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Nature in Ryde Cemetery

Birds, Bugs & Animals

We regularly see the green woodpecker swooping over the graves and there are many blackbirds, tits, crows, robins, sparrows and greenfinches.  We have also spotted jays, sparrow hawks, goldfinches and magpies.

Sparrow		Chaffinch

A huge variety of bugs and insects can be found in the Cemetery: ants, woodlice, earwigs, ladybirds, beetles and spiders as well as beautiful butterflies and moths.

July 2006 - Butterfly Walk

Speckled Wood Butterfly		Six-belted Clearwing Moth

So far we have never seen a snake in the Cemetery but there are slow worms.

There are wild (or semi-wild) cats that frequent the Cemetery and the garden of the Lodge, as do hedgehogs and mice and there is at least one resident fox, often heard on winter nights but rarely seen.   UPDATE: On Saturday 15th March 2008 at about 4am the fox was heard barking in the Cemetery and then seen to casually stroll past the front of the Cemetery Lodge.

If you would be interested in helping us to find, identify and record any of the wildlife in the Cemetery please get in touch via the Contact Us link below.

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