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

Afternoon for All

An afternoon in the churchyard with tea and cake, mini-beast safari, spotting sheets for wildlife recording, wildlife related crafts and games, or the opportunity to just enjoy being in our beautiful churchyard

St Mary's & St Michael's Churches
Church Hill
Reepham, Norfolk NR10 4JL

Small Mammal Survey

St Anne's has partnered with a qualified biologist and will be surveying our grounds to count the small mammal population living there. The activity will run at appropriate times across multiple days during Churches Count on Nature week.

St Anne's Church
Penparcau Rd
Aberystwyth, Dyfed Sy23 1RY

Eco Action Day

We're doing a survey of the wildlife in the cathedral grounds.
We're inviting various youth groups from neighbouring churches to work alongside volunteers from the cathedral and representatives from local wildlife and naturalist groups.

Wakefield Cathedral
Northgate
Wakefield, West Yorkshire WF1 1HG

BioBlitz

Mae bioblitz yn ddathliad o archwilio’r amrywiaeth ym myd natur ardal.

An immersive celebration and exploration of an area’s biodiversity.
A communal effort to record as many species as possible. Experts, learners and children can all take part.

St Gwyndaf's
Dinas, Llanwnda
Caernarfon, Gwynedd LL54 5UA

Nature Count

Nature Count

St Giles Church
Church Street
Whittington, Staffordshire WS14 9LE

Love Your Burial Ground

Join us as we take some steps towards making the churchyard more accessible and to explore some of the wildlife which makes its home there.

Holy Trinity Church
Wareside
Ware, Hertfordshire SG12 7RR

Nature Count

Nature Count
Children’s activities
Refreshments
Grade I church open featuring many fantastic stained glass windows and beautiful interior

St James Church
Church Street
Trowbridge, Wiltshire BA14 8RU

St Gwynin’s Green Graveyard

Species count and assesment of what we have on day one, then day two we will be creating a dead hedge from the fallen wood, putting in bug hotels and hedgehog houses and the like and tidying up the paths. We plan to manage the graveyard in eco manner

St Gwynin’s church
Glanrafon road
Dwygyfylchi, Conwy Ll34 6UW

Christ Church’s big awesome bug hunt!

Big hunt and count
Wildlife count
Plant count
Nature Survey

The Parish Church
High Street
Prestatyn, Clwyd LL19 9BN

Nature Day

A fun day with an opportunity to explore our church grounds and learn more about the flowers, plants, bugs, butterflies, and others who live there. There will be a nature count and other information and surveys/activities.

211 St Fagans Road
Cardiff, South Glamorgan Cf5 3dw

Nature Count

The Churches Count on Nature is a nationwide project celebrating the wildlife in our churchyards. All you need to do is visit the churchyard, spend a little time looking around, and note down any birds, bugs, flowers, or other wildlife you see!

Llanrhian
Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire SA62 5BG

Love Your Church Nature Count

Various groups and individuals will assist us during the week to count the nature we find within our loved Church grounds.

Church Street
Hadleigh, Suffolk IP7 5DT

Nature Count

Nature count of Wildlife within the Churchyard

Chapel St
Tottington
Bury, Lancashire BL8 4AP

Churchyard survey

Survey of churchyard

Church Lane
Budbrooke
Warwick, Warwickshire CV34

Nature Count

All invited to survey our churchyard for animals, plants etc. We have been joining in the Nature Count for a number of years now and are celebrating being awarded our ARocha Eco Gold Award in March

St Mary The Virgin Smeeth
Smeeth, Kent TN25 6SA

Nature Count

A count of wildlife and nature in our church garden

St Matthew's Church
Chester Road
Stretford, Lancashire M32 8HF

Churches Count on Nature

This will be a Mission Area event across 10 churches looking at the biodiversity in all the churchyards

The Vicarage
Meifod, Powys SY22 6DH

Love Your Burial Ground + Bug Hunt

Children of local school engage in Love Your Burial Ground activities and Early Years are joining in with a bug hunt

St Andrew's Church
Main Road
Ombersley, Worcestershire WR9 0EW

2nd Wargrave Brownies

Wargrave Brownies Count on Nature & bell Ringing

Ring church bells and identify plants etc

Station Road
Wargrave
Reading, Berkshire RG10 8EU

Nature Count

Eco Churchyard morning monitoring, counting and recording of bird, insect, plant and other wildlife in the churchyard.

CHURCH LANE
DEBDEN, SAFFRON WALDEN, Essex CB11 3LD

Burial Ground Week/Churches Count on Nature/National Cemeteries Week 2025

Nature survey 2025

Church rd
Dawlish, Devon EX7 9qr

Churches Count on Nature Afternoon Tea

June 7th, 3pm Butterfly Talk
June 14th, 3pm Churches Count on Nature and Afternoon Tea

Church Road
Horne
Horley, Surrey RH6 9LA

Nature count

Nature count of graveyard.
Record flora and fauna

Church Street
Harwich
Church Street Harwich, Essex co12 3ds

Nature Count

Nature count

St marys
Church Walk
Richmond, Middlesex TW9 1SN

Nature Count

We will be holding an open church session where anyone can come along and take part in the nature count. It is our first churchyard nature count, so we will use it to log the nature we see: trees, plants, birds and other animals.

51, Stockport Rd
Lydgate
Oldham, Lancashire OL4 4JJ

Nature Count

Small group nature count on church land followed by producing family friendly nature count sheets for the church's summer fair taking place the following week

Princes Road
Brunton Park
Newcastle, Tyne and Wear NE3 5NF

Annual wildlife count

All plants, trees, birds, animals and minibeasts in the church grounds will be identified and recorded. The list will be compared with last years to identify any increase or decrease in the numbers on site.

