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🐄Farms🦅Birds🦉Wildlife
Public accessPaid entryDogs welcome107 ha
Getting here
52.44382, 1.02717
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦43+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- 🐄Summer visits here combine well with a walk along nearby trails — the animals are most active in the morning.
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦43+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- 🐄Summer visits here combine well with a walk along nearby trails — the animals are most active in the morning.
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
☕Café🅿️Parking🛝Playground🐄Farm visit
🐄Farm visits
Very strong match
Zoo or animal collection
Varies
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +40 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +40 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Black Clock, Common Water-Boatman +33 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 24 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Via BeataWalking route▾
A pilgrimage with a difference... with a dream to span Great Britain from Lowestoft to St Davids.
Named routeRegional walking route
Tas Valley WayWalking route42 km▾
Norwich to Attleborough
Named routeLength 42 kmRegional walking route
Oliver's WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Back Lanepublic footpath · 244 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 244 mSurface groundPath type: footway
Back Lanepublic footpath · 115 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 115 mSurface groundPath type: footway
Wash Lanepublic footpath · 603 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 603 mSurface unpavedPath type: track
5 public paths nearby
Public paths
Park Commonrestricted byway · 356 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 356 mPath type: service
Gipsie's Lanebridleway · 458 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 458 mPath type: bridleway
Gipsie's Lanebridleway · 64 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 64 mPath type: track
Gravelpit Lanerestricted byway · 646 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 646 mPath type: track
Lordshele Lanerestricted byway · 525 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 525 mPath type: bridleway
Photos
Buildings at the entrance to Banham Zoo
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
7,129 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,129 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Magpie · Mallard +38
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Muntjac
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
🐸Amphibians3 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad · Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2025
🐝Insects36 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Black Clock · Common Water-Boatman · Platycheirus · Demetrias atricapillus +31
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus
- Common Water-BoatmanNotonecta (Notonecta) glauca
- PlatycheirusPlatycheirus
- Demetrias atricapillusDemetrias atricapillus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,129 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Magpie · Mallard +38
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Muntjac
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
🐸Amphibians3 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad · Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2025
🐝Insects36 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Black Clock · Common Water-Boatman · Platycheirus · Demetrias atricapillus +31
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus
- Common Water-BoatmanNotonecta (Notonecta) glauca
- PlatycheirusPlatycheirus
- Demetrias atricapillusDemetrias atricapillus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pea-leaf Weevil
Pea-leaf Weevil
Sitona lineatus
Sitona lineatus
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Stomis pumicatusStomis pumicatusStomis pumicatusStomis pumicatusMycetophagus atomariusMycetophagus atomariusMycetophagus atomariusMycetophagus atomariusOlibrus corticalisOlibrus corticalisOlibrus corticalisOlibrus corticalisViburnum ScaleLichtensia viburniViburnum ScaleLichtensia viburniPlatyderus depressusPlatyderus depressusPlatyderus depressusPlatyderus depressusSilver FishLepisma saccharinumSilver FishLepisma saccharinumLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusRhombic LeatherbugSyromastus rhombeusRhombic LeatherbugSyromastus rhombeus7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataLeistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbisSaucer BugIlyocoris cimicoidesSaucer BugIlyocoris cimicoidesTrichosirocalus troglodytesTrichosirocalus troglodytes2025Trichosirocalus troglodytesTrichosirocalus troglodytes2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Lepinotus patruelisLepinotus patruelis2025Lepinotus patruelisLepinotus patruelis2025Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium2025Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium2025Poecilus cupreusPoecilus cupreus2025Poecilus cupreusPoecilus cupreus2025Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus2025Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus2025Cerobasis guestfalicaCerobasis guestfalica2025Cerobasis guestfalicaCerobasis guestfalica2025Forget-me-not ShieldbugSehirus luctuosus2025Forget-me-not ShieldbugSehirus luctuosus202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2025Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2025Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2025Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus2025FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus2025Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus2025Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus2025Events & activities nearby
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