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St Mary's Church

📷 Adrian S Pye · 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
🐕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

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7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Chaffinch, Great Tit +83 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Chaffinch, Great Tit +83 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Bluebell, Early-purple Orchid, Galingale +48 more · last seen 2020; Plants — Bluebell, Early-purple Orchid, Galingale +48 more · last seen 2020

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Small White, Large White, Small Tortoiseshell +39 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small White, Large White, Small Tortoiseshell +39 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

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚴

Cycling

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 1Cycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Heart of Suffolk RouteCycling route

Named routeRef HoSRRegional cycle route

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 1Cycling route

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

Main RouteCycling route2.2 km

Named routeRef 1Length 2.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

2,022 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,022 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds89 species

spring

2025

Blue Tit · Chaffinch · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin +84

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2020
BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
RobinErithacus rubecula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
Great TitParus major2020
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
RookCorvus frugilegus2020
MagpiePica pica2020
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2020
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2020
GreenfinchChloris chloris2020
DunnockPrunella modularis2020
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2020
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2019
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
JackdawColoeus monedula2020
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2013
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
JayGarrulus glandarius2022
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2019
House SparrowPasser domesticus2013
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2020
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2020
Stock DoveColumba oenas2020
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2020
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2020
SwiftApus apus2022
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2013
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2013
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2013
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
BuzzardButeo buteo2023
LinnetLinaria cannabina2013
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2020
Herring GullLarus argentatus2020
WhitethroatCurruca communis2011
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2020
Greylag GooseAnser anser2020
House MartinDelichon urbicum2015
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2020
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2020
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2020
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
SwallowHirundo rustica2011
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2020
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2020
Mute SwanCygnus olor2020
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2020
Common GullLarus canus2013
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2011
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2011
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2020
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2020
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2020
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2020
CurlewNumenius arquata2020
RedshankTringa totanus2020
GadwallMareca strepera2020
TealAnas crecca2020
LapwingVanellus vanellus2020
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2020
Little OwlAthene noctua2014
Coal TitPeriparus ater2016
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2011
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2011
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2010
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2010
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2020
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2020
Rock DoveColumba livia2020
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2020
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2020
Green-winged TealAnas carolinensis2020
Barn OwlTyto alba2014
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2013
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2011
QuailCoturnix coturnix2011
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2010
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2010
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2014

🦌

Mammals6 species

springsummerautumn

2020

Hedgehog · Natterer's Bat · Brown Long-eared Bat · Pipistrelle Bat species · Pipistrelle +1

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri2016
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2012
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2012
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2014
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2014

🐸

Amphibians2 species

spring

2023

Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt

Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2012
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐝

Insects42 species

summer

2025

Small White · Large White · Small Tortoiseshell · Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper +37

Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2018
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2013
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2013
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2013
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2018
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2013
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2013
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2013
PeacockAglais io2019
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2018
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2016
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2013
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2013
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2020
Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2014
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2013
Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum2013
Clouded YellowColias croceus2013
Brown ArgusAricia agestis2010
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2020
Ivy BeeColletes hederae2019
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2019
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2018
HornetVespa crabro2016
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2013
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2013

🌿

Plants51 species

winterspring

2020

Early-purple Orchid · Bluebell · Galingale · Clustered Feather-moss · Redshank +46

Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula2013
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2018
GalingaleCyperus longus2012
Clustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertum2012
RedshankCeratodon purpureus2012
Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis2012
Silver-mossBryum argenteum2012
Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2012
Supine Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatum2012
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2012
Intermediate Screw-mossSyntrichia montana2012
Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians2012
White-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanum2012
Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum2012
Bird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculata2012
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
HyacinthoidesHyacinthoides2017
Marble Screw-mossSyntrichia papillosa2012
Small Hairy Screw-mossSyntrichia laevipila2012
Bruch's PincushionUlota bruchii2012
Frizzled PincushionPlenogemma phyllantha2012
Thickpoint GrimmiaSchistidium crassipilum2010
Hornschuch's Beard-mossPseudocrossidium hornschuchianum2010
Common Cord-mossFunaria hygrometrica2010
Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens2010
Flat NeckeraNeckera complanata2010
Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius2010
Soft-tufted Beard-mossDidymodon vinealis2010
Crimson-tuber Thread-mossBryum rubens2010
Grimmia dissimulataGrimmia dissimulata2010
Short-leaved Pocket-mossFissidens incurvus2010
Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata2010
Anomalous Bristle-mossOrthotrichum anomalum2010
Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum2010
Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum2010
Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum2010
Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2010
Perthshire Beard-mossDidymodon rigidulus2010
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2010
Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare2010
Cylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanus2010
Wall ScalewortPorella platyphylla2010
Slender Pocket-mossFissidens exilis2010
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2010
Cypress-leaved Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme2010
Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus2010
Long-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioides2010
Woodsy Silk-mossPlagiothecium nemorale2010
Dwarf Feather-mossMicroeurhynchium pumilum2010
Whitish Feather-mossBrachythecium albicans2010
Water-plantainAlisma plantago-aquatica2010

