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BEESTON HALL

135 ha

📷 Evelyn Simak · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦91+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦91+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Jackdaw +88 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Jackdaw +88 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Common Darter, Harlequin Ladybird, Migrant Hawker +17 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Darter, Harlequin Ladybird, Migrant Hawker +17 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Bee Orchid, White Bryony, Pellitory-of-the-wall +5 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Bee Orchid, White Bryony, Pellitory-of-the-wall +5 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

6 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Weavers’ WayWalking route98 km

Cromer to Great Yarmouth

Named routeLength 98 kmRegional walking route

Bittern Line Walk 3Walking route6 km

Hoveton and Wroxham

Named routeLength 6 kmRound tripLocal walking route

Briggate/Worstead CircularWalking route5.2 km

Named routeLength 5.2 kmRound tripLocal walking route

East Ruston Circular WalkWalking route6 km

A varied walk alongside the North Walsham & Dilham canal and through farmland, wet woodland and grazing marshes.

Named routeLength 6 kmRound tripLocal walking route

Honing Lock CircularWalking route3.5 km

A walk through grazing meadows, past a gushing canal lock and along the course of a dis-used railway.

Named routeLength 3.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Three Rivers WayCycling route

Named routeRef TRWLocal cycle route

Bure Valley PathCycling route

Named routeRef BVPLocal cycle route

Weavers’ WayCycling route

Named routeRef WWLocal cycle route

Rebellion WayCycling route373 km

Named routeRef RebelLength 373 kmRound tripRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

10,235 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

10,235 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds57 species

winterspringsummer

2025

Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Black-headed Gull · Chaffinch · Robin +52

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RobinErithacus rubecula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Herring GullLarus argentatus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
DunnockPrunella modularis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Great TitParus major
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
JayGarrulus