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St Nicholas's Church

📷 Des Blenkinsopp · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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51.47140, -2.13108

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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
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Robin +58 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Robin +58 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Lords-and-Ladies, Bramble, Pendulous Sedge +48 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Lords-and-Ladies, Bramble, Pendulous Sedge +48 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Dock Bug +46 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Dock Bug +46 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Bramble, Hazel, Common Nettle +3 more foraging species

Varies

Farm visits

Good match

Farm attraction nearby

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚴

Cycling

38 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Wiltshire CyclewayCycling route155 km

Named routeRef WCLength 155 kmRound tripRegional cycle route

Route 403Cycling route

Named routeRef 403National Cycle Network

Avon Wiltshire Cycle LinkCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Wiltshire Cycleway, Pewsey ValeCycling route

Named routePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route

Main RouteCycling route893 m

Named routeRef 403Length 893 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route114 m

Named routeRef 403Length 114 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

22,104 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

22,104 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds64 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Jackdaw +59

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Great TitParus major2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
SwiftApus apus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Golden PheasantChrysolophus pictus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025

🦌

Mammals13 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Red Fox · Badger · Hedgehog · Feral Cat · Otter +8

Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
BadgerMeles meles2025
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
Feral CatFelis catus2025
OtterLutra lutra
BatChiroptera2025
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
Common ShrewSorex araneus2025
MoleTalpa europaea2025
StoatMustela erminea2025

🦎

Reptiles1 species

autumn

2025

Slow-worm

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis

🐸

Amphibians1 species

springsummer

2025

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects49 species

springsummer

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Dock Bug · Syrphus · Oedemera lurida +44

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Oedemera luridaOedemera lurida2025
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Empis lividaEmpis livida2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025
EristalisEristalis2025
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Cantharis flavilabris (=nigra auctt.)Cantharis flavilabris (=nigra auctt.)2025
Cantharis nigra (=thoracica)Cantharis nigra (=thoracica)2025
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilineaDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea2025
MorelliaMorellia2025
Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2025
HelinaHelina2025
EupeodesEupeodes2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
OedemeraOedemera2025
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
Helina abdominalisHelina abdominalis2025
Cantharis pallidaCantharis pallida2025
MeligethesMeligethes2025
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025
Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola2025
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025
White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2025
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2025
Downlooker SnipeflyRhagio scolopaceus2025
Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025
Cantharis figurataCantharis figurata2025
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2025
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2025

🌿

Plants51 species

springsummer

2026

Lords-and-Ladies · Bramble · Pendulous Sedge · Hazel · Tufted Hair-grass +46

Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
BrambleRubus fruticosus2025
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025
HazelCorylus avellana2025
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2025
Curled Dock / Broad-leaved DockRumex crispus/obtusifolius2025
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025
Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2025
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Black BryonyTamus communis2025
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025
Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae2025
Wood MelickMelica uniflora2025
Hard Rush / Soft Rush / Compact RushJuncus inflexus/effusus/conglomeratus2025
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2025
Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum2025
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2025
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Wall LettuceMycelis muralis2025
BeechFagus sylvatica2025
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025
Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea2025
HollyIlex aquifolium2025
RedshankPersicaria maculosa2025
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2025
Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum2025
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025
Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2025
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2025
Lesser / Wood BurdockArctium minus2025
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2025
DaisyBellis perennis2025
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025
NavelwortUmbilicus rupestris2025
CowslipPrimula veris2025
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025
Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica2025
Caper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyris2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025
HornbeamCarpinus betulus2025
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025
SpindleEuonymus europaeus2025
Mexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianus2025
ValerianellaValerianella2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

22,104 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds64 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Jackdaw +59

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Great TitParus major2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
SwiftApus apus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Golden PheasantChrysolophus pictus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025

🦌

Mammals13 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Red Fox · Badger · Hedgehog · Feral Cat · Otter +8

Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
BadgerMeles meles2025
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
Feral CatFelis catus2025
OtterLutra lutra
BatChiroptera2025
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
Common ShrewSorex araneus2025
MoleTalpa europaea2025
StoatMustela erminea2025

🦎

Reptiles1 species

autumn

2025

Slow-worm

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis

🐸

Amphibians1 species

springsummer

2025

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects49 species

springsummer

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Dock Bug · Syrphus · Oedemera lurida +44

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Oedemera luridaOedemera lurida2025
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Empis lividaEmpis livida2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025
EristalisEristalis2025
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Cantharis flavilabris (=nigra auctt.)Cantharis flavilabris (=nigra auctt.)2025
Cantharis nigra (=thoracica)Cantharis nigra (=thoracica)2025
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilineaDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea2025
MorelliaMorellia2025
Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2025
HelinaHelina2025
EupeodesEupeodes2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
OedemeraOedemera2025
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
Helina abdominalisHelina abdominalis2025
Cantharis pallidaCantharis pallida2025
MeligethesMeligethes2025
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025
Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola2025
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025
White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2025
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata2025
Downlooker SnipeflyRhagio scolopaceus2025
Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025
Cantharis figurataCantharis figurata2025
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2025
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2025

🌿

Plants51 species

springsummer

2026

Lords-and-Ladies · Bramble · Pendulous Sedge · Hazel · Tufted Hair-grass +46

Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
BrambleRubus fruticosus2025
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025
HazelCorylus avellana2025
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2025
Curled Dock / Broad-leaved DockRumex crispus/obtusifolius2025
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025
Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2025
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Black BryonyTamus communis2025
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025
Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae2025
Wood MelickMelica uniflora2025
Hard Rush / Soft Rush / Compact RushJuncus inflexus/effusus/conglomeratus2025
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2025
Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum2025
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2025
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Wall LettuceMycelis muralis2025
BeechFagus sylvatica2025
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025
Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea2025
HollyIlex aquifolium2025
RedshankPersicaria maculosa2025
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2025
Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum2025
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025
Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2025
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2025
Lesser / Wood BurdockArctium minus2025
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2025
DaisyBellis perennis2025
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025
NavelwortUmbilicus rupestris2025
CowslipPrimula veris2025
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025
Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica2025
Caper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyris2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025
HornbeamCarpinus betulus2025
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2025
SpindleEuonymus europaeus2025
Mexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianus2025
ValerianellaValerianella2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Des Blenkinsopp · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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