Love Your Burial Ground/Churches Count on Nature/National Cemeteries Week Events 2025

Churches Count on Nature

Church's count on Nature

Horns Drove
Rownhams
Southampton, Hampshire SO16 8AH

Nature Count

Primary school children looking round the churchyard to see what plants and insects, birds, etc they can see and record. Plant and insect ID.

We might possibly externd this activity to the wider community.

Church Road
Sandhurst
Cranbrook, Kent TN18 5NS

Nature Count and Churchyard Activities

An afternoon to enjoy and explore the churchyard, with activities for children and families, refreshments, and eco/sustainability information.

St Peter's Church
Church Street
Wellesbourne, Warwickshire CV35 9LS

Buttington Bioblitz 2025

The Buttington Bioblitz 2025 is a community event where people of all ages can help spot, identify and record the flora and fauna found in All Saints Church churchyard and the adjacent burial ground.

All Saints Church
Buttington
Welshpool, Powys SY21 8HD

Waddington Wild Church ... wild church counts!

Join us at St Michael's Waddington Wild Church when we will be having fun counting on nature… and counting the nature and wonders of creations found in our churchyard!

High Street
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Waddington, Lincolnshire LN5 9RF

Count on Nature Love your burial ground

Observing and taking photos of plant life, birds, insects and animals. Identifying and listing on iNaturalist.

St Oswald's Church
The Green, Guiseley
Leeds, West Yorkshire LS20 9BB

Tours of church and churchyard

Tours of church and churchyard on Saturday 7 June- history of memorials (Inside and outside); story of how churchyard is being managed to encourage wildflowers and wildlife.

Teas available during day

Church open 10-4

St Catwg's church,
Llangattock, Powys NP8 1PH

St John’s Southend Nature Count

Voluntary group on Tuesday morning and Children’s group on Sunday will be out and about in the churchyard recording what we can see.

St John’s Southend
Church Road
Southend on Sea, Essex SS1 2AL

Creative nature count

We will be going on a nature trail around the church grounds and including around the garden of remembrance. During this time we will record all species and snap photos. Then into the Church for nature art & refreshments.

St. Lukes Church
St. Lukes Road
Southend-on-Sea, Essex SS2 4AB

Know Your Burial Ground

Tombstone Quiz
Moth watch and other activities with a RSPB member

Hallaton Road
Horninghold, Leicestershire LE16 8DH

Count on Nature

Drop in during the week of 7-15 June 2025. Enjoy exploring the churchyard. Use one of our record sheets to note down the wildflowers and wildlife you see, then leave the sheet in the box provided. Please send us your pictures, too.

Churchyard
Tring, Hertfordshire HP23 5AE

Bug Hunt and Churchyard Survey

Annual churchyard survey, Childrens' Bug Hunting + Teas in the Churchyard

Church Road
Alveston
Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire CV37 7QG

Nature count

Count of birds, bugs, wild flowers, other wildlife

132 Bedford Rd
Kempston, Bedfordshire MK42 8BQ

Nature Count

Whilst we have no burial lots we do have wildlife friendly planting beds

74-76 Silver Street
Nailsea
Bristol, Bristol BS48 2DS

Nature Count.

A nature count in our historic church yard.

St Martins
Church Lane
Ashton on Mersey, Cheshire M33 2BH

Great Big Green Week Event

Moth Breakfast (before main event)
Tea and Cakes etc
Churchyard Count for Nature Walks
Children's Activities
Scalextric (electric vehicles)
Heat Pump information
Local Stalls

Church Road
Benson
Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 6SF

Churches Count on Nature

Observing and recording wildlife in the churchyard.

St Andrew's Church
Forest Road
Colchester, Essex CO4 3XA

St Peter's Goes Wild - Again !

A low scale information event for the people of the village, explaining the "rewilding process" and why certain actions have been put in place, following our full scale, large event in 2024.

Offord Darcy
High Street
Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE19 5RH

Flourish House Plant Survey

We will be surveying our plant species for the 3rd year running and encouraging staff to enjoy and explore what lives there.

Cathedral Avenue
Wells, Somerset BA5 1FD

St John's Nature Count

Basic survey of plant, insect & bird species on our very modest amount of church land: land immediately surrounding the church, church office garden, church school field. We do not have a churchyard or burial ground.

St John's Church
71 Leigh Road
Wimborne, Dorset BH21 1AE

Recording flora and fauna in St.Peters church Burial Ground.

