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Churchyards are places of peace and reflection, but they are also havens for wildlife!

Churches across our diocese took part in #ChurchesCountOnNature and #LoveYourBurialGroundWeek this year.

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October 3, 2026 at 4:03 PM
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Swifts are well named!
If you see swifts or hear their screaming call but can't photograph them, log them on the swift mapper app bit.ly/swift-mapper or record & upload to iNaturalist at ChurchesCountonNature2025
#CFGA #ChurchesCountOnNature #arochauk @churchofengland.org @churchinwales.bsky.social
June 1, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Love your Burial Ground Week with Churches Count on Nature is nearly here!
As well as partners Church of England Church in Wales & A Rocha UK we are thrilled to share 6-14 June with National Cemeteries Week & Climate Coalition's Great Big Green Week
#CFGA #loveyourburialground #ChurchesCountOnNature
May 30, 2026 at 7:35 PM
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#RecordOfTheWeek today is a gorgeous Golden-ringed Dragonfly (Cordulegaster boltonii) in Cefn Golau Cemetery during a Glo i Natur BioBlitz.

It's Love Your Burial Grounds Week, an annual celebration of nature & history from @caringforgodsacre.bsky.social

Photo © Liam Olds #ChurchesCountOnNature
June 12, 2026 at 9:44 AM
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Thur 11 June the 4th webinar in our Churches Count on Nature series looks at why churchyards are a significant lichen habitat.
Register your FREE place www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk/events/webin... If you can't attend in person catch up at a time to suit
#CFGA #ChurchesCountOnNature #lichen #webinars
Lichens on a gravestone in a churchyard
June 6, 2026 at 9:15 AM
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Churches Count on Nature FREE webinar Wed 10 June Making our Churchyards a Home for Butterflies
Register at www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk/events/webinars/making-our-burial-grounds-a-home-for-butterflies/ if you miss it live can catch up via the link
#CFGA #ChurchesCountOnNature #butterflyconservation
A Gatekeeper butterfly in a churchyard
June 5, 2026 at 3:47 PM
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Towns and cities feature in Fri 12 June webinar looking the role of urban churchyards & burial grounds as relatively undisturbed, protected green space for wildlife
Register at www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk/events/webinars/gods-green-spaces
#CFGA #ChurchesCountOnNature #webinars #urbanwildlife
An owl in an urban churchyard
June 8, 2026 at 7:20 AM
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FREE Churches Count on Nature webinar Tue 9 June 12-1pm Children in Churchyards

Creative ideas to engage children with history & biodiversity in burial grounds. Practical, affordable, messy…and fun!

Register at bit.ly/webinars-chu...

#CFGA #ChurchesCountOnNature #webinars
A child and an adult in a churchyard look under a corrugated sheet for a slow worm
June 3, 2026 at 2:52 PM
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Registrations for Love your Burial Ground Week with Churches Count on Nature are open

To register your event and find resources to help you plan, visit www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk/about-love-your-burial-ground-week-with-churches-count-on-nature/

#cfga #churchescountonnature #citizenscience
People in a churchyard taking part in Love your Burial Ground Week with Churches Count on Nature citizen science initiative, recording wildlife in churchyards, chapel yards and cemeteries
March 17, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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And that's a wrap!
Churches Count on Nature webinar series is finished for the year
Nature Counts are still on this weekend www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk/view/love-your-burial-ground-churches-count-on-nature-national-cemeteries-week-events-2026/ to find what's on near you
#CFGA #ChurchesCountOnNature
A flowery churchyard
June 12, 2026 at 3:58 PM
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Register your Love your Burial Ground Week/Churches Count on Nature 2025 event by 23rd May to guarantee receipt of FREE printed resources!
www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk/get-involved/event-register-25/
#CFGA #LoveYourBurialGroundWeek #ChurchesCountOnNature #churchofengland #churchinwales #arochauk
Starter Guide to burial ground wildlife and heritage
May 21, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Our FREE webinar A Beginner's Guide to iNaturalist - Why Record? is open to all comers.
Register at www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk/events/webin...
Live on Tuesday 26th May 12 - 1pm or you can be sent the link to catch the webinar up to a week later.
#CFGA #ChurchesCountOnNature #inaturalist #webinars
A bee hovering near a vetch flower in a flowery burial ground
May 21, 2026 at 3:17 PM
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The swifts are back!

Thank you Pam Ayres for kind permission to share your poem.

You can record swifts in your local burial ground using iNaturalist, info on our website!

