St Peter and St Paul's Church
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🦅Birds🧺Picnic✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
54.24604, -0.77531
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🐦81+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Swift
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Willowgate Bistro — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦81+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Swift
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Willowgate Bistro — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🧺Picnic spot🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Swift, Blackbird +78 more · last seen 2025
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, toilets, car park
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: PARISH CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets, picnic area
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Swift, Blackbird +78 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, 18-spot Ladybird +70 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Pexton TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef PextonLocal walking route
Tabular Hills WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
The Inn WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Malton to PickeringCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Byway (Malton Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Moors to SeaMountain bike route▾
6 public paths nearby
Public paths
Wells Walkbyway open to all traffic · 88 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 88 mSurface groundPath type: track
Wells Walkbyway open to all traffic · 52 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 52 mPath type: service
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Altar, Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul, Pickering, Yorkshire
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12,873 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
12,873 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Herring Gull · Swift · Blue Tit +34
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- SwiftApus apus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great TitParus major
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
🦌Mammals5 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Mole · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Bat
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
- BatChiroptera2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects40 species
springautumn
2025▾
18-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Larch Ladybird · Pine Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird +35
- 18-spot LadybirdMyrrha octodecimguttata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata
Dewberry · Bluebell · Dandelion · Cherry · Daisy +2
- DewberryRubus caesius
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana
- DandelionTaraxacum
- CherryPrunus2024
- DaisyBellis perennis2024
- Monk's-HoodAconitum2024
- Primrose
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,873 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Herring Gull · Swift · Blue Tit +34
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- SwiftApus apus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great TitParus major
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
🦌Mammals5 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Mole · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Bat
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
- BatChiroptera2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects40 species
springautumn
2025▾
18-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Larch Ladybird · Pine Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird +35
- 18-spot LadybirdMyrrha octodecimguttata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata
Dewberry · Bluebell · Dandelion · Cherry · Daisy +2
- DewberryRubus caesius
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana
- DandelionTaraxacum
- CherryPrunus2024
- DaisyBellis perennis2024
- Monk's-HoodAconitum2024
- Primrose
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisCream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctataCream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctataGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaMarginal Sycamore Disc-minerHeterarthrus fioraMarginal Sycamore Disc-minerHeterarthrus fioraHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleScymnus suturalisScymnus suturalisScymnus suturalisScymnus suturalis10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctataKidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatusKidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatusBronze ShieldbugTroilus luridusBronze ShieldbugTroilus luridusOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusFerdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cupreaFalse Acacia SawflyEuura tibialisFalse Acacia SawflyEuura tibialisElm Mining SawflyFenusa ulmiElm Mining SawflyFenusa ulmiFig GallTetraneura (Tetraneura) ulmiFig GallTetraneura (Tetraneura) ulmiElm-currant AphidEriosoma ulmiElm-currant AphidEriosoma ulmiRed-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornisRed-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornisLeucozona lucorumLeucozona lucorumLeucozona lucorumLeucozona lucorumPlatycheirusPlatycheirusPlatycheirusPlatycheirusBirch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctusBirch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctusRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesCommon WaspVespula vulgarisCommon WaspVespula vulgarisEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxHairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipesHairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipesMelinopterus prodromusMelinopterus prodromus2024Melinopterus prodromusMelinopterus prodromus2024Lamprotettix nitidulusLamprotettix nitidulus2024Lamprotettix nitidulusLamprotettix nitidulus2024Willow Flea BeetleCrepidodera aurata2024Willow Flea BeetleCrepidodera aurata2024Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2024Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2024Apple Fruit-borerHoplocampa testudinea2024Apple Fruit-borerHoplocampa testudinea2024Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024Primula2024
Primula2024