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Arminghall Henge

📷 Graham Hardy · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Great Tit
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Great Tit
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

CampsiteParking

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Robin, Great Tit, Blue Tit +69 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Great Tit, Blue Tit +69 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, Syrphus +19 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, Syrphus +19 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Hiking

Good match

Named hiking route nearby: Boudicca Way

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

31 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Wherryman's WayWalking route56 km

Norwich to Great Yarmouth

Named routeLength 56 kmRegional walking route

Boudicca WayWalking route60 km

Norwich to Diss

Named routeLength 60 kmRegional walking route

Olympic Torch Relay (Norwich)Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Bittern Line Walk 1Walking route3 km

Norwich

Named routeLength 3 kmRound tripLocal walking route

Marriott's WayWalking route42 km

Norwich to Aylsham via Reepham on disused railway

Named routeRef MWLength 42 kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

95 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Purple PedalwayCycling route

Named routeRef PurpleRound tripLocal cycle route

Blue PedalwayCycling route

Named routeRef BluePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route

Orange PedalwayCycling route

Named routeRef OrangeRound tripLocal cycle route

Edith Cavell PilgrimageCycling route22.5 km

Named routeRef ECPLength 22.5 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

NCN National Route 1Cycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Pink PedalwayCycling route

Named routeRef PinkPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

54,736 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

54,736 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds76 species

autumnwinter

2026

Robin · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Wren · Magpie +71

RobinErithacus rubecula
Great TitParus major2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MagpiePica pica2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
PochardAythya ferina
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
JayGarrulus glandarius
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

autumnwinter

2025

Feral Cat · Grey Squirrel

Feral CatFelis catus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐟

Fish2 species

autumn

2025

Rudd · Perch

RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus
PerchPerca fluviatilis

🐝

Insects22 species

autumn

2026

Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus · Orange Ladybird · Anthomyia +17

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
AnthomyiaAnthomyia
Cabbage Stem WeevilCeutorhynchus pallidactylus
Silver FishLepisma saccharinum
Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides
Asiraca clavicornisAsiraca clavicornis
Pied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolor
Euophryum confineEuophryum confine
Scymnus interruptusScymnus interruptus
Coloradoa achilleaeColoradoa achilleae2025
Uroleucon (Uroleucon) achilleaeUroleucon (Uroleucon) achilleae2025
Pleotrichophorus glandulosusPleotrichophorus glandulosus2025
Macrosiphoniella (Macrosiphoniella) sejunctaMacrosiphoniella (Macrosiphoniella) sejuncta2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025
Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecaePemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae2025
PemphigusPemphigus2025
Chaitophorus horii beuthaniChaitophorus horii beuthani2025
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025

🌿

Plants6 species

winter

2026

Green Alkanet · Lords-and-Ladies · Ivy · Common Ragwort · Red Dead-nettle +1

Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
IvyHedera helix
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

54,736 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds76 species

autumnwinter

2026

Robin · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Wren · Magpie +71

RobinErithacus rubecula
Great TitParus major2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MagpiePica pica2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
PochardAythya ferina
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
JayGarrulus glandarius
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

autumnwinter

2025

Feral Cat · Grey Squirrel

Feral CatFelis catus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐟

Fish2 species

autumn

2025

Rudd · Perch

RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus
PerchPerca fluviatilis

🐝

Insects22 species

autumn

2026

Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus · Orange Ladybird · Anthomyia +17

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
AnthomyiaAnthomyia
Cabbage Stem WeevilCeutorhynchus pallidactylus
Silver FishLepisma saccharinum
Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides
Asiraca clavicornisAsiraca clavicornis
Pied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolor
Euophryum confineEuophryum confine
Scymnus interruptusScymnus interruptus
Coloradoa achilleaeColoradoa achilleae2025
Uroleucon (Uroleucon) achilleaeUroleucon (Uroleucon) achilleae2025
Pleotrichophorus glandulosusPleotrichophorus glandulosus2025
Macrosiphoniella (Macrosiphoniella) sejunctaMacrosiphoniella (Macrosiphoniella) sejuncta2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025
Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecaePemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae2025
PemphigusPemphigus2025
Chaitophorus horii beuthaniChaitophorus horii beuthani2025
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025

🌿

Plants6 species

winter

2026

Green Alkanet · Lords-and-Ladies · Ivy · Common Ragwort · Red Dead-nettle +1

Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
IvyHedera helix
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Graham Hardy · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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