Hundreds of churches have already signed up to a week-long ‘nature count’ occurring this summer, which will encourage people to visit churchyards and record what they see.

A week-long series of webinars ran throughout Churches Count on Nature, which is part of Love Your Burial Ground Week (8-16 June), where churches around the country discovered and recorded the wonderful nature in their churchyards and green spaces.

Churches and cathedrals across the country are preparing for the annual Churches Count on Nature event. 

Parishes across England and Wales can now register to participate in Churches Count on Nature, an annual scheme where people visit churchyards and record the plant and animal species they encounter. 

The Hyde Park Estate is owned by the Church Commissioners for England and is the secret corner of London’s West End, located within a stone’s throw of the glorious tranquillity of Hyde Park.

Hundreds of churches have signed up to a week-long ‘nature count’ beginning this weekend which will encourage people to visit churchyards and record what they see.

The General Synod has backed a series of measures to promote biodiversity on Church of England land from churchyards as havens of wildlife and plants to the stewardship of agricultural and forestry land.

Advice on how to support the wildlife in your churchyard

The crisis affecting nature is as great as the climate crisis. Caring for creation means looking after our land for the benefit of nature and people. General Synod recently approved a motion to promote biodiversity on Church of England land.

Figures from a recent nature survey show that bumblebees, ladybirds and aphids are in the top five invertebrates found in churchyards and burial grounds across England and Wales.