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St Mary's Church

📷 Adrian S Pye · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦100+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wigeon and Shoveler
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 295m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦100+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wigeon and Shoveler
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 295m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

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£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Playground

Best for

10 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Wigeon, Shoveler, Black-tailed Godwit +97 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Wigeon, Shoveler, Black-tailed Godwit +97 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Western Honey Bee, Migrant Hawker, Early Bumblebee +40 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Western Honey Bee, Migrant Hawker, Early Bumblebee +40 more · last seen 2026

Free

Family friendly

Good match

playground

Free

Cycling

Good match

Named cycling route nearby: NCN 51

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Suffolk Coast PathWalking route80 km

Named routeLength 80 kmRegional walking route

Stour & Orwell WalkWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Essex Way (Ramsey to Harwich)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

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Cycling

63 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN 51Cycling route

Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network

South Suffolk Route BCycling route

Named routeRef BRegional cycle route

Felixstowe - WoodbridgeCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 8Cycling route

Named routeRef EV2International cycle route

South Suffolk Route B3Cycling route

Named routeRef B3Regional cycle route

Route 41Cycling route

Named routeRef 41Regional cycle route

🐴

Horse riding

17 public paths nearby

Public paths

Keeper's Lanebridleway · 510 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 510 mPath type: bridleway

Gun Lanerestricted byway · 44 m

Public pathrestricted bywayLength 44 mSurface dirtPath type: track

Gaymer's Lanebridleway · 154 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 154 mPath type: bridleway

Gaymer's Lanebridleway · 206 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 206 mPath type: track

Gun Lanerestricted byway · 372 m

Public pathrestricted bywayLength 372 mSurface dirtPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

57,940 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

57,940 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds105 species

summerautumn

2026

Wigeon · Shoveler · Black-tailed Godwit · Pochard · Pintail +100

WigeonMareca penelope
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
PochardAythya ferina
PintailAnas acuta
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
SwiftApus apus2024
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
CootFulica atra2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
RuffCalidris pugnax2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
MerlinFalco columbarius2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2024
Limosa limosa islandicaLimosa limosa islandica2024
Stejneger's StonechatSaxicola stejnegeri2024
BitternBotaurus stellaris2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
OspreyPandion haliaetus2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Periparus ater britannicusPeriparus ater britannicus2024

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Mammals3 species

summerautumn

2025

Harbour Seal · Hedgehog · Grey Seal

Harbour SealPhoca vitulina
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus2024

🐝

Insects43 species

summerautumn

2026

Western Honey Bee · Migrant Hawker · Early Bumblebee · Common Darter · 7-spot Ladybird +38

Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Vernal ShieldbugPeribalus strictus2025
Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles2025
Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense2025
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2024
Zig-zag Elm SawflyAproceros leucopoda2024
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025
Banded GeneralStratiomys potamida2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Common Rose FusehornArge pagana2025
Dimorphic StriderMacrophya montana2025
Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium2025
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025
Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus2025
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024
Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2024
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2024
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2024
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2024
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2024
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024
SyrphusSyrphus2024
Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2024
Tawny CockroachEctobius pallidus2024
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2024

🌿

Plants12 species

summerautumn

2025

Creeping Thistle · Blackthorn · Narrow-leaved Ragwort · Large Bindweed · Common Mallow +7

Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens
Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Golden-SamphireLimbarda crithmoides2024
Grass-leaved OracheAtriplex littoralis2024
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2024
Duke of Argyll's TeaplantLycium barbarum2024
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2024
Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis2024
RedshankPersicaria maculosa2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

57,940 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds105 species

summerautumn

2026

Wigeon · Shoveler · Black-tailed Godwit · Pochard · Pintail +100

WigeonMareca penelope
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
PochardAythya ferina
PintailAnas acuta
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
SwiftApus apus2024
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
CootFulica atra2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
RuffCalidris pugnax2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
MerlinFalco columbarius2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2024
Limosa limosa islandicaLimosa limosa islandica2024
Stejneger's StonechatSaxicola stejnegeri2024
BitternBotaurus stellaris2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
OspreyPandion haliaetus2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Periparus ater britannicusPeriparus ater britannicus2024

🦌

Mammals3 species

summerautumn

2025

Harbour Seal · Hedgehog · Grey Seal

Harbour SealPhoca vitulina
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus2024

🐝

Insects43 species

summerautumn

2026

Western Honey Bee · Migrant Hawker · Early Bumblebee · Common Darter · 7-spot Ladybird +38

Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Vernal ShieldbugPeribalus strictus2025
Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles2025
Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense2025
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2024
Zig-zag Elm SawflyAproceros leucopoda2024
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025
Banded GeneralStratiomys potamida2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Common Rose FusehornArge pagana2025
Dimorphic StriderMacrophya montana2025
Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium2025
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025
Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus2025
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024
Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2024
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2024
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2024
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2024
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2024
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024
SyrphusSyrphus2024
Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2024
Tawny CockroachEctobius pallidus2024
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2024

🌿

Plants12 species

summerautumn

2025

Creeping Thistle · Blackthorn · Narrow-leaved Ragwort · Large Bindweed · Common Mallow +7

Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens
Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Golden-SamphireLimbarda crithmoides2024
Grass-leaved OracheAtriplex littoralis2024
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2024
Duke of Argyll's TeaplantLycium barbarum2024
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2024
Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis2024
RedshankPersicaria maculosa2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Adrian S Pye · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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