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St Mary's Church

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦99+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Kestrel and Little Egret
🐕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

🐦99+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Kestrel and Little Egret
🐕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

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Kestrel, Little Egret, Shelduck +96 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Kestrel, Little Egret, Shelduck +96 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Eristalis tenax, Migrant Hawker · last seen 2025; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Eristalis tenax, Migrant Hawker · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Moderate match

Religious grounds — local heritage

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Greenwich Meridian TrailWalking route440 km

A long-distance walk that follows the line of the Prime Meridian. Inaugurated in 2009, to coincide with the 125th anniversary of the Greenwich Meridian.

Named routeRef GMTLength 440 kmRegional walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Humber Bridge to EasingtonWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Easington to Filey BriggWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

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Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

National Byway (Holderness Loop)Cycling route

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

7,206 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

7,206 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds64 species

autumnwinter

2025

Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Kestrel · Shelduck · Common Gull +59

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Common GullLarus canus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
TealAnas crecca
LapwingVanellus vanellus
CurlewNumenius arquata
RedshankTringa totanus
DunlinCalidris alpina
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
JackdawColoeus monedula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
LinnetLinaria cannabina
MagpiePica pica
Greylag GooseAnser anser
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Black BrantBranta bernicla nigricans
Light-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla hrota
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Brent GooseBranta bernicla
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
DunnockPrunella modularis
RookCorvus frugilegus
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
KnotCalidris canutus
GreenshankTringa nebularia
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
GadwallMareca strepera
Great TitParus major
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
SiskinSpinus spinus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus

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Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Mole

MoleTalpa europaea

🐝

Insects2 species

autumn

2025

Eristalis tenax · 7-spot Ladybird

Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

7,206 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds64 species

autumnwinter

2025

Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Kestrel · Shelduck · Common Gull +59

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Common GullLarus canus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
TealAnas crecca
LapwingVanellus vanellus
CurlewNumenius arquata
RedshankTringa totanus
DunlinCalidris alpina
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
JackdawColoeus monedula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
LinnetLinaria cannabina
MagpiePica pica
Greylag GooseAnser anser
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Black BrantBranta bernicla nigricans
Light-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla hrota
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Brent GooseBranta bernicla
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
DunnockPrunella modularis
RookCorvus frugilegus
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
KnotCalidris canutus
GreenshankTringa nebularia
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
GadwallMareca strepera
Great TitParus major
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
SiskinSpinus spinus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Mole

MoleTalpa europaea

🐝

Insects2 species

autumn

2025

Eristalis tenax · 7-spot Ladybird

Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 JThomas · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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