We will record flora and fauna such as birds, trees, plants, insects, fungus, gall, lichens, mosses in the ground and on the grave stones.

St.Peters Church
Monk end terrace
Darlington, Durham DL2 2TN

Derbyshire Wildlife Trust workshop

A workshop in church open to school children parents and the community and following a visit by the Trust to the School earlier that day

Darley Abbey Drive
Darley Abbey
Derby, Derbyshire DE22 1EY

Cemetery Tour

Cemetery Tour

St. Mary Magdalene Cemetery
West Road
Prudhoe, Northumberland NE42 5WA

Great Malvern Priory Nature Count

Plant count

Great Malvern Priory
Church St
Malvern, Worcestershire WR14 2AY

St Marty's Churchy Fete and Scarecrow competition

We are running an annual church fete in Church grounds on 14th June together with a scarecrow competition inviting entries from community groups and societies for display in our church Woodland Remembrance Garden 7th -14th June with prize giving.

St Mary's Church
Red Lane
Disley, Cheshire SK12 2NP

Nature Count

Nature Count week commencing 7 June 2025, as part of our building of evidence for Eco Church

St Mary's Church
Motcombe, Dorset SP7 9NT

Nature count

a count of the animals and insects using the churchyard as their home

180
new lane
oswaldtwistle, Lancashire BB5 3QW

Butterfly and Summer Flower Spotting

Butterfly Spotting
Summer Flower Spotting

Brithdir
Bargoed
Bargoed, Gwent NP24 6JY

Nature Count

Nature search and count in churchyard

St Mary's Church
Bucklebury Village
Reading, Berkshire RG7 6PR

Nature Count

Nature count using iNaturalist app
2-4pm only

Church Road
Stockbridge, Hampshire so206du

Nature Count

Annual Nature Count

Kirby Hill
Boroughbridge
York, North Yorkshire YO519DX

St Mary’s Bug Hunt

Survey of wildlife in the graveyard and wildflower meadow we just created

St Mary’s Church
1, Church Street
Watford, Hertfordshire WD18 0EG

Nature Count

Counting wildlife in churchyard on Saturday 14th June 2025 9am -5pm

Church Street
WARE, Hertfordshire SG12 9EH

UB Nature Day

Nature count with children’s craft day

Upton Bishop Church
Upton Bishop
Ross on Wye, Herefordshire HR9 7UL

All Saints Foot's Clay Wildlife Event Week

Cake & Wildlife Afternoon - 1st June

2 local school Bughunts 3rd and 4th June

Churchyard open all week

All Saints Church
Rectory Lane, Foot's Clay
Sidcup, Kent DA14 4QN

Churchyard Nature Count

Churchyard Wildlife Count at St Cuthbert’s Allendale, St Mark’s Ninebanks and St. John’s Whitfield

Market Place
Allendale Town
Hexham, Northumberland NE47 9BD

Welcome to the churchyard

Free spotter sheets to take away to help us record the flowers, trees, minibeasts butterflies and lichens in the churchyard. An interesting trail to see 10 interesting graves.

Bridgetown churchyard
Weston Road
Totnes, Devon TQ9 5AJ

Nature Count

Annual biodiversity count in the churchyard - mammals, birds, insects, plants

Church Lane
Ridlington
Oakham, Rutland LE15 9AL

St James Church, Dursley Count on Nature

A free nature based event, inviting visitors to explore the biodiversity projects happening in the churchyard. Activities include children's crafts, I-Spy, Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust Stand, Nature Drawing & the 'Moth Man' will be back!

St James the Great Church,
Silver Street,
Dursley, Gloucestershire GL11 4JE

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Messy Church Nature Hunt

Out door activities and games for our Messy Church families in our Church garden.

Bangor Road
Penmaenmawr, Conwy LL34 6LF

Nature Count at St Michael's

The churchyard is open at all times. There is a wildflower area which is being actively managed by twice yearly scything and planting of yellow rattle and other wild flowers. The grass is species rich. Visitors are welcome at all times.

St Michael the Archangel church
Pig Lane
Kirkby Malham, North Yorkshire BD23 4BS

COMMUNITY NATURE COUNT WITH SCHOOLS

Pupils from the local schools will visit the cemetery at allocated time slots. Pupils will participate in the nature count and Love the Burial Ground activities. All results will be recorded accordingly.

