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

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

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Taxa No. of records Most recent record
Acarospora fuscata 1 1993
Acarospora privigna 1 1993
Accipiter nisus (Sparrowhawk) 10 2021
Adalia decempunctata (10-spot Ladybird) 1 2024
Aegithalos caudatus (Long-tailed Tit) 46 2023
Aeshna cyanea (Southern Hawker) 3 2020
Amandinea punctata 1 1993
Amblystegium serpens (Creeping Feather-moss) 1 1992
Andrena bicolor (Gwynne's Mining Bee) 1 2024
Andrena chrysosceles (Hawthorn Mining Bee) 1 2022
Andrena nigroaenea (Buffish Mining Bee) 1 2024
Andrena (Mining bee) 1 2024
Anthophora plumipes (Hairy-footed Flower Bee) 1 2022
Apus apus (Swift) 2 2022
Aspicilia calcarea 1 1993
Aspicilia contorta subsp. contorta 1 1993
Atrichum undulatum 1 1992
Baeomyces rufus 1 1993
Bagliettoa parmigera s. lat. 1 1993
Belonia nidarosiensis 1 1993
Blennothallia crispa 1 1993
Bombylius major (Dark-edged Bee-fly) 1 2024
Brachythecium rutabulum (Rough-stalked Feather-moss) 1 1992
Bryum argenteum (Silver-moss) 1 1992
Bryum capillare (Capillary Thread-moss) 1 1992
Bryum dichotomum (Dune Thread-moss) 1 1992
Bryum rubens (Crimson-tuber Thread-moss) 1 1992
Buellia aethalea 1 1993
Buellia ocellata 1 1993
Buteo buteo (Buzzard) 1 2004
Calliergonella cuspidata (Pointed Spear-moss) 1 1992
Caloplaca aurantia 1 1993
Caloplaca flavescens 1 1993
Caloplaca flavocitrina 1 1993
Caloplaca oasis 1 1993
Caloplaca ruderum 1 1993
Caloplaca saxicola 1 1993
Caloplaca teicholyta 1 1993
Candelariella aurella f. aurella 1 1993
Candelariella medians f. medians 1 1993
Candelariella vitellina f. vitellina 1 1993
Carduelis carduelis (Goldfinch) 46 2023
Ceratodon purpureus (Redshank) 1 1992
Certhia familiaris (Treecreeper) 2 2004
Chloris chloris (Greenfinch) 135 2023
Chroicocephalus ridibundus (Black-headed Gull) 62 2010
Coccinella septempunctata (7-spot Ladybird) 1 2024
Coloeus monedula (Jackdaw) 45 2023
Columba livia (Rock Dove) 184 2023
Columba oenas (Stock Dove) 4 2022

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

Data sets Licence Records