St Michael and All Angels' Church
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.03613, -0.50699
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 87m away — 7 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 87m away — 7 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Blackbird +57 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Blackbird +57 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Swollen-thighed Beetle, Roesel's Bush-cricket, 24-spot Ladybird +8 more · last seen 2024
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
⛪Churchyard walks
Good match
Churchyard or religious grounds — wildlife sanctuary and quiet reflection
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Sleaford - Greylees cycle trackCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
A607 Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 151Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 151National Cycle Network
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
Lighter-than-Air Roadrestricted byway · 18 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 18 mSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified
Lighter-than-Air Roadrestricted byway · 794 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 794 mSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified
Lighter-than-Air Roadrestricted byway · 18 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 18 mSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified
Lighter-than-Air Roadrestricted byway · 35 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 35 mSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified
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Church of St Michael and All Angels, RAF Cranwell
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Wildlife to spot
3,460 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,460 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
winterspring
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Great Tit +42
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
- Common GullLarus canus2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2022
- NuthatchSitta europaea2022
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2021
- JayGarrulus glandarius2021
Red Fox
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Roesel's Bush-cricket · 24-spot Ladybird · Chrysolina hyperici · House Cricket · Lesser Stag Beetle +3
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
- Chrysolina hypericiChrysolina hyperici
- House CricketAcheta domesticus2022
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2022
- Tiger CraneflyNephrotoma flavescens
Yellow Feather-moss
- Yellow Feather-mossHomalothecium lutescens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,460 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
winterspring
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Great Tit +42
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
- Common GullLarus canus2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2022
- NuthatchSitta europaea2022
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2021
- JayGarrulus glandarius2021
Red Fox
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Roesel's Bush-cricket · 24-spot Ladybird · Chrysolina hyperici · House Cricket · Lesser Stag Beetle +3
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
- Chrysolina hypericiChrysolina hyperici
- House CricketAcheta domesticus2022
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2022
- Tiger CraneflyNephrotoma flavescens
Yellow Feather-moss
- Yellow Feather-mossHomalothecium lutescens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2022
2022
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2022Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2022Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa2022Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa2022