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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.95210, -2.50595
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Coot and Greylag Goose
- ✦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
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Coot and Greylag Goose
- ✦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 — Coot, Greylag Goose, Canada Goose +71 more · last seen 2025
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF SAINT PETER; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Birds — Coot, Greylag Goose, Canada Goose +71 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, 7-spot Ladybird, Painted Lady +19 more · last seen 2025
Free
⛪Churchyard walks
Good match
Churchyard or religious grounds — wildlife sanctuary and quiet reflection
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Newcastle WayWalking route40 km▾
Market Drayton to Mow Cop
Named routeLength 40 kmRegional walking route
Weaver WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Cheshire CircuitWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
16 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cheshire CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70Regional cycle route
Route 551Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 551National Cycle Network
NCN 552Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 552National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route483 m▾
Named routeRef 552Length 483 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route10 m▾
Named routeRef 552Length 10 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route14 m▾
Named routeRef 70Length 14 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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St Peter's Church at Adderley
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Wildlife to spot
4,117 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,117 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Canada Goose · Coot · Mallard · Greylag Goose · Tufted Duck +32
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
- GadwallMareca strepera2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
Eristalinus sepulchralis · Brown Hawker · Nut Weevil · Alder Leaf Beetle · 2-spot Ladybird +5
- Eristalinus sepulchralisEristalinus sepulchralis
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024
- Nut WeevilCurculio nucum2024
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2023
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2023
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,117 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Canada Goose · Coot · Mallard · Greylag Goose · Tufted Duck +32
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
- GadwallMareca strepera2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
Eristalinus sepulchralis · Brown Hawker · Nut Weevil · Alder Leaf Beetle · 2-spot Ladybird +5
- Eristalinus sepulchralisEristalinus sepulchralis
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024
- Nut WeevilCurculio nucum2024
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2023
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2023
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
2023
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2023Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2023Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2023Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2023Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2023Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha202322-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202322-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2023