St Matthew's Church
St Matthew's Avenue
Surbiton, Surrey KT6 6JQ

Wildlife Count

Junior Church and congregation Wildlife Count.
Date to be confirmed.

(We are a closed churchyard so have little input into its care. The aim is to work with the City Council to make it more of a haven for wildlife)

Duke Street
Chelmsford, Essex CM1 1TY

The Big Bobbing Nature Count

People are encouraged and welcome to Bobbing to explore our beautiful churchyard. The church is open 9am to 5pm and the churchyard is always open.
Activities for children, paper survey and helpful resources will be available in the church porch.

St Bartholomew's Church
Sheppey Way
Bobbing, Kent Me9 8PN

Discovery Morning: Gardens

To mark the Churches Count On Nature week 2025, join the Learning and RENEW ECO Teams from Ely Cathedral for a morning of fun activities based on gardens. You will have the opportunity to make bee bombs, help with the annual bug count in the grounds

Ely Cathedral
East Lawn
Ely, Cambridgeshire CB7 4DL

BBRB Bug Hunt

walk around bug search

Information sharing about the benefit to church yards.

Film promotion amongst the community

Church Lane
BARKWAY
Barkway Royston, Hertfordshire SG8 8EJ

Holywell Cemetery Nature Count

A nature count, open to all.

St. Cross Road
Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 3AJ

Churches Count for Nature

Exploring churchyard and noting types/species of flowers ,plants , trees, insects, birds and butterflies etc also quiz and nature related activity.

Mill Street
Snodland, Kent ME6 5AX

Nature Count

Nature count around the Chapel grounds

Newport Road
Gnosall,
Stafford, Staffordshire ST20 0BN

Nature Count

Join us anytime between 2pm and 4pm on Sunday 8th June, to explore our Churchyard and see what birds and flowers we can find. There will be a range of ativities suitable for a all ages, and refreshments will be available.

The Common
Mulbarton
Norfolk, Norfolk NR14 8JS

St Marys Chartham Nature Count

Insect, bird and flower count

St Marys Church
Church Lane
Chartham, Kent CT4 7HZ

Explore All Hallows garden

Explore the recent work that has taken place in All Hallows garden, and see what bugs and bees are enjoying it

24 Regent Terrace
Leeds, West Yorkshire LS6 1NP

Birds of Hope

Display of birds crafted by the community, together with talks

Church Lane
Harpley
King’s Lynn, Norfolk PE31 6TX

Nature Count

Rainbows and Brownies will be doing a Nature Count on the Wednesday evening but visitors to the churchyard will be invited to write down what they see in their time there.

Llangrove
Llangrove Road
Ross-On-Wye, Herefordshire HR9 6EZ

Twit Twoo

Help Jess and Rev’d Helen conduct a wildlife survey at Cann Churchyard using the iNaturalist app on your phone, 2pm on Saturday 14th June at Salisbury Rd, SP78ER. Help us understand the state of nature in our churchyards by snapping plants & bugs!

Cann Churchyard, St Peter's Church
Salisbury Road
SHAFTESBURY, Dorset SP7 8ER

St Tudy Church of England Primary School

Bug Hunt

A bug hunt in our churchyard to look for various insects, small animals, and other invertebrates. We want to learn about their habitats, and their role in the ecosystem.
We want our children to have the chance to connect with nature.

St Tudy Church
Church Lane
St Tudy, Cornwall PL30 3NH

St Mabyn Church of England Primary School

Bug Hunt

A bug hunt in our churchyard to look for various insects, small animals, and other invertebrates. We want to learn about their habitats, and their role in the ecosystem.
We want our children to have the chance to connect with nature.

St Mabyn Church
3 Church Steps
St Mabyn, Cornwall PL30 3BA

Ecochurch Nature Count

Informal count of nature in churchyard by local volunteers as part of Ecochurch

Churchgate
Glemsford
Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 7QE

Nature exploration

Old churchyard not used since 1865 and now developing as a wildlife site.

Church Street
Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire CV36 4AP

Family Nature Count

Family Service to launch the Count on Nature Project

Dorchester Abbey
High Street
Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxfordshire OX10 7HH

Nature Count

As part of our worship and service on the 8th of June we will be discussing environmental issues and starting our Count on Nature campaign.

Church Lane
Finningham
Stowmarket, Suffolk IP14 4JB

St James Silsden Churchyard Count 2025

An hour in the churchyard at 11am after the Gathering service on the 1st June to count as many species as possible in the churchyard. The count continues during the week with an evening of bat watching to be arranged.

Kirkgate
Silsden, West Yorkshire BD20 0PB

Nature Count

We intend to try to name as many species of flora and fauna in Holy Trinity Churchyard as we can using the 'Seek' app on iNaturalist.

Holy Trinity Church
Lewes Road
Forest Row East Sussex, East Sussex RH18 5AF

Messy Church Wildlife Hunt

Come and find out about the wonders of God's creation by searching for wildlife in our wonderful churchyard.

We'll worship God, discover nature together, and finish with a Bring Your Own Picnic. (Drinks will be provided!)

St Mark's Church
Church Walk
RUGBY, Warwickshire CV22 7LX

A summer afternoon at Longden Road Cemetery

Interactive 'Stories behind the Stones' trail.
Explore the wildflower meadow.
Family bug hunt & insect craft activity.
Community clay artwork using natural textures.
Meet the urban sketchers.
Self guided 'Symbols Spotter' & Wildflower trails.

Longden Road Victorian Cemetery
Longden Road
Shrewsbury, Shropshire, Shropshire SY3 7HS