St Mary's Roman Catholic Church
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.55411, -0.49214
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Little Italy — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Little Italy — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Moorhen +62 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Moorhen +62 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small Tortoiseshell, Small White, Red Admiral +67 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Mallow, Smooth Sow-thistle, Weld +51 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Ancholme Valley WayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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St Mary's Catholic Church, Brigg
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Wildlife to spot
4,039 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,039 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Starling · Kestrel · Moorhen +40
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
- Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Great TitParus major
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- Common GullLarus canus2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- CootFulica atra2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2023
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2023
- RedshankTringa totanus2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
- SwiftApus apus2021
🦌Mammals1 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2022▾
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians2 species
autumn
2024▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common FrogRana temporaria2023
🐝Insects23 species
springsummer
2025▾
Willow Emerald Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Bronze Shieldbug +18
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2022
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2021
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2021
- Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus
Himalayan Balsam · Red Valerian · Black Spleenwort · Chicory · Wall Screw-moss +8
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
- Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2024
- ChicoryCichorium intybus2023
- Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis2023
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,039 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Starling · Kestrel · Moorhen +40
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
- Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Great TitParus major
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- Common GullLarus canus2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- CootFulica atra2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2023
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2023
- RedshankTringa totanus2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
- SwiftApus apus2021
🦌Mammals1 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2022▾
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians2 species
autumn
2024▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common FrogRana temporaria2023
🐝Insects23 species
springsummer
2025▾
Willow Emerald Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Bronze Shieldbug +18
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2022
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2021
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2021
- Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus
Himalayan Balsam · Red Valerian · Black Spleenwort · Chicory · Wall Screw-moss +8
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
- Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2024
- ChicoryCichorium intybus2023
- Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis2023
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Juniper Shieldbug
Juniper Shieldbug
Cyphostethus tristriatus
Cyphostethus tristriatus
16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctataStrawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipesStrawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipesEristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2024Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2024Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2024Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2024Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2023Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2023Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023PontaniaPontania2023PontaniaPontania2023Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023Hill Cuckoo BeeBombus rupestris2023Hill Cuckoo BeeBombus rupestris2023Nettle GroundbugHeterogaster urticae2022Nettle GroundbugHeterogaster urticae2022Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus2022Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus2022Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2021Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2021Figwort WeevilCionus scrophulariae2021Figwort WeevilCionus scrophulariae2021Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2021Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2021Tipula vernalisTipula vernalis2021Tipula vernalisTipula vernalis20212023
2023
Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare2023Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare2023Common MallowMalva sylvestris2022Common MallowMalva sylvestris2022Bladder CampionSilene vulgaris2022Bladder CampionSilene vulgaris2022ButterburPetasites hybridus2022ButterburPetasites hybridus2022Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2022Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2022Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2021Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2021CowslipPrimula veris2021CowslipPrimula veris2021