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.

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Datasets

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Other Heritage Information

Group Species

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Taxa No. of records Most recent record
Physcia caesia 2 1986
Physconia grisea 1 1974
Placynthium nigrum 1 1974
Porpidia tuberculosa 2 1986
Protoblastenia rupestris 1 1974
Protoparmeliopsis muralis 2 1986
Pseudoscleropodium purum (Neat Feather-moss) 1 1998
Psilolechia lucida 2 1986
Rhizocarpon reductum 1 1986
Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus (Springy Turf-moss) 1 1998
Rinodina oleae 1 1986
Saxifraga granulata (Meadow Saxifrage) 1 2023
Scoliciosporum umbrinum 2 1986
Streblotrichum convolutum 1 1998
Syntrichia montana (Intermediate Screw-moss) 1 1998
Tephromela atra var. atra (Black Shields) 2 1986
Toniniopsis aromatica 1 1986
Tortula muralis (Wall Screw-moss) 1 1998
Verrucaria hochstetteri 2 1986
Verrucaria muralis 2 1986
Verrucaria nigrescens 1 1974
Verrucaria viridula 2 1986
Xanthoparmelia mougeotii 1 1974
Xanthoria calcicola 2 1986
Xanthoria parietina (Common Orange Lichen) 2 1986
Xanthoria ucrainica 2 1986
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Data sets Licence Records