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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
🅿️Parking nearby — easy to reach by car

🌤️ 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
🅿️Parking nearby — easy to reach by car

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blue Tit, Wren, Blackbird +56 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Wren, Blackbird +56 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Meadow Brown, Small White, Speckled Wood +17 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Meadow Brown, Small White, Speckled Wood +17 more · last seen 2024

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Pyramidal Orchid, Centaurea nigra, Greater Knapweed +12 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Pyramidal Orchid, Centaurea nigra, Greater Knapweed +12 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Hiking

Good match

Named hiking route nearby: Macmillan Way

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 12 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Macmillan WayWalking route290 km

Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route

Cotswold WayWalking route164 km

Named routeRef CWLength 164 kmNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Wiltshire CyclewayCycling route155 km

Named routeRef WCLength 155 kmRound tripRegional cycle route

Avon Wiltshire Cycle LinkCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

🐴

Horse riding

3 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

6,242 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,242 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds61 species

summer

2026

Red Kite · Blue Tit · Wren · Blackbird · Robin +56

Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great TitParus major2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
RookCorvus frugilegus
MagpiePica pica2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2022
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
SwiftApus apus2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
QuailCoturnix coturnix2025
SwiftsApodidae2025
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
HobbyFalco subbuteo2022
Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
RavenCorvus corax2022
CurlewNumenius arquata2022

🦌

Mammals11 species

spring

2025

Daubenton's Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Lesser Horseshoe Bat · Noctule · Brown Hare +6

Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros
NoctuleNyctalus noctula
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2022
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
BarbastelleBarbastella barbastellus
Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus
BadgerMeles meles2022
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2022

🐝

Insects20 species

summer

2024

Meadow Brown · Small White · Speckled Wood · Gatekeeper · Brimstone +15

Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
Small WhitePieris rapae
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
Large WhitePieris brassicae
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea
PeacockAglais io
CommaPolygonia c-album
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris
RingletAphantopus hyperantus
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2023
Green-veined WhitePieris napi
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2023
Brown ArgusAricia agestis2023

🌿

Plants15 species

springsummer

2025

Pyramidal Orchid · Centaurea nigra · Greater Knapweed · Yellow-rattle · Lesser Trefoil +10

Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Greater KnapweedCentaurea scabiosa
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
BugleAjuga reptans
Pepper-saxifrageSilaum silaus
CowslipPrimula veris
BarberryBerberis vulgaris
Thick-leaved StonecropSedum dasyphyllum
ChicoryCichorium intybus2024
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2024
Winter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicus2024
Common VetchVicia sativa2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,242 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds61 species

summer

2026

Red Kite · Blue Tit · Wren · Blackbird · Robin +56

Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great TitParus major2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
RookCorvus frugilegus
MagpiePica pica2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2022
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
SwiftApus apus2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
QuailCoturnix coturnix2025
SwiftsApodidae2025
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
HobbyFalco subbuteo2022
Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
RavenCorvus corax2022
CurlewNumenius arquata2022

🦌

Mammals11 species

spring

2025

Daubenton's Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Lesser Horseshoe Bat · Noctule · Brown Hare +6

Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros
NoctuleNyctalus noctula
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2022
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
BarbastelleBarbastella barbastellus
Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus
BadgerMeles meles2022
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2022

🐝

Insects20 species

summer

2024

Meadow Brown · Small White · Speckled Wood · Gatekeeper · Brimstone +15

Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
Small WhitePieris rapae
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
Large WhitePieris brassicae
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea
PeacockAglais io
CommaPolygonia c-album
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris
RingletAphantopus hyperantus
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2023
Green-veined WhitePieris napi
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2023
Brown ArgusAricia agestis2023

🌿

Plants15 species

springsummer

2025

Pyramidal Orchid · Centaurea nigra · Greater Knapweed · Yellow-rattle · Lesser Trefoil +10

Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Greater KnapweedCentaurea scabiosa
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
BugleAjuga reptans
Pepper-saxifrageSilaum silaus
CowslipPrimula veris
BarberryBerberis vulgaris
Thick-leaved StonecropSedum dasyphyllum
ChicoryCichorium intybus2024
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2024
Winter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicus2024
Common VetchVicia sativa2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Ian S · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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