Wildlife in St James's churchyards

gretton churchyards background July24.pdf Download
gretton churchyards biodiversity plan May 24.pdf Download
Wildlife and St James draft quest v2a.pdf Download
gretton churchyards biodiversity plan May 25.pdf Download

St James's churchyard has a Wildlife Trusts Bronze Award, through the Northants Churchyard Conservation Scheme


Wildlife of the month nature notes:

April 25 -  Bumble bees - and a guide to common bumble bees in St James's and the village

Past 'Wildlife by the month'


Our surveys and plans

      Our wild churchyard - some background, maps and lists - this includes surveys of plants and animals in the churchyard

      Our Biodiversity plan, 2025-26 - our wildlife priorities for the coming year

      Our grass cutting and wildflowers plans, 2025 (upper churchyard)

      Churchyard questionnaire - please have your say of how we can improve the churchyard for all users


Useful external websites:

         God's Acre website

         Church of England's advice on wildlife in the churchyard


Posters (that have been up in the church) about:

           Bats - we have several species of bats flying around the chiurchyard, along with our own colony of soprano pipstrelles in the porch.

           Wild flowers - Flower Festival poster - June 2024. Around 100 species of wild flowering plants, grasses and trees have been recorded in the churchyard

           Moths - a summary from 2023 and list of macromoths identified

          No-mow Ma2024

          Beavers in the churchyard - the Beavers helped survey churchyard wildlife using camera traps to find out what was in the churchyard after the gates had shut

         Some background to our churchyard wildlife