Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.14897, 0.68628
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Carrion Crow
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 233m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Carrion Crow
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 233m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +74 more · last seen 2026
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +74 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Small White +104 more · last seen 2023
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Stour Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 82.9 kmRegional walking route
Greensand WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef GWRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 177 (Proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 177National Cycle Network
Photos
St. Michael's Church, Hamburg
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
8,746 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,746 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTawny Owl · Cuckoo · Snow Bunting · Robin · Blackbird +34
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2018
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2021
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- JackdawColoeus monedula2021
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2021
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2020
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2020
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2019
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2019
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2019
- Corvus corax coraxCorvus corax corax2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2021
- NuthatchSitta europaea2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
- Turdus iliacus iliacusTurdus iliacus iliacus2021
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2020
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2020
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2020
- MagpiePica pica2019
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2019
- Great TitParus major2019
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2019
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2019
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2018
- RookCorvus frugilegus2018
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2017
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2017
Hedgehog · Badger · Hazel Dormouse · Harvest Mouse · Red Fox +1
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- BadgerMeles meles
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2019
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2021
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2021
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2020▾
Great Crested Newt · Common Toad
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2016
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Small White · Red Admiral · Peacock +34
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui
Bluebell
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,746 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTawny Owl · Cuckoo · Snow Bunting · Robin · Blackbird +34
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2018
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2021
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- JackdawColoeus monedula2021
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2021
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2020
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2020
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2019
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2019
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2019
- Corvus corax coraxCorvus corax corax2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2021
- NuthatchSitta europaea2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
- Turdus iliacus iliacusTurdus iliacus iliacus2021
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2020
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2020
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2020
- MagpiePica pica2019
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2019
- Great TitParus major2019
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2019
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2019
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2018
- RookCorvus frugilegus2018
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2017
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2017
Hedgehog · Badger · Hazel Dormouse · Harvest Mouse · Red Fox +1
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- BadgerMeles meles
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2019
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2021
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2021
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2020▾
Great Crested Newt · Common Toad
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2016
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Small White · Red Admiral · Peacock +34
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui
Bluebell
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2019
2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019White AdmiralLimenitis camilla2019White AdmiralLimenitis camilla2019Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019Large WhitePieris brassicae2019Large WhitePieris brassicae2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019Glow-wormLampyris noctilucaGlow-wormLampyris noctilucaSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraLong-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscusLong-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscusField GrasshopperChorthippus brunneusField GrasshopperChorthippus brunneusMeadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelusMeadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelusRoesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeseliiRoesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeseliiBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaHarmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2021Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2021Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2020Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2020Small Poplar BorerSaperda populnea2020Small Poplar BorerSaperda populnea202022-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata201922-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2019Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2019Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2019Green HairstreakCallophrys rubi2019Green HairstreakCallophrys rubi2019Purple HairstreakFavonius quercus2018Purple HairstreakFavonius quercus2018Stenophylax permistusStenophylax permistus2016Stenophylax permistusStenophylax permistus2016Glyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidus2016Glyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidus2016Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2016Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2016Scarce Merveille du JourMoma alpium2015Scarce Merveille du JourMoma alpium2015Scorched WingPlagodis dolabraria2015Scorched WingPlagodis dolabraria2015Least CarpetIdaea rusticata2015Least CarpetIdaea rusticata2015Middle-barred MinorOligia fasciuncula2015Middle-barred MinorOligia fasciuncula2015Treble Brown SpotIdaea trigeminata2015Treble Brown SpotIdaea trigeminata2015Events & activities nearby
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