St James's churchyard has a Wildlife Trusts Bronze Award, through the Northants Churchyard Conservation Scheme
Wildlife of the month nature notes:
August 25: Wasps!
- July 25 - Some summer wildflowers in the churchyard and butter- and dragon- flies, and ladybirds
- June 25 - An early morning walk around the churchyard and Scarlet tigers
- May 25 - Cuckoos and cockchafers and Night Visitors
Past 'Wildlife by the month' all year round, all in one place
A guide to the church and a walk around the churchyard: includes a guide to what you might see as you walk around the churchyard.
Our surveys and plans
- Our wild churchyard - some background, maps and lists - inclduing surveys of plants and animals
- 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 - the history and natural history of church yards
- Church of England's advice on wildlife in the churchyard
connecting local communities to the natural and cultural heritage of Rockingham Forest and raising its local and national profile;
connecting the core remaining wooded areas with enriched biodiverse landscapes.
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 May 2024
- 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