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,022 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds89 species

spring

2025

Blue Tit · Chaffinch · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin +84

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2020
BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
RobinErithacus rubecula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
Great TitParus major2020
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
RookCorvus frugilegus2020
MagpiePica pica2020
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2020
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2020
GreenfinchChloris chloris2020
DunnockPrunella modularis2020
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2020
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2019
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
JackdawColoeus monedula2020
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2013
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
JayGarrulus glandarius2022
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2019
House SparrowPasser domesticus2013
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2020
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2020
Stock DoveColumba oenas2020
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2020
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2020
SwiftApus apus2022
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2013
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2013
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2013
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
BuzzardButeo buteo2023
LinnetLinaria cannabina2013
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2020
Herring GullLarus argentatus2020
WhitethroatCurruca communis2011
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2020
Greylag GooseAnser anser2020
House MartinDelichon urbicum2015
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2020
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2020
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2020
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
SwallowHirundo rustica2011
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2020
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2020
Mute SwanCygnus olor2020
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2020
Common GullLarus canus2013
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2011
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2011
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2020
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2020
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2020
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2020
CurlewNumenius arquata2020
RedshankTringa totanus2020
GadwallMareca strepera2020
TealAnas crecca2020
LapwingVanellus vanellus2020
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2020
Little OwlAthene noctua2014
Coal TitPeriparus ater2016
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2011
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2011
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2010
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2010
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2020
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2020
Rock DoveColumba livia2020
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2020
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2020
Green-winged TealAnas carolinensis2020
Barn OwlTyto alba2014
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2013
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2011
QuailCoturnix coturnix2011
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2010
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2010
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2014

🦌

Mammals6 species

springsummerautumn

2020

Hedgehog · Natterer's Bat · Brown Long-eared Bat · Pipistrelle Bat species · Pipistrelle +1

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri2016
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2012
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2012
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2014
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2014

🐸

Amphibians2 species

spring

2023

Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt

Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2012
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐝

Insects42 species

summer

2025

Small White · Large White · Small Tortoiseshell · Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper +37

Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2018
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2013
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2013
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2013
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2018
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2013
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2013
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2013
PeacockAglais io2019
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2018
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2016
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2013
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2013
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2020
Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2014
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2013
Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum2013
Clouded YellowColias croceus2013
Brown ArgusAricia agestis2010
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2020
Ivy BeeColletes hederae2019
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2019
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2018
HornetVespa crabro2016
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2013
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2013

🌿

Plants51 species

winterspring

2020

Early-purple Orchid · Bluebell · Galingale · Clustered Feather-moss · Redshank +46

Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula2013
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2018
GalingaleCyperus longus2012
Clustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertum2012
RedshankCeratodon purpureus2012
Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis2012
Silver-mossBryum argenteum2012
Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2012
Supine Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatum2012
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2012
Intermediate Screw-mossSyntrichia montana2012
Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians2012
White-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanum2012
Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum2012
Bird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculata2012
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
HyacinthoidesHyacinthoides2017
Marble Screw-mossSyntrichia papillosa2012
Small Hairy Screw-mossSyntrichia laevipila2012
Bruch's PincushionUlota bruchii2012
Frizzled PincushionPlenogemma phyllantha2012
Thickpoint GrimmiaSchistidium crassipilum2010
Hornschuch's Beard-mossPseudocrossidium hornschuchianum2010
Common Cord-mossFunaria hygrometrica2010
Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens2010
Flat NeckeraNeckera complanata2010
Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius2010
Soft-tufted Beard-mossDidymodon vinealis2010
Crimson-tuber Thread-mossBryum rubens2010
Grimmia dissimulataGrimmia dissimulata2010
Short-leaved Pocket-mossFissidens incurvus2010
Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata2010
Anomalous Bristle-mossOrthotrichum anomalum2010
Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum2010
Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum2010
Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum2010
Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2010
Perthshire Beard-mossDidymodon rigidulus2010
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2010
Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare2010
Cylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanus2010
Wall ScalewortPorella platyphylla2010
Slender Pocket-mossFissidens exilis2010
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2010
Cypress-leaved Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme2010
Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus2010
Long-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioides2010
Woodsy Silk-mossPlagiothecium nemorale2010
Dwarf Feather-mossMicroeurhynchium pumilum2010
Whitish Feather-mossBrachythecium albicans2010
Water-plantainAlisma plantago-aquatica2010

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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