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

This map contains both point- and grid-based occurrences at different resolutions

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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Showing 301 - 350 of 404 results
Taxa No. of records Most recent record
Pseudocrossidium revolutum (Revolute Beard-moss) 1 1977
Pseudoscleropodium purum (Neat Feather-moss) 3 2004
Pseudotaxiphyllum elegans (Elegant Silk-moss) 2 1997
Psilolechia leprosa 1 2015
Psilolechia lucida 2 2015
Pterostichus madidus (Black Clock) 1 2020
Ptilidium ciliare (Ciliated Fringewort) 1 1975
Punctelia subrudecta s. str. 1 2015
Pyrgus malvae (Grizzled Skipper) 1 2022
Pyrrhosoma nymphula (Large Red Damselfly) 12 2019
Ramalina farinacea 2 2015
Ramalina fastigiata 1 2015
Ramaria gracilis 1 2012
Rana temporaria (Common Frog) 1 2020
Regulus ignicapilla (Firecrest) 6 2021
Regulus regulus (Goldcrest) 17 2020
Rhagio scolopaceus (Downlooker Snipefly) 1 2020
Rhagonycha fulva (Common Red Soldier Beetle) 1 2020
Rhizocarpon geographicum 1 1977
Rhizocarpon reductum 1 2015
Rhizomnium punctatum (Dotted Thyme-moss) 1 2004
Rhogogaster scalaris 1 2020
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) parumpunctatus 1 2005
Rhynchostegium confertum (Clustered Feather-moss) 2 1997
Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus (Springy Turf-moss) 3 2004
Russula ochroleuca (Ochre Brittlegill) 1 2011
Russula 5 2012
Sarcogyne regularis 1 2015
Sarcopyrenia gibba var. geisleri 1 2001
Saxicola rubicola (Stonechat) 6 2021
Scapania irrigua (Heath Earwort) 2 2012
Schistidium apocarpum 3 1997
Scleroderma citrinum (Common Earthball) 1 2011
Scoliciosporum chlorococcum 1 2001
Scoliciosporum umbrinum 2 2015
Sehirus luctuosus (Forget-me-not Shieldbug) 1 2005
Sitta europaea (Nuthatch) 1 2014
Solenostoma gracillimum (Crenulated Flapwort) 1 1975
Sparassis crispa (Wood Cauliflower) 1 2011
Sphaeroderma testaceum 1 1987
Sphagnum auriculatum (Cow-horn Bog-moss) 2 1977
Sphagnum cuspidatum (Feathery Bog-moss) 1 1977
Sphagnum palustre (Blunt-leaved Bog-moss) 1 1977
Sphagnum recurvum 1 1977
Stereocaulon vesuvianum var. vesuvianum 1 2001
Streblotrichum convolutum 1 1977
Strongylogaster xanthocera 1 2020
Suillia affinis 2 2020
Suillia bicolor 5 2020
Suillia fuscicornis 3 2020

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

Data sets Licence Records