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St Mary's Church

📷 Ray Bird · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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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
🐾Animal sanctuary on site — a good way to combine wildlife and an animal visit in the same trip

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐾Animal sanctuary on site — a good way to combine wildlife and an animal visit in the same trip

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Farm visit

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Great Tit, Blue Tit, Blackbird +49 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Great Tit, Blue Tit, Blackbird +49 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Pyramidal Orchid, Yorkshire-fog, Hogweed +168 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Pyramidal Orchid, Yorkshire-fog, Hogweed +168 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Hogweed, Elder, Rough Hawkbit +21 more foraging species

Varies

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Large White, Small White, Red Admiral +14 more · last seen 2021; Insects — Large White, Small White, Red Admiral +14 more · last seen 2021

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Macmillan WayWalking route290 km

Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route

Cotswold WayWalking route164 km

Named routeRef CWLength 164 kmNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Wiltshire CyclewayCycling route155 km

Named routeRef WCLength 155 kmRound tripRegional cycle route

Avon Wiltshire Cycle LinkCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

🐴

Horse riding

2 public paths nearby

Public paths

Marsh Lanebridleway · 446 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 446 mPath type: track

Marsh Lanebridleway · 52 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 52 mPath type: residential

Wildlife to spot

2,735 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,735 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds38 species

springsummer

2025

Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Rook · Chaffinch · Wren +33

Great TitParus major
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RookCorvus frugilegus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RobinErithacus rubecula
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
JackdawColoeus monedula
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
NuthatchSitta europaea
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
BuzzardButeo buteo
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
RavenCorvus corax
MagpiePica pica
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
JayGarrulus glandarius
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Red KiteMilvus milvus
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
Little OwlAthene noctua2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023

🦌

Mammals3 species

winterspringsummer

2025

Red Fox · Lesser Horseshoe Bat · Hedgehog

Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023

🌿

Plants14 species

winter

2025

Fox-and-cubs · Common Broomrape · Creeping Buttercup · Pendulous Sedge · Lesser Celandine +9

Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
Common BroomrapeOrobanche minor2023
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2023
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2023
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2023
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023
DaisyBellis perennis2023
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2023
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2023
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2023
IvyHedera helix2023
Hedera helixHedera helix2023
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2023
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,735 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds38 species

springsummer

2025

Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Rook · Chaffinch · Wren +33

Great TitParus major
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RookCorvus frugilegus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RobinErithacus rubecula
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
JackdawColoeus monedula
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
NuthatchSitta europaea
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
BuzzardButeo buteo
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
RavenCorvus corax
MagpiePica pica
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
JayGarrulus glandarius
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Red KiteMilvus milvus
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
Little OwlAthene noctua2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023

🦌

Mammals3 species

winterspringsummer

2025

Red Fox · Lesser Horseshoe Bat · Hedgehog

Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023

🌿

Plants14 species

winter

2025

Fox-and-cubs · Common Broomrape · Creeping Buttercup · Pendulous Sedge · Lesser Celandine +9

Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
Common BroomrapeOrobanche minor2023
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2023
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2023
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2023
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023
DaisyBellis perennis2023
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2023
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2023
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2023
IvyHedera helix2023
Hedera helixHedera helix2023
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2023
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Ray Bird · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

St Mary's Church, Burton, Wiltshire 2011

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🌱The GreenUrban park4.9 km→🌱St Michael and All Angels ChurchUrban park3.6 km→✦Long barrow 500m north of Lugbury FarmHistoric site1.7 km→✦Stone cross in churchyard, Littleton DrewHistoric site1.8 km→✦Romano-British temple, Iron Age ditches, earthwork enclosure and associated buildings 240m and 370m north of Fosse BarnHistoric site2.6 km→⛪St Andrews ChurchReligious grounds3.4 km→

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