The Church of St Thomas of Canterbury
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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
53.24510, 0.27025
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- ✦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 Woodpigeon and Robin
- ✦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 — Woodpigeon, Robin, Magpie +61 more · last seen 2025
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ST THOMAS OF CANTERBURY; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Magpie +61 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Darter, Small White, Large White +67 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
⛪Churchyard walks
Good match
Churchyard or religious grounds — wildlife sanctuary and quiet reflection
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 17 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
King Charles III England Coast Path: Skegness to MablethorpeWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
3 signed routes nearby
Route C3Cycling route▾
Wainfleet to Alford
Named routeRef C3Local cycle route
Route C1Cycling route▾
Alford to Spilsby
Named routeRef C1Local cycle route
Route C7Cycling route▾
Alford to Mablethorpe
Named routeRef C7Local cycle route
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St Thomas of Canterbury Parish Church of Mumby
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Wildlife to spot
2,375 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,375 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
winterspring
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Magpie · Great Tit +43
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Common GullLarus canus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2023
🦌Mammals4 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Brown Hare · Muntjac · Grey Squirrel · Water Vole
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius2024
🐝Insects32 species
springsummer
2026▾
Dock Bug · Green Shieldbug · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Hairy Shieldbug · Hornet Hoverfly +27
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,375 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
winterspring
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Magpie · Great Tit +43
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Common GullLarus canus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2023
🦌Mammals4 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Brown Hare · Muntjac · Grey Squirrel · Water Vole
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius2024
🐝Insects32 species
springsummer
2026▾
Dock Bug · Green Shieldbug · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Hairy Shieldbug · Hornet Hoverfly +27
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
22-spot Ladybird
22-spot Ladybird
Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025Woundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimus2025Woundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimus2025Pied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolorPied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolorMesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2025Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2025Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2025Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2025Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2025Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Cloeon dipterumCloeon dipterum2025Cloeon dipterumCloeon dipterum2025Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2025Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2025PipizaPipiza2025PipizaPipiza202510-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata202510-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025Ivy BeeColletes hederae2024Ivy BeeColletes hederae2024Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2023Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2023Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2023Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2023