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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Showing 51 - 100 of 718 results
Taxa No. of records Most recent record
Arion subfuscus agg. 1 2018
Arion 1 2018
Artemisia vulgaris (Mugwort) 12 2019
Asaphidion curtum 2 2018
Asellus (Asellus) aquaticus (Water hog lice/slaters) 3 2018
Athene noctua (Little Owl) 1 1981
Atheta fungi 3 2018
Atheta laticollis 3 2018
Athyrium filix-femina (Lady-fern) 3 2020
Atomaria fuscata 1 2018
Atomaria lewisi 3 2018
Atomaria nigriventris 1 2018
Atrecus affinis 2 2018
Atrichum undulatum 2 2007
Atriplex patula (Common Orache) 1 2018
Austrolimnophila ochracea 3 2018
Azelia cilipes 2 2018
Baccha elongata 1 2018
Bathyphantes gracilis 1 2018
Bellis perennis (Daisy) 1 2018
Bembidion guttula 4 2018
Bembidion quadrimaculatum 3 2018
Betula pendula (Silver Birch) 15 2022
Betula pubescens (Downy Birch) 12 2021
Betula (Birch) 2 2019
Bibio marci (St Marks Fly) 2 2022
Bicellaria vana 1 2018
Blechnum spicant (Hard-fern) 1 2019
Bodilopsis rufa 3 2018
Bombus hypnorum (Tree Bumblebee) 3 2020
Bombus lapidarius (Red-tailed Bumblebee) 7 2020
Bombus lucorum/terrestris (White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers) 2 2019
Bombus pascuorum (Common Carder Bee) 32 2022
Bombus rupestris (Hill Cuckoo Bee) 3 2018
Bombus terrestris (Buff-tailed Bumblebee) 5 2021
Bombus vestalis (Vestal Cuckoo Bee) 1 2021
Bombus (Bumblebee) 2 2016
Botanophila striolata/discreta agg. 2 2018
Botanophila 4 2018
Brachythecium rutabulum (Rough-stalked Feather-moss) 1 2007
Bradycellus harpalinus 4 2018
Bradycellus sharpi 4 2018
Branta canadensis (Canada Goose) 1 2015
Bromus sterilis (Barren Brome) 3 2020
Brontaea humilis 2 2018
Bryaxis puncticollis 2 2018
Bryocoris pteridis 6 2018
Buddleja davidii (Butterfly-bush) 1 2018
Bufo bufo (Common Toad) 3 2021
Calliopum elisae 3 2018

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

Data sets Licence Records