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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.45374, -2.54215
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Hobby and Raven
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Hobby and Raven
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Hobby, Raven, Peregrine +73 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Hobby, Raven, Peregrine +73 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Limonia nubeculosa, 7-spot Ladybird +45 more · last seen 2025
Free
Grade II* listed building: CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Garlic Mustard, Wild Strawberry, White Clover +144 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Shropshire Way - stage 06Walking route17.1 km▾
Named routeRef ShW06Length 17.1 kmLocal walking route
Simon Evans WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Shropshire Way - stage 07Walking route17.6 km▾
Named routeRef ShW07Length 17.6 kmLocal walking route
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Photos
Inside St. Michael's church (Aston Botterell)
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Wildlife to spot
2,697 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,697 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHobby · Peregrine · Swallow · Swift · Raven +19
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- SwiftApus apus
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- QuailCoturnix coturnix
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Rosemary Beetle
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana
Black Bryony · Red Campion · Spear Thistle · Bush Vetch · Hedge Woundwort +55
- Black BryonyTamus communis
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Bush VetchVicia sepium
- Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,697 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHobby · Peregrine · Swallow · Swift · Raven +19
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- SwiftApus apus
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- QuailCoturnix coturnix
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Rosemary Beetle
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana
Black Bryony · Red Campion · Spear Thistle · Bush Vetch · Hedge Woundwort +55
- Black BryonyTamus communis
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Bush VetchVicia sepium
- Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas