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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.59967, -0.73245
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦41+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Starling and Blackbird
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦41+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Starling and Blackbird
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Starling, Blackbird, Swift +38 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Starling, Blackbird, Swift +38 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Large Yellow Underwing, Common Cockchafer +159 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Sepia Bolete, Pale Bramble Rust, Dryad's Saddle +8 more · last seen 2025
Varies
Grade II* listed building: CHURCH OF ST MARY; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Yarrow, Green Alkanet, Ivy +175 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
Rutland RoundWalking route105 km▾
Named routeLength 105 kmRegional walking route
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Rutland Water CircuitCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
National Byway (Rutland)Cycling route▾
National Byway in Rutland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Photos
Interior, St Mary's church, Ayston
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
6,440 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,440 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds25 species
springsummerwinter
2025▾
Starling · Kestrel · Robin · Swift · Woodpigeon +20
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SwiftApus apus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Common GullLarus canus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2022
🦌Mammals6 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Badger · Muntjac · Brown Hare · Mole · Water Vole +1
- BadgerMeles meles
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- MoleTalpa europaea2023
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius2024
🐝Insects18 species
springautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Lily Beetle · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Aphrodes · Devil's Coach-horse +13
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2024
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2024
- AphrodesAphrodes2025
- Devil's Coach-horseOcypus olens2025
- Lagria hirta
Sepia Bolete · Pale Bramble Rust · Dryad's Saddle · White Dapperling · Turkeytail +5
- Sepia BoleteXerocomellus porosporus2022
- Pale Bramble RustKuehneola uredinis
- Dryad's SaddlePolyporus squamosus2024
- White DapperlingLeucoagaricus leucothites2023
- TurkeytailTrametes versicolor2023
- Dead Man's FingersXylaria polymorpha
🌿Plants41 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Green Alkanet · Cow Parsley · Yarrow · False Oat-grass · Shining Crane's-bill +36
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2024
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2023
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2024
- Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,440 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds25 species
springsummerwinter
2025▾
Starling · Kestrel · Robin · Swift · Woodpigeon +20
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SwiftApus apus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Common GullLarus canus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2022
🦌Mammals6 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Badger · Muntjac · Brown Hare · Mole · Water Vole +1
- BadgerMeles meles
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- MoleTalpa europaea2023
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius2024
🐝Insects18 species
springautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Lily Beetle · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Aphrodes · Devil's Coach-horse +13
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2024
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2024
- AphrodesAphrodes2025
- Devil's Coach-horseOcypus olens2025
- Lagria hirta
Sepia Bolete · Pale Bramble Rust · Dryad's Saddle · White Dapperling · Turkeytail +5
- Sepia BoleteXerocomellus porosporus2022
- Pale Bramble RustKuehneola uredinis
- Dryad's SaddlePolyporus squamosus2024
- White DapperlingLeucoagaricus leucothites2023
- TurkeytailTrametes versicolor2023
- Dead Man's FingersXylaria polymorpha
🌿Plants41 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Green Alkanet · Cow Parsley · Yarrow · False Oat-grass · Shining Crane's-bill +36
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2024
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2023
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2024
- Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Lagria hirta2025
Lagria hirta2025
Tipula maximaTipula maxima2025Tipula maximaTipula maxima2025Obolodiplosis robiniaeObolodiplosis robiniae2024Obolodiplosis robiniaeObolodiplosis robiniae2024Xestophanes potentillaeXestophanes potentillae2024Xestophanes potentillaeXestophanes potentillae2024Pied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolor2024Pied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolor2024Scarlet TigerCallimorpha dominula2024Scarlet TigerCallimorpha dominula2024HornetVespa crabro2023HornetVespa crabro2023Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2023Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2023Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2023Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2023Badister bullatusBadister bullatus2023Badister bullatusBadister bullatus2023Holly Leaf Gall FlyPhytomyza ilicis2023Holly Leaf Gall FlyPhytomyza ilicis2023EngrailedEctropis crepuscularia2023EngrailedEctropis crepuscularia2023Ivy BeeColletes hederae2022Ivy BeeColletes hederae20222022
2022
Bay BoleteImleria badia2022Bay BoleteImleria badia2022Fenugreek StalkballPhleogena faginea2022Fenugreek StalkballPhleogena faginea2022Shaggy InkcapCoprinus comatus2022Shaggy InkcapCoprinus comatus2022Giant PolyporeMeripilus giganteus2022Giant PolyporeMeripilus giganteus2022Daisy
Daisy
Bellis perennis2023
Bellis perennis2023
HarebellCampanula rotundifoliaHarebellCampanula rotundifoliaBoxBuxus sempervirensBoxBuxus sempervirensYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2024Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2024Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2024Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2024Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2024Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2024Common BistortBistorta officinalis2024Common BistortBistorta officinalis2024RamsonsAllium ursinum2024RamsonsAllium ursinum2024Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2024Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2024Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2023Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2023Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana2023Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana2023Spurge-laurelDaphne laureola2023Spurge-laurelDaphne laureola2023Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2023Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2023Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2023Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2023Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2023Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2023Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2023Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2023Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2023Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2023GroundselSenecio vulgaris2023GroundselSenecio vulgaris2023Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2023Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2023Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2023Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2023SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2023SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2023DandelionTaraxacum2023DandelionTaraxacum2023Sweet VioletViola odorata2023Sweet VioletViola odorata2023White Dead-nettleLamium album2023White Dead-nettleLamium album2023IvyHedera helix2022IvyHedera helix2022Common NettleUrtica dioica2022Common NettleUrtica dioica2022HawthornCrataegus monogyna2022HawthornCrataegus monogyna2022Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2022Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2022Common ChickweedStellaria media2022Common ChickweedStellaria media2022CleaversGalium aparine2022CleaversGalium aparine2022White CloverTrifolium repens2022White CloverTrifolium repens2022AshFraxinus excelsior2022AshFraxinus excelsior2022HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2022HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2022BlackthornPrunus spinosa2022BlackthornPrunus spinosa2022Events & activities nearby
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