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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

🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Robin
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 332m away — 2 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Robin
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 332m away — 2 car parks within reach

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£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Goldfinch +76 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Goldfinch +76 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Red Dead-nettle, Wood Avens, Aspen +22 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Red Dead-nettle, Wood Avens, Aspen +22 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Stag Beetle, Banded Demoiselle, Large Red Damselfly +25 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Stag Beetle, Banded Demoiselle, Large Red Damselfly +25 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Cycling

Good match

Named cycling route nearby: NCN National Route 1

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Alton Water Red RouteWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: East: Shotley Gate to Felixstowe FerryWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

Stour & Orwell WalkWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

The Fonnereau WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Gipping Valley River PathWalking route

Named route

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Cycling

126 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN 51Cycling route

Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network

Route 2Cycling route

Named routeRef 2Local cycle route

2ACycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 10BCycling route

Named routeRef 10BLocal cycle route

South Suffolk Route BCycling route

Named routeRef BRegional cycle route

Alton Water LoopCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

25,278 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

25,278 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds36 species

autumn

2026

Blue Tit · Great Tit · Goldfinch · Magpie · Woodpigeon +31

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
MagpiePica pica2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
RavenCorvus corax2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Black SwanCygnus atratus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2024

🦌

Mammals9 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Hazel Dormouse · Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Badger · Common Shrew +4

Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
BatChiroptera2024
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
BadgerMeles meles2024
Common ShrewSorex araneus
Rat spp.Rattus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2024
NoctuleNyctalus noctula2024

🐝

Insects24 species

springsummer

2025

Banded Demoiselle · Large Red Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Hairy Dragonfly · Common Darter +19

Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
Golden-haired RobberflyChoerades marginatus
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Rose ChaferCetonia aurata
Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
SuilliaSuillia2024
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2024

🌿

Plants13 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Wood Avens · Spindle · Aspen · Cherry Plum · Green-winged Orchid +8

Wood AvensGeum urbanum
SpindleEuonymus europaeus
AspenPopulus tremula
Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
Green-winged OrchidAnacamptis morio
ElderSambucus nigra
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2024
Greater PlantainPlantago major2024
Wild CarrotDaucus carota2024
Black BryonyTamus communis2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

25,278 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds36 species

autumn

2026

Blue Tit · Great Tit · Goldfinch · Magpie · Woodpigeon +31

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
MagpiePica pica2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
RavenCorvus corax2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Black SwanCygnus atratus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2024

🦌

Mammals9 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Hazel Dormouse · Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Badger · Common Shrew +4

Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
BatChiroptera2024
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
BadgerMeles meles2024
Common ShrewSorex araneus
Rat spp.Rattus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2024
NoctuleNyctalus noctula2024

🐝

Insects24 species

springsummer

2025

Banded Demoiselle · Large Red Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Hairy Dragonfly · Common Darter +19

Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
Golden-haired RobberflyChoerades marginatus
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Rose ChaferCetonia aurata
Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
SuilliaSuillia2024
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2024

🌿

Plants13 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Wood Avens · Spindle · Aspen · Cherry Plum · Green-winged Orchid +8

Wood AvensGeum urbanum
SpindleEuonymus europaeus
AspenPopulus tremula
Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
Green-winged OrchidAnacamptis morio
ElderSambucus nigra
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2024
Greater PlantainPlantago major2024
Wild CarrotDaucus carota2024
Black BryonyTamus communis2024

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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