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St Stephen's Church

📷 Marathon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

Getting here

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Robin, Mallard, Blackbird +73 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Mallard, Blackbird +73 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Nysius graminicola, Dasysyrphus albostriatus +7 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Nysius graminicola, Dasysyrphus albostriatus +7 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Moderate match

Plants — Eyebright · last seen 2025; Plants — Eyebright · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Macmillan WayWalking route290 km

Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route

Rutland RoundWalking route105 km

Named routeLength 105 kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Lincolnshire Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

6,645 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,645 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds56 species

winter

2026

Robin · Mallard · Moorhen · Green Woodpecker · Blackbird +51

RobinErithacus rubecula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great TitParus major
Greylag GooseAnser anser
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
CootFulica atra
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025

🦌

Mammals5 species

autumnwinter

2025

Muntjac · Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Fallow Deer · Rabbit

MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Fallow DeerDama dama
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

🐝

Insects2 species

summer

2025

Common Blue Damselfly · Nysius graminicola

Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Nysius graminicolaNysius graminicola

🌿

Plants1 species

summer

2025

Eyebright

EyebrightEuphrasia

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,645 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds56 species

winter

2026

Robin · Mallard · Moorhen · Green Woodpecker · Blackbird +51

RobinErithacus rubecula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great TitParus major
Greylag GooseAnser anser
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
CootFulica atra
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025

🦌

Mammals5 species

autumnwinter

2025

Muntjac · Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Fallow Deer · Rabbit

MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Fallow DeerDama dama
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

🐝

Insects2 species

summer

2025

Common Blue Damselfly · Nysius graminicola

Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Nysius graminicolaNysius graminicola

🌿

Plants1 species

summer

2025

Eyebright

EyebrightEuphrasia

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Marathon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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