#CFGA #LoveYourBurialGroundWeek #ChurchesCountOnNature #arochauk #pamayres @churchofengland.org @churchinwales.bsky.social
A poem about swifts by Pam Ayres is shown on a paper cut out with a garden background. The Swifts are back! They slice the air. They're back! They're back! From who knows where. Navigating mile on mile To the very roof, to the very tile
May 12, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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Free webinars - Love your Burial Ground Week/Churches Count on Nature 2025 9-13 June Wildlife in burial grounds, reptiles & amphibians, accessible churchyards
www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk/webinars-summer-2025
#LoveYourBurialGroundWeek #ChurchesCountOnNature #churchofengland #churchinwales #arochauk
Parent and child recording wildlife in a churchyard as part of Love your Burial Ground Week/Churches Count on Nature 2025
May 29, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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Wednesday's Churches Count on Nature2025 webinar is On the ground – practical conservation management in 2 churchyards

A link will be sent if you registered, or request at enquiries@cfga.org.uk

#CFGA #LoveYourBurialGroundWeek #ChurchesCountOnNature #churchofengland #churchinwales #arochauk
June 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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FREE Churches Count on Nature webinar Mon 8th June 12-1pm Sharing Stories to Grow Hope by Operation Noah, local groups making a difference for biodiversity & climate on church land
www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk/events/webinars/sharing-stories-to-grow-hope
#CFGA #OperationNoah #ChurchesCountOnNature
Operation Noah display an image of a bee in a flowery meadow to illustrate managing grassland for biodiversity
June 1, 2026 at 6:03 PM
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Please send us your Love your Burial Ground Week/ Churches Count on Nature 2025 photographs

Don't forget you need permission for photographs including people, and send them to enquiries@cfga.org.uk

#CFGA #LoveYourBurialGroundWeek #ChurchesCountOnNature #churchofengland #churchinwales #arochauk
June 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Slow-worms are harder to spot than other reptiles as they stay undercover
Visit www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk/looking-for-slow.../ to find out more about reptile mats
#CFGA #LoveYourBurialGroundWeek #ChurchesCountOnNature #churchofengland #churchinwales #arochauk #nationalfederationofcemeteryfriends
Slow worms found under a reptile mat in a churchyard
May 16, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Thank you everyone who took part in Love your Burial Ground Week/Churches Count on Nature 2025!

Nature spotting records are coming in thick and fast from over 400 registered events across the country

#CFGA #LoveYourBurialGroundWeek #ChurchesCountOnNature #churchofengland #churchinwales #arochauk
Headstones in a flowery churchyard
June 16, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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It's #ChurchesCountonNature Week 6-14 June. Today at #MessyChurch at Horton in Ribblesdale churchyard in 30 min searching we found/named 10 grasses, 20 herbs, several lichens
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#LawnFlowers
Anthoxanthum odoratum Leucanthemum vulgare Ranunculus acris Rumex acetosa aka Ox-eye Daisy or Dog-Daisy, Meadow Buttercup, Common Sorrel or Vinegar Plant or Wild Rhubarb. Holcus lanatus - Yorkshire Fog Geranium lucidum - Shining crane's-bill
June 7, 2026 at 8:13 PM
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Don't forget to register for our Love your Burial Ground Week/Churches Count on Nature 2025 webinars next week

www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk/webinars-summer-2025/

#CFGA #LoveYourBurialGroundWeek #ChurchesCountOnNature #churchofengland #churchinwales #arochauk #nature #environment
June 4, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Churches Count on Nature 2026 is now open for registration! 🌳 🌻 🐞
www.churchinwales.org.uk/en/news-and-...

Mae Eglwysi’n Cyfrif ar Natur 2026 bellach ar agor i gofrestru! 🌳 🌻 🐞
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May 25, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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Churches Count on Nature 2026 is now open for registration! 🌳 🌻 🐞
www.churchinwales.org.uk/en/news-and-...

Mae Eglwysi’n Cyfrif ar Natur 2026 bellach ar agor i gofrestru! 🌳 🌻 🐞
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#ChurchesCountOnNature #ClimateChange #CCON2026 #ChurchInWales
May 8, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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Thursday's Love your Burial Ground Week/Churches Count on Nature 2025 webinar is Here be dragons-amphibians & reptiles in burial grounds

Request link to listen to end of June at enquiries@cfga.org.uk

#CFGA #LoveYourBurialGroundWeek #ChurchesCountOnNature #churchofengland #churchinwales #arochauk
June 11, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Churches Count on Nature 2026 is now open for registration! 🌳 🌻 🐞
www.churchinwales.org.uk/en/news-and-...

Mae Eglwysi’n Cyfrif ar Natur 2026 bellach ar agor i gofrestru! 🌳 🌻 🐞
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#ChurchesCountOnNature #ClimateChange #CCON2026 #ChurchInWales
June 7, 2026 at 12:30 PM