Ecological summary

Burial grounds are fantastic places for biodiversity, often containing species rich grassland which was once widespread in the UK. The walls and monuments create habitat for amphibians, reptiles, small mammals and invertebrates as well as ferns, mosses and liverworts. Of the 2,000 lichen species in the UK, 700 are found in churchyards with a third of these rarely found elsewhere. Check for thrushes feeding on yew berries and swifts and bats under the eaves.

Caring for God's Acre is a national charity dedicated to supporting those managing burial grounds for conservation and heritage purposes. More information on the support offered can be found on their website here: https://www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk. To view the occurrence records in this burial ground click on the View records button underneath the map.

Ancient & Veteran Trees

The UK holds a globally important population of veteran and ancient yew trees of which three-quarters are found in the churchyards of England and Wales. There are about 800 of these ancient and veteran yews, aged from 500 to several 1,000 years old, with no known upper age limit. Burial grounds may contain veteran trees of other species.

Burial grounds may also contain veteran trees of other species, acting as hosts to a wealth of associated plants, animals, lichen and fungi.

Bats and Swifts

Bats – Bats use both the buildings and also the mature and veteran trees within burial grounds to roost, breed and overwinter. These places are relatively unchanging and so populations may have built up over centuries. In addition, bats may forage and feed over the grassland and other vegetation, taking advantage of the wide variety of insect species to be found.

Swifts – The eaves, roofs, towers and steeples of historic churches and chapels, combined with the space around them for accessing nooks and crannies make burial grounds excellent for nesting swifts. These buildings are relatively unchanging and so populations may have built up over centuries. Nests are hard to find and so surveying is crucial for good management.

[counting] species

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Datasets

datasets have provided data to the NBN Atlas Beautiful Burial Grounds for this place.

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Other Heritage Information

Group Species

[counting] species

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Taxa No. of records Most recent record
Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale (Hawthorn Shieldbug) 1 2024
Accipiter nisus (Sparrowhawk) 1 2020
Aegithalos caudatus (Long-tailed Tit) 5 2015
Alauda arvensis (Skylark) 2 2020
Andrena fulva (Tawny Mining Bee) 1 2022
Andrena haemorrhoa (Orange-tailed Mining Bee) 1 2022
Andrena scotica (Chocolate Mining Bee) 1 2022
Anser brachyrhynchus (Pink-footed Goose) 5 2020
Anthophora plumipes (Hairy-footed Flower Bee) 1 2022
Apus apus (Swift) 2 2019
Ardea cinerea (Grey Heron) 2 2019
Branta leucopsis (Barnacle Goose) 2 2019
Caloplaca teicholyta 1 1971
Carduelis carduelis (Goldfinch) 148 2020
Chloris chloris (Greenfinch) 129 2020
Chroicocephalus ridibundus (Black-headed Gull) 43 2020
Coloeus monedula (Jackdaw) 103 2020
Columba livia (Rock Dove) 1 2020
Columba oenas (Stock Dove) 4 2016
Columba palumbus palumbus 1 2019
Columba palumbus (Woodpigeon) 161 2020
Corvus corone (Carrion Crow) 17 2020
Corvus frugilegus (Rook) 140 2020
Cyanistes caeruleus (Blue Tit) 143 2020
Cygnus olor (Mute Swan) 2 2020
Delichon urbicum (House Martin) 3 2019
Dendrocopos major (Great Spotted Woodpecker) 6 2020
Erinaceus europaeus (West European Hedgehog) 4 2013
Erithacus rubecula (Robin) 87 2020
Falco tinnunculus (Kestrel) 1 2020
Fringilla coelebs (Chaffinch) 127 2020
Haematopus ostralegus (Oystercatcher) 2 2020
Halictus rubicundus (Yellow-legged Furrow Bee) 1 2022
Hirundo rustica (Swallow) 45 2020
Hydrocoloeus minutus (Little Gull) 1 2018
Larus argentatus (Herring Gull) 5 2020
Larus canus (Common Gull) 1 2020
Larus fuscus (Lesser Black-backed Gull) 1 2020
Larus marinus (Great Black-backed Gull) 1 2020
Linaria cannabina (Linnet) 1 2019
Motacilla alba yarrellii (Pied Wagtail) 2 2019
Motacilla alba (Pied Wagtail) 23 2020
Motacilla cinerea (Grey Wagtail) 8 2020
Motacilla flava (Yellow Wagtail) 1 2020
Muscicapa striata (Spotted Flycatcher) 2 2019
Parus major (Great Tit) 113 2020
Passer domesticus (House Sparrow) 84 2020
Passer montanus (Tree Sparrow) 104 2021
Periparus ater (Coal Tit) 141 2020
Phalacrocorax carbo (Cormorant) 1 2020

Charts showing breakdown of occurrence records ([counting] records)

Data sets Licence Records