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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Taxa No. of records Most recent record
Accipiter nisus (Sparrowhawk) 17 2018
Aegithalos caudatus (Long-tailed Tit) 15 2018
Aegopinella nitidula (Smooth Glass Snail) 1 1972
Aglais io (Peacock) 1 2018
Amblystegium serpens (Creeping Feather-moss) 1 2012
Anas platyrhynchos (Mallard) 2 2010
Anthocharis cardamines (Orange-tip) 1 2018
Apodemus sylvaticus (Wood Mouse) 2 2018
Apus apus (Swift) 1 2010
Ardea cinerea (Grey Heron) 4 2009
Arianta arbustorum (Copse Snail) 1 1972
Arion (Carinarion) circumscriptus 1 1972
Arion (Kobeltia) hortensis (Blue-black Soil Slug) 1 1972
Arion (Kobeltia) intermedius (Hedgehog Slug) 1 1972
Barbula unguiculata (Bird's-claw Beard-moss) 1 2012
Brachythecium rutabulum (Rough-stalked Feather-moss) 1 2012
Buteo buteo (Buzzard) 2 2018
Calliergonella cuspidata (Pointed Spear-moss) 1 2012
Carduelis carduelis (Goldfinch) 40 2018
Cepaea (Cepaea) nemoralis (Brown-lipped Snail) 2 1972
Ceratodon purpureus (Redshank) 1 2012
Certhia familiaris (Treecreeper) 1 2018
Chloris chloris (Greenfinch) 53 2018
Chroicocephalus ridibundus (Black-headed Gull) 3 2010
Cochlicopa cf. lubrica (Slippery Moss Snail) 1 1972
Coloeus monedula (Jackdaw) 32 2018
Columba livia (Rock Dove) 20 2004
Columba oenas (Stock Dove) 1 2018
Columba palumbus (Woodpigeon) 51 2018
Cornu aspersum (Common Garden Snail) 1 1972
Corvus corone (Carrion Crow) 5 2018
Corvus frugilegus (Rook) 39 2018
Cuculus canorus (Cuckoo) 1 1988
Cyanistes caeruleus (Blue Tit) 72 2018
Dendrocopos major (Great Spotted Woodpecker) 11 2018
Deroceras (Deroceras) reticulatum (Netted Field Slug) 1 1972
Dicranella staphylina (Field Forklet-moss) 1 2012
Didymodon insulanus (Cylindric Beard-moss) 1 2012
Discus (Gonyodiscus) rotundatus (Rounded Snail) 1 1972
Emberiza citrinella (Yellowhammer) 1 2003
Erithacus rubecula (Robin) 73 2018
Falco tinnunculus (Kestrel) 2 1983
Fringilla coelebs (Chaffinch) 53 2018
Funaria hygrometrica (Common Cord-moss) 1 2012
Gallinula chloropus (Moorhen) 4 2018
Garrulus glandarius (Jay) 6 2018
Gonepteryx rhamni (Brimstone) 1 2018
Grimmia pulvinata (Grey-cushioned Grimmia) 1 2012
Hirundo rustica (Swallow) 2 2010
Hypnum cupressiforme (Cypress-leaved Plait-moss) 1 2012

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

Data sets Licence Records