St Peter and St Paul's Church
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.29691, -0.79659
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Woodpigeon
- ✦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
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Woodpigeon
- ✦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 — Jackdaw, Woodpigeon, Wren +61 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Jackdaw, Woodpigeon, Wren +61 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Large White, Peacock +68 more · last seen 2026
Free
Grade II* listed building: CHURCH OF ST PETER AND PAUL CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Guelder-rose, Yellow-rattle, Himalayan Balsam +29 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Nene WayWalking route177 km▾
Named routeLength 177 kmRegional walking route
Northamptonshire RoundWalking route▾
29 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pitsford Water CircuitCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NorbitalCycling route▾
Named routeRef 539Round tripNational Cycle Network
N/ACycling route84 m▾
Named routeLength 84 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route63 m▾
Named routeLength 63 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route49 m▾
Named routeRef 539Length 49 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route146 m▾
Named routeLength 146 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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2,656 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
2,656 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Jackdaw · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Blackbird +31
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- CootFulica atra
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects19 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Cantharis rustica · Emperor Dragonfly · Meadow Plant Bug · Water Ladybird +14
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2025
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
- Meadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrata2025
- Water LadybirdAnisosticta novemdecimpunctata
Himalayan Balsam · Yellow-rattle · Guelder-rose · Great Horsetail · Wood Anemone +53
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
- Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2025
- Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025
- Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia2024
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- BulrushTypha latifolia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,656 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Jackdaw · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Blackbird +31
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- CootFulica atra
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects19 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Cantharis rustica · Emperor Dragonfly · Meadow Plant Bug · Water Ladybird +14
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2025
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
- Meadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrata2025
- Water LadybirdAnisosticta novemdecimpunctata
Himalayan Balsam · Yellow-rattle · Guelder-rose · Great Horsetail · Wood Anemone +53
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
- Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2025
- Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025
- Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia2024
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- BulrushTypha latifolia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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