Standing cross in St Dennis churchyard
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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
50.38871, -4.88431
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Great Tit
- ✦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
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Great Tit
- ✦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 — Robin, Great Tit, Blue Tit +66 more · last seen 2025
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Robin, Great Tit, Blue Tit +66 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Darter, Common Blue Damselfly, Beautiful Demoiselle +19 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Purple Moor-grass, Marsh Cinquefoil, Water Horsetail +59 more · last seen 2024
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km14 public paths nearby
Public paths
Trelavour Squarepublic footpath · 52 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 52 mPath type: footway
Trelavour Squarepublic footpath · 52 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 52 mPath type: residential
27 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 32Cycling route▾
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Route 305Cycling route▾
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Main RouteCycling route68 m▾
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Named routeRef 32Length 176 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.8 km▾
Named routeRef 32Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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St Dennis - Church of St Dennis - Ancient cross - Head
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
12,399 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,399 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blue Tit · Chiffchaff · Blackbird · Great Tit +45
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- RavenCorvus corax
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- TealAnas crecca
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- SwiftApus apus
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Harvest Mouse · Domestic Cattle
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
- Domestic CattleBos taurus
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects8 species
springsummer
2025▾
Azure Damselfly · Common Darter · Common Blue Damselfly · Beautiful Demoiselle · Southern Hawker +3
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,399 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blue Tit · Chiffchaff · Blackbird · Great Tit +45
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- RavenCorvus corax
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- TealAnas crecca
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- SwiftApus apus
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Harvest Mouse · Domestic Cattle
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
- Domestic CattleBos taurus
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects8 species
springsummer
2025▾
Azure Damselfly · Common Darter · Common Blue Damselfly · Beautiful Demoiselle · Southern Hawker +3
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas