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

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 1 - 21 of 21 results
Taxa No. of records Most recent record
Arge pagana 2 2020
Bombus pratorum (Early Bumblebee) 1 2015
Bombylius discolor (Dotted Bee-fly) 1 2024
Cerceris rybyensis (Ornate Tailed Digger Wasp) 2 2020
Chilocorus renipustulatus (Kidney-spot Ladybird) 2 2020
Coccinella septempunctata (7-spot Ladybird) 2 2020
Coreus marginatus (Dock Bug) 4 2021
Corizus hyoscyami 1 2020
Eriothrix rufomaculata 1 2024
Eurygaster testudinaria (Tortoise Bug) 1 2020
Eysarcoris venustissimus (Woundwort Shieldbug) 1 2024
Garrulus glandarius (Jay) 1 2023
Gonocerus acuteangulatus (Box Bug) 1 2020
Harmonia axyridis (Harlequin Ladybird) 2 2020
Philanthus triangulum (Bee Wolf) 1 2020
Protocalliphora azurea (Bird Blowfly) 1 2020
Pseudochorthippus parallelus (Meadow Grasshopper) 2 2020
Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata (22-spot Ladybird) 1 2020
Pyrrhocoris apterus (Firebug) 2 2024
Sympetrum striolatum (Common Darter) 1 2015
Turdus philomelos (Song Thrush) 1 2023
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Charts showing breakdown of occurrence records ([counting] records)

Data sets Licence Records