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St Mary's Church

📷 Colin Park · 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
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground 156m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground 156m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Playground

Best for

10 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Mallard +77 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Mallard +77 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — White Clover, Bramble, Red Campion +44 more · last seen 2025; Plants — White Clover, Bramble, Red Campion +44 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Bramble, Common Nettle, White Dead-nettle +8 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Azure Damselfly, Banded Demoiselle, Beautiful Demoiselle +45 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Azure Damselfly, Banded Demoiselle, Beautiful Demoiselle +45 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Jurassic WayWalking route142 km

Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route

Shakespeare's Avon WayWalking route142 km

From the source at Naseby, Northamptonshire to the Severn at Tewkesbury

Named routeRef SAWLength 142 kmRegional walking route

Abbey Viewpublic footpath · 90 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 90 mPath type: residential

🚴

Cycling

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 50Cycling route

Named routeRef 50National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route2.4 km

Named routeRef 50Length 2.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.7 km

Named routeRef 50Length 1.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route758 m

Named routeRef 50Length 758 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route867 m

Named routeRef 50Length 867 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

8,619 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

8,619 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds38 species

springsummer

2026

Woodpigeon · Goldcrest · Swallow · Blue Tit · Reed Bunting +33

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
Great TitParus major2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
Haematopus ostralegus ostralegusHaematopus ostralegus ostralegus2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Common TernSterna hirundo2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
MagpiePica pica2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024

🐝

Insects9 species

summer

2025

Common Blue Damselfly · Lesser Stag Beetle · Black-tailed Skimmer · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Brown Hawker +4

Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2024
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2024
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024
Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2024

🌿

Plants90 species

spring

2025

Ribwort Plantain · Greater Plantain · Meadow Foxtail · Yarrow · Hawthorn +85

Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024
Greater PlantainPlantago major2024
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2024
YarrowAchillea millefolium2024
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024
White Dead-nettleLamium album2024
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2024
White CloverTrifolium repens2024
DogwoodCornus sanguinea2024
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024
Red CampionSilene dioica2024
Field MapleAcer campestre2024
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2024
Wood DockRumex sanguineus2024
Black BryonyTamus communis2024
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2024
DandelionTaraxacum2024
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2024
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2024
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2024
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2024
AshFraxinus excelsior2024
CleaversGalium aparine2024
Curled DockRumex crispus2024
Common NettleUrtica dioica2024
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024
ElderSambucus nigra2024
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2024
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2024
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2024
BrambleRubus fruticosus2024
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2024
Great LettuceLactuca virosa2024
Common CudweedFilago germanica2024
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2024
HollyIlex aquifolium2024
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2024
Malus sylvestrisMalus sylvestris2024
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2024
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2024
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2024
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2024
Adder's-tongueOphioglossum vulgatum2024
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2024
ElmUlmus2024
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2024
Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata2024
Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa2024
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024
SilverweedPotentilla anserina2024
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2024
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2024
Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2024
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2024
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2024
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2024
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2024
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2024
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2024
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024
Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides2024
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2024
Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2024
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2024
IvyHedera helix2024
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2024
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2024
Common ChickweedStellaria media2024
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2024
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2024
DaisyBellis perennis2024
HazelCorylus avellana2024
Swine-cressLepidium coronopus2024
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2024
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus2024
Rosa caninaRosa canina2024
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

8,619 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds38 species

springsummer

2026

Woodpigeon · Goldcrest · Swallow · Blue Tit · Reed Bunting +33

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
Great TitParus major2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
Haematopus ostralegus ostralegusHaematopus ostralegus ostralegus2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Common TernSterna hirundo2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
MagpiePica pica2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024

🐝

Insects9 species

summer

2025

Common Blue Damselfly · Lesser Stag Beetle · Black-tailed Skimmer · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Brown Hawker +4

Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2024
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2024
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024
Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2024

🌿

Plants90 species

spring

2025

Ribwort Plantain · Greater Plantain · Meadow Foxtail · Yarrow · Hawthorn +85

Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024
Greater PlantainPlantago major2024
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2024
YarrowAchillea millefolium2024
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024
White Dead-nettleLamium album2024
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2024
White CloverTrifolium repens2024
DogwoodCornus sanguinea2024
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024
Red CampionSilene dioica2024
Field MapleAcer campestre2024
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2024
Wood DockRumex sanguineus2024
Black BryonyTamus communis2024
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2024
DandelionTaraxacum2024
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2024
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2024
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2024
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2024
AshFraxinus excelsior2024
CleaversGalium aparine2024
Curled DockRumex crispus2024
Common NettleUrtica dioica2024
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024
ElderSambucus nigra2024
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2024
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2024
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2024
BrambleRubus fruticosus2024
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2024
Great LettuceLactuca virosa2024
Common CudweedFilago germanica2024
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2024
HollyIlex aquifolium2024
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2024
Malus sylvestrisMalus sylvestris2024
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2024
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2024
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2024
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2024
Adder's-tongueOphioglossum vulgatum2024
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2024
ElmUlmus2024
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2024
Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata2024
Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa2024
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024
SilverweedPotentilla anserina2024
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2024
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2024
Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2024
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2024
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2024
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2024
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2024
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2024
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2024
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024
Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides2024
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2024
Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2024
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2024
IvyHedera helix2024
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2024
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2024
Common ChickweedStellaria media2024
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2024
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2024
DaisyBellis perennis2024
HazelCorylus avellana2024
Swine-cressLepidium coronopus2024
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2024
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus2024
Rosa caninaRosa canina2024
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Colin Park · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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