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

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Showing 51 - 100 of 180 results
Taxa No. of records Most recent record
Corvus corone (Carrion Crow) 185 2023
Corvus frugilegus (Rook) 34 2022
Corylus avellana (Hazel) 1 2002
Cyanistes caeruleus (Blue Tit) 287 2023
Cygnus cygnus (Whooper Swan) 1 2008
Cygnus olor (Mute Swan) 1 2009
Delichon urbicum (House Martin) 11 2011
Dendrocopos major (Great Spotted Woodpecker) 239 2023
Denisia similella (Northern Concealer) 2 1954
Denisia subaquilea (Heath Concealer) 2 1951
Didymodon fallax (Fallacious Beard-moss) 1 2015
Didymodon insulanus (Cylindric Beard-moss) 1 2015
Dyseriocrania subpurpurella (Common Oak Purple) 1 1996
Dysstroma truncata (Common Marbled Carpet) 3 1986
Elodea canadensis (Canadian Waterweed) 2 1874
Emberiza schoeniclus (Reed Bunting) 1 2005
Epiblema turbidana (Butterbur Root-borer) 1 1951
Erioconopa trivialis 1 1953
Erithacus rubecula (Robin) 289 2023
Eupithecia pusillata (Juniper Pug) 2 1983
Falco tinnunculus (Kestrel) 1 2008
Fissidens taxifolius (Common Pocket-moss) 1 2015
Forficula auricularia (Common Earwig) 1 1990
Fraxinus excelsior (Ash) 1 2008
Fringilla coelebs (Chaffinch) 285 2023
Fringilla montifringilla (Brambling) 29 2022
Galanthus nivalis (Snowdrop) 1 2002
Galium saxatile (Heath Bedstraw) 1 2002
Garrulus glandarius (Jay) 204 2023
Gerris (Gerris) costae (Moorland Pondskater) 2 1953
Geum urbanum (Wood Avens) 1 2002
Gonepteryx rhamni (Brimstone) 1 1996
Grimmia pulvinata (Grey-cushioned Grimmia) 1 2015
Hedera helix (Ivy) 1 2002
Hirundo rustica (Swallow) 2 2021
Homalothecium sericeum (Silky Wall Feather-moss) 1 2015
Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme 1 2015
Hypnum cupressiforme var. lacunosum (Great Plait-moss) 1 2015
Ilex aquifolium (Holly) 1 2002
Isothecium myosuroides 1 2015
Isotrias rectifasciana (Banded Hedge Grey) 1 1951
Kindbergia praelonga (Common Feather-moss) 1 2015
Larix decidua x kaempferi = L. x marschlinsii (Hybrid Larch) 1 2002
Lasiommata megera (Wall) 1 1992
Lewinskya affinis (Wood Bristle-moss) 1 2015
Linaria cannabina (Linnet) 1 2005
Locustella naevia (Grasshopper Warbler) 1 2010
Lophocolea bidentata (Bifid Crestwort) 1 2015
Lunularia cruciata (Crescent-cup Liverwort) 1 2015
Luperina testacea (Flounced Rustic) 2 1983

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

Data sets Licence Records