We have a huge variety of wildlife in the churchyard. The list below shows what has been recorded so far by our Eco team – maybe you have spotted something else? We have dedicated wildlife areas in the churchyard, plus bug and insect hotels and a footprint tunnel which is a non-invasive tool to look for the presence of mammals in a habitat by identifying their footprints. These areas are not strimmed, but kept specifically for wildlife habitats and wild flowers. Some of our graves that are no longer tended have been ‘adopted’ – our eco team have sown wild flowers and poppies in these graves as remembrance.
Updated 29/09/2026
Annelida (Segmented worms)
- Worm [JR]
Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Chelicerata (Arachnids)
- False Widow Spider (Steatoda nobilis)
- Garden orb-web spider (Araneus diadematus)
- Harvestman (Opilio saxatilis)
- House spider (Tegenaria domestica) [JR]
- Spider (Nigma puella)
- Woodlouse spider (Dysdera crocata)
Crustacea (Crustaceans)
- Common rough woodlouse (Porcellio scaber)
- Common striped woodlouse (Philoscaia muscorum)
Hexapoda (Insects)
- 7-spot ladybird (Coccinella septempuncta)
- Brimstone butterfly (Gonepteryx rhamni)
- Buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
- Clouded drab-moth (Orthosia incerta)
- Common green bottle fly (Lucilia sericata)
- Common green lacewing (Chyrsoperla carnea)
- Common sweep-moth (Psyche casta)
- Copper ermel moth (Roeslerstammia erxlebella)
- Cranefly (Tipula paludosa)
- Dark-edged bee fly (Bombylius major)
- Field grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus)
- Green shieldbug (Palomena prasina)
- Harlequin ladybird (Harmonia axyridis)
- Holly blue butterfly (Celastrina argiolus)
- Horse chestnut leaf miner (Cameraria ohridella)
- Ivy bee (Colletes hederae)
- Ivy boring beetle (Ochina ptinoides)
- Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae)
- Leafhopper (Cicadellidae sp.)
- Malachite beetle (Malachius bipustulatus)
- Midge gall (Contarinia tiliarum)
- Mirid bug (Closterotomus trivialis)
- Oak beauty moth (Biston strataria)
- Red-legged shieldbug (Pentatoma rufipes)
- Red admiral butterfly (Vanessa atalanta)
- Ruby-tailed wasp (Chrysis ignita)
- Soldier fly (Oxycera rara)
- Speckled wood butterfly (Parage aegeria)
- Swollen thigh beetle (Oedemera nobilis)
- Twin-spot centurian (Sargus bipunctatus)
- Vernal shieldbug (Peribalus strictus)
- Western honeybee (Apis mellifera)
- White shouldered shieldbug (Dyroderes umbraculatus)
- Yellow-banded Conops (Conops quadrifasciatus)
Hoverflies
- Episyrphus balteatus
- Eristalis arbustorum
- Sphaerophoria sp.
- Meliscaeva auricollis
- Eristalis tenax
- Volucella zonaira
- Syritta pipiens
- Myathropa florea
- Didea sp.
- Platycheirus sp.
- Volucella pellucens
- Syrphus sp.
- Epistrophe eligans
- Platycheirus scutatus
- Melanostoma sp.
- Eupeodes corollae
- Xylota segnis
- Melanostoma mellinum
Chordata (Vertebrates)
Amphibia (Amphibians)
- Smooth newt (Lissotriton vulgaris) [JR]
Aves (Birds)
- Blackbird (Turdus merula) [JR]
- Blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
- Carrion crow (Corvus corone)
- Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
- Great tit (Parus major)
- Green woodpecker (Picus viridis)
- Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) [JR]
- Grey wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
- Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
- Magpie (Pica pica)
- Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
- Mistle thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
- Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
- Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
- Red kite (Milvus milvus)
- Ring-necked parakeet (Psittacula krameri)
- Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
- Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
- Swift (Apus apus)
- Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
- Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Mammalia (Mammals)
- Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) [JR]
- Common pipstrelle bat (Pipistrellus pipstrellus)
- Eastern grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
- Red fox (Vulpes vulpes)
- Wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) [JR]
Mollusca (Molluscs)
- Brown-lipped snail (Cepaea nemoralis)
- Garden snail (Crnu aspersum)
- Netted field slug (Deroceras reticulatum)
- White-lipped snail (Cepaea hortensis) [JR]
Platyhelminthes (Flatworms)
- Flatworm [JR]
Trees and shrubs
- Ash
- Bird cherry
- Bramble
- Buddleia
- Cotoneaster
- English oak
- Garden privet
- Hawthorn
- Holly
- Horse chestnut
- Lawson’s cypress
- Lime
- Magnolia
- Norway spruce
- Rose
- Snowberry
- Sycamore
- Viburnum
- Yew
Plants
- Black horehound
- Bluebell
- Bristly oxtongue
- Common daisy
- Common field speedwell
- Common nettle
- Cow parsley
- Creeping cinquefoil
- Creeping thistle
- Crocus
- Cyclamen
- Dandelion
- Dock
- Doves foot cranesbill
- False oat grass
- Field bindweed
- Fox and cubs
- Goosefoot
- Grape hyacinth
- Greater plantain
- Hairy bittercress
- Herb bennet
- Herb Robert
- Ivy
- Lungwort
- Narcissus
- Nipplewort
- Oxeye daisy
- Petty spurge
- Pink-headed persicaria
- Pink sorrel
- Primrose
- Purple toadflax
- Ribwort plantain
- Rough hawkbit
- Selfheal
- Shepherd’s purse
- Smooth Hawksbeard
- Smooth sow thistle
- Snowdrop
- Speak thistle
- Sweet violet
- Upright yellow sorrel
- Welsh poppy
- White clover
- White dead nettle
- White stonecrop
- Wild carrot
- Willowherb
- Wood forget-me-not
- Yarrow
- Yorkshire fog
Mosses
- Capillary thread-moss
- Common feather-moss
- Common pocket-moss
- Creeping feather-moss
- Cypress-leaved plait-moss
- Grey-cushioned grimmia
- Rough-stalked feather-moss
- Silky wall feather-moss
- Springy turf-moss
- Wall screw-moss
- White-tipped bristle-moss
- Wood bristle-moss
Funghi
- Blushing rosette
- Ganoderma
- Lichens (different varieties)
- Sycamore tar spot