St Peter and St Paul's Church
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.06570, -0.12593
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Greenfinch
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 299m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Greenfinch
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 299m 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 — Blue Tit, Greenfinch, Blackbird +53 more · last seen 2025
Free
Mammals — Badger, Rabbit, Brown Hare +12 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Darter, Southern Hawker, Azure Damselfly +32 more · last seen 2025
Free
Grade II* listed building: PARISH CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Hertfordshire WayWalking route267 km▾
Long distance path
Named routeLength 267 kmRegional walking route
Hertfordshire Chain WalkWalking route▾
Not waymarked
Named routeRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Icknield Way Cycle TrailMountain bike route226 km▾
This is the off-road or mountain cycling route of the Icknield Way Trail.
Named routeLength 226 kmRegional cycle route
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Saint Peter and Saint Paul's Church
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Wildlife to spot
7,136 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,136 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Great Tit · Greenfinch · Dunnock · Robin +28
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Wood Mouse · Badger · Bank Vole · Red Fox
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- BadgerMeles meles
- Bank VoleMyodes glareolus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐝Insects20 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Darter · Azure Damselfly · Southern Hawker · Hairy Shieldbug · Green Shieldbug +15
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Dove's-foot Crane's-bill · Shining Crane's-bill
- Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
- Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,136 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Great Tit · Greenfinch · Dunnock · Robin +28
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Wood Mouse · Badger · Bank Vole · Red Fox
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- BadgerMeles meles
- Bank VoleMyodes glareolus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐝Insects20 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Darter · Azure Damselfly · Southern Hawker · Hairy Shieldbug · Green Shieldbug +15
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Dove's-foot Crane's-bill · Shining Crane's-bill
- Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
- Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Ruddy Darter
Ruddy Darter
Sympetrum sanguineum
Sympetrum sanguineum
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansFour-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataFour-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataBox BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2024Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2024Banded GeneralStratiomys potamidaBanded GeneralStratiomys potamidaScaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastriIvy BeeColletes hederae2024Ivy BeeColletes hederae2024Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024