HALL LANE
PELSALL
WALSALL, West Midlands WS3 4JN

St Michaels church

Love our burial grounds

We are doing a guided tour in conjunction with “the friends of Cathays Cemetery”. We will be a group of approximately 15-20 people (children and adults).
We will lean about the animals, birds, and flowers and fauna in the cemetery.

St Michael & All Angels
Whitchurch Road
Cardiff, South Glamorgan CF24 4LA

Nature count

Nature count Wildlife and Wildflowers and trees.

Church Lane
Ellastone
Ashbourne, Derbyshire DE6 2HB

Biodiversity sampling

An afternoon of spotting and recording all types of wildlife and biodiversity in the churchyard.

Church Green Road
Bletchley, Buckinghamshire MK3 6DJ

Heritage And Ecology Tours

Farsley Rehoboth is a 250 year old historic burial ground & War Graves Cemetery bought out the bankruptcy of a house builder in 2019. Our tours reveal our history and ecological wonderland.
Our site is a wooded two acre location with full facilities.

7 Coal Hill Lane,
Farsley
Leeds, West Yorkshire LS28 5NA

Wildlife Activity Weekend & 'Letters from the Global South' Exhibition

Hosting a national exhibition about the climate 'LETTERS FROM THE GLOBAL SOUTH' with information & letters from children & young people most affected by climate from 7th - 12th June.
Plus a family-friendly Wildlife Activity w/e on 7th & 8thJune

7 HIGH ST
EARLS BARTON
NORTHAMPTON, Northamptonshire NN6 0JG

Sue Wise

CHURCHYARD SCAVENGER HUNT

A chance to look around the churchyard at St Catherine's and follow the clues to discover some of the features and wildlife there. Refreshments in the Church Hall. Wildflower cryptic quiz also available.

St Catherine's Church
120 Southend Road
Wickford, Essex SS11 8EB

Nature Count

Counting plants, bugs and birds in our small wildlife garden at the side of church on two occasions during Count on Nature week..

Clitheroe United Reformed Church
Castle Gate
Clitheroe, Lancashire BB7 1AZ

Family Nature Day

Activities for all, including scavenger hunt, bug and flower idents, fun nature activities, including fir cone bird feeders, hedgehog houses. Visitors can also learn more about how we are striving to be a greener church.

Church Lane
Pirbright
Woking, Surrey GU24 0JJ

Church Yard Walk

Church Yard walk

Scole Road
Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk IP21 4HS

Nature Count

Wildflower identification and nature count

Church Lane
Ellastone
Ashbourne, Derbyshire DE6 2HB

Nature Count

Churches Count on Nature 2025 and Love Your Burial Ground Week – come and help us survey the wildlife in our churchyard – more details to follow

Church St
Willingham, Cambridgeshire CB24 5HS

Tours and Talk at Arnos Vale Cemetery

Celebrate the Cemetery in June -
Join a fascinating talk by Dr Conisbee 11th based on her new book - No Ordinary Deaths online/in person.
Join a Classic tours at 1.30 Saturdays.
Discover Splendid Sculpture 7th, and Terrific Trees on the 15th Jun

Bath Road
Bristol, Avon BS4 3EW

Churchyard Nature Trail

Join the St. John’s Church Green Team for an afternoon of environmental fun and entertainment. Explore the trail
in the eco-award winning churchyard, enjoy craft and art in the church hall, and take a guided tour of the church.
Refreshments in the ha

Waterloo Road
Crowthorne, Berkshire RG45 7NT

Butterfly Count

This is the first butterfly survey in the churchyard of St Peter’s Church Littleover.
We will be looking out for the numbers and the variety of butterflies.

Church Street
Littleover
Derby, Derbyshire DE23 6GF

Nature Exploration!

Nature Count
Children's Activities
Bug Hunt

Margam
Port Talbot, West Glamorgan SA13 2TA

Nature Count

Nature Count. To have children and adults look for different flowers, trees ,hedges . Variety of birds , evidence of small animals , insects butterflies. Listen to sound of birds , wind etc. Using eyes ears and magnifiers recording on paper photo

Magdalene Drive Hart Village
Hartlepool, Durham TS27 3AP

Nature Count

Count the species of wildlife during the week

St Nicholas Church
Beaudesert LANE
Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire B95 5JY

Nature count

Hunting for bugs, birds, wild flowers
Identifying trees and plants by sight, touch and smell
Finding representations of the natural world on headstones and memorials

195c South Ealing Road
Ealing
London, Middlesex W5 4RH

Nature Count

Residents and school children invited to record names of trees, plants, birds, mammals, insects, reptiles they see.

