum2024
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024
Purple HairstreakFavonius quercus2023
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2021
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2021
Yellow-tailEuproctis similis2019
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2017
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2021
Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2019
Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa2019
Buff ErmineSpilosoma lutea2019
Heart & DartAgrotis exclamationis2019
Shuttle-shaped DartAgrotis puta2019
Marbled Minor agg.Oligia strigilis agg.2019
Waved UmberMenophra abruptaria2019
Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2019
Common WainscotMythimna pallens2019
Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2019
Middle-barred MinorOligia fasciuncula2019
Poplar GreySubacronicta megacephala2019
White ErmineSpilosoma lubricipeda2019
Pale Mottled WillowCaradrina clavipalpis2019
UncertainHoplodrina octogenaria2019
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019
Six-spot BurnetZygaena filipendulae2017
Silver YAutographa gamma2017

🌿

Plants15 species

springsummer

2024

Marsh Sow-thistle · Annual Beard-grass · Grass-wrack Pondweed · Water Horsetail · Mare's-tail +10

Marsh Sow-thistleSonchus palustris2017
Annual Beard-grassPolypogon monspeliensis
Grass-wrack PondweedPotamogeton compressus2020
Water HorsetailEquisetum fluviatile2020
Mare's-tailHippuris vulgaris2020
Kneiff's Hook-mossDrepanocladus aduncus2018
Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum2018
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2018
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2018
Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana2018
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2018
Field Penny-cressThlaspi arvense2018
ColtsfootTussilago farfara2018
ChicoryCichorium intybus2017
Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2017

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,882 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds24 species

spring

2025

Stonechat · Kestrel · Goldfinch · Collared Dove · Magpie +19

StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
MagpiePica pica2022
Mute SwanCygnus olor2020
GreenfinchChloris chloris2020
SwallowHirundo rustica2022
Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2022
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2022
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2022
Stock DoveColumba oenas2020
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2020
WhitethroatCurruca communis2020
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2020
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2020
House SparrowPasser domesticus2020
Great TitParus major2020
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2020
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2020
JackdawColoeus monedula2020
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2020
RobinErithacus rubecula2020
Barn OwlTyto alba2020

🦌

Mammals20 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2026

Hedgehog · Mole · Chinese Water Deer · Muntjac · Water Vole +15

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
MoleTalpa europaea2025
Chinese Water DeerHydropotes inermis2025
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Water VoleArvicola amphibius2025
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2025
BadgerMeles meles2025
Bank VoleMyodes glareolus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
House MouseMus musculus2024
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2023
Common ShrewSorex araneus2025
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
BatChiroptera2024
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
OtterLutra lutra2022
Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2021
WeaselMustela nivalis2021
Water ShrewNeomys fodiens2021

🐝

Insects57 species

summer

2025

Green-veined White · Small Tortoiseshell · Meadow Brown · Red Admiral · Large White +52

Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
PeacockAglais io2024
Small WhitePieris rapae2023
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2023
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2023
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2023
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva
Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2022
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2023
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2022
Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum2024
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024
Purple HairstreakFavonius quercus2023
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2021
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2021
Yellow-tailEuproctis similis2019
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2017
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2021
Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2019
Angle ShadesPhlogophora meticulosa2019
Buff ErmineSpilosoma lutea2019
Heart & DartAgrotis exclamationis2019
Shuttle-shaped DartAgrotis puta2019
Marbled Minor agg.Oligia strigilis agg.2019
Waved UmberMenophra abruptaria2019
Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2019
Common WainscotMythimna pallens2019
Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2019
Middle-barred MinorOligia fasciuncula2019
Poplar GreySubacronicta megacephala2019
White ErmineSpilosoma lubricipeda2019
Pale Mottled WillowCaradrina clavipalpis2019
UncertainHoplodrina octogenaria2019
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019
Six-spot BurnetZygaena filipendulae2017
Silver YAutographa gamma2017

🌿

Plants15 species

springsummer

2024

Marsh Sow-thistle · Annual Beard-grass · Grass-wrack Pondweed · Water Horsetail · Mare's-tail +10

Marsh Sow-thistleSonchus palustris2017
Annual Beard-grassPolypogon monspeliensis
Grass-wrack PondweedPotamogeton compressus2020
Water HorsetailEquisetum fluviatile2020
Mare's-tailHippuris vulgaris2020
Kneiff's Hook-mossDrepanocladus aduncus2018
Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum2018
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2018
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2018
Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana2018
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2018
Field Penny-cressThlaspi arvense2018
ColtsfootTussilago farfara2018
ChicoryCichorium intybus2017
Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2017

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 JThomas · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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