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
Accipiter nisus (Sparrowhawk) 2 1995
Adalia bipunctata (2-spot Ladybird) 1 2010
Amblystegium serpens (Creeping Feather-moss) 1 2013
Anas crecca (Teal) 1 1996
Anas platyrhynchos (Mallard) 1 1984
Ardea cinerea (Grey Heron) 2 2015
Atrichum undulatum (Common Smoothcap) 1 2012
Atrichum undulatum 1 2013
Bombycilla garrulus (Waxwing) 6 2019
Brachythecium rutabulum (Rough-stalked Feather-moss) 2 2013
Bryum argenteum (Silver-moss) 1 2010
Bryum capillare (Capillary Thread-moss) 2 2013
Bryum dichotomum (Dune Thread-moss) 1 2013
Calliergonella cuspidata (Pointed Spear-moss) 1 2013
Carduelis carduelis (Goldfinch) 9 2019
Ceratodon purpureus (Redshank) 1 2013
Chloris chloris (Greenfinch) 2 1993
Chroicocephalus ridibundus (Black-headed Gull) 8 2019
Columba livia (Rock Dove) 2 2017
Columba palumbus (Woodpigeon) 10 2019
Corvus corax (Raven) 1 2019
Corvus corone (Carrion Crow) 4 2019
Cratoneuron filicinum (Fern-leaved Hook-moss) 1 2013
Cryphaea heteromalla (Lateral Cryphaea) 1 2013
Cyanistes caeruleus (Blue Tit) 8 2013
Cygnus olor (Mute Swan) 1 2010
Dicranoweisia cirrata (Common Pincushion) 1 2013
Didymodon insulanus (Cylindric Beard-moss) 1 2013
Didymodon rigidulus (Perthshire Beard-moss) 1 2013
Erithacus rubecula (Robin) 7 2013
Fissidens bryoides s.l. (Lesser Pocket-moss) 1 2013
Fringilla coelebs (Chaffinch) 3 2013
Frullania dilatata (Dilated Scalewort) 1 2013
Funaria hygrometrica (Common Cord-moss) 2 2013
Garrulus glandarius (Jay) 4 2012
Grimmia pulvinata (Grey-cushioned Grimmia) 2 2013
Homalothecium sericeum (Silky Wall Feather-moss) 1 2013
Hypnum cupressiforme (Cypress-leaved Plait-moss) 1 2013
Kindbergia praelonga (Common Feather-moss) 2 2013
Larus argentatus (Herring Gull) 1 2019
Larus canus (Common Gull) 2 2019
Larus glaucoides (Iceland Gull) 1 2019
Larus marinus (Great Black-backed Gull) 2 2019
Lepus europaeus (Brown Hare) 2 1973
Lewinskya affinis (Wood Bristle-moss) 1 2013
Lewinskya striata (Shaw's Bristle-moss) 1 2013
Lophocolea bidentata (Bifid Crestwort) 1 2013
Lunularia cruciata (Crescent-cup Liverwort) 1 2013
Marchantia polymorpha (Common Liverwort) 1 2012
Meles meles (Eurasian Badger) 1 2016

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

Data sets Licence Records