Event is unsupervised, but many resources are available in the church porch.

Records are sent to the organiser.

Guilsfield Parish Church
Guilsfield
Welshpool, Powys SY21 9NJ

Flower Festival and Eco event

Flower Festival 'The Art of flowers'. Refreshments, bar, stalls, live music and art and eco activities.
June 7th and June 8th from Noon to 4.00pm on both days.
Sunday service at 11.00am

Maple Lane
Wimbish
Saffron Walden, Essex CB10 2XG

Nature Count

Explore the churchyard, follow a nature trail, take part in Nature Count, find the bug hotels, bat boxes, bird boxes.

Church Rd
Stone
Greenhithe, Kent DA9 9BE

Nature Count

During this week we will count all different species we can find in the churchyard. If you would like to help, please contact the church via its website.

Osbaldwick Lane
York, North Yorkshire YO10 3BD

Nature Count

We wish to participate in the Church's Count on Nature – taking place during the first week in June.

Lewes Road, Forest Row
Lewes Road
Forest Road, East Sussex RH18 5AF

Nature Count

Visitors and volunteers are invited to note down any wildlife they spot during their visits to the churchyard on a list in the porch where there will also be a display about the project and common species.

St Michael's
Church Street
Bishop Middleham, Durham DL17 9AF

Churchyard Nature Survey

We will be holding a nature survey in the churchyard.

Egton Road
Aislaby, North Yorkshire YO21 1SU

Count on Nature

Between 2 and 4pm on 7th June, we'll be taking our clip boards and our INauralist Apps and our identifying sheets and recording every species we can find. All welcome. Great for all ages. There will be experts on hand to help.

St John The Baptist Church
Vicarage Lane
Colerne, Wiltshire SN1483L

Nature Count

We would love you to come and take pictures of flowers, trees and other wildlife to be added to the iNaturalist site.

Tea and coffee is available 10am - 12 noon

St Lawrence Church
High Street
Herts, Hertfordshire WD5 0AS

Nature survey

Community nature survey

church lane
Forest View
Brockenhurst, Hampshire SO42 7UB

Holy Gardening

Monthly Holy Gardening, mowing and strimming in ancient chalk grassland churchyard

Church Road
Nether Wallop
Stockbridge, Hampshire SO20 8ET

Nature Count

We wish to take part in the "Churches Count on Nature".
This is our first time.
Just a couple of us are taking part this year to see how it works….

Church Lane
Burley, Hampshire BH24 4AP

Nature Count

Counting different plant species in quadrats.
Having a go at identification of plants and animals using books, charts and INaturalist.
Searching for slowworms, yellow ants and bumble bee nests.
Enjoying refreshments!
Adults and children welcome.

St.Peter's church
Church Lane, Pitton
Salisbury, Wiltshire SP5 1DJ

Count on Nature

10 a.m. Mon 9 June. Join a recording group led by local wildflower expert.

Wed 11 at 10.30 Eucharist in the churchyard, followed by coffee & bird life talk.

Sun 15 at 10.30 Family Service in the churchyard

All Week — individual recording

Church Lane
Wivelsfield
Haywards Heath, East Sussex RH17 7RD

Free illustrated presentation "Wildlife in a Country Churchyard" followed by a hour's wildlife spotting

A free illustrated presentation by naturalist David Bryant "Wildlife in a Country Churchyard" – showing many of the birds, butterflies, dragonflies and mammals he has photographed in our churchyard. An hour's surveying will follow + refreshments.

Church Lane
Hemblington
NORWICH, Norfolk NR13 4EF

Nature Count

Nature count running throughout the week.

Leaveland
Faversham, Kent ME13 0NP

Coffee Morning and wildflower trail

Coffee and cake plus a wildflower trail around the churchyard and a chance to visit our new moss garden.

Cautley Road
Sedburgh, Cumbria LA10 5LZ

St Thomas Nature Count

All age activities
Tree count and identification
Bug hunt
Wild flower identification
Planting
Instructions in use of smart phones to identify plant species and birds

St Thomas Churchyard
London road
Stockton Heath, Cheshire Warrington WA46HJ