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St Peter's Church

📷 Basher Eyre · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦101+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shoveler and Black-tailed Godwit
🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground 165m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦101+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shoveler and Black-tailed Godwit
🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground 165m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Playground

Best for

10 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Shoveler, Black-tailed Godwit, Mediterranean Gull +98 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Shoveler, Black-tailed Godwit, Mediterranean Gull +98 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Amanita citrina, Torth Felen, Shaggy Scalycap +64 more · last seen 2025; Fungi — Amanita citrina, Torth Felen, Shaggy Scalycap +64 more · last seen 2025

Varies

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Common Darter +17 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Common Darter +17 more · last seen 2026

Free

Family friendly

Good match

playground

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Jubilee Trail (Dorset)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

The Hardy WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

South Dorset RidgewayWalking route

Named routeRef SDRRegional walking route

Frome Valley WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Hardy’s cottage to Max GateWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

53 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 2Cycling route

National Cycle Route 2 Christchurch to Axminster

Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network

Frome Valley Cycle TrailCycling route

Dorset trail

Named routeRef FVTLocal cycle route

Route 26Cycling route

Named routeRef 26National Cycle Network

National Cycle Network Route 26Cycling route

Named routeRef 26National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route32 m

Named routeRef 2Length 32 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route148 m

Named routeRef 26Length 148 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

🐴

Horse riding

3 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

50,507 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

50,507 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds37 species

autumnwinter

2026

Shoveler · Wigeon · Mediterranean Gull · Black-tailed Godwit · Pochard +32

ShovelerSpatula clypeata
WigeonMareca penelope
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
PochardAythya ferina
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
PintailAnas acuta
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Great TitParus major2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

springwinter

2026

Harbour Seal · Brown Hare

Harbour SealPhoca vitulina
Brown HareLepus europaeus2025

🐝

Insects5 species

winterspring

2026

Dark-edged Bee-fly · Nalassus laevioctostriatus · Gorse Shieldbug · Glow-worm · Birch Shieldbug

Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus
Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus

🍄

Fungi3 species

autumn

2025

Common Funnel · Trumpet Chanterelle · Blackedge Bonnet

Common FunnelInfundibulicybe gibba
Trumpet ChanterelleCantharellus tubaeformis
Blackedge BonnetMycena pelianthina

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

50,507 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds37 species

autumnwinter

2026

Shoveler · Wigeon · Mediterranean Gull · Black-tailed Godwit · Pochard +32

ShovelerSpatula clypeata
WigeonMareca penelope
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
PochardAythya ferina
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
PintailAnas acuta
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Great TitParus major2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

springwinter

2026

Harbour Seal · Brown Hare

Harbour SealPhoca vitulina
Brown HareLepus europaeus2025

🐝

Insects5 species

winterspring

2026

Dark-edged Bee-fly · Nalassus laevioctostriatus · Gorse Shieldbug · Glow-worm · Birch Shieldbug

Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus
Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus

🍄

Fungi3 species

autumn

2025

Common Funnel · Trumpet Chanterelle · Blackedge Bonnet

Common FunnelInfundibulicybe gibba
Trumpet ChanterelleCantharellus tubaeformis
Blackedge BonnetMycena pelianthina

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Basher Eyre · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

St Peter, West Knighton: memorial to a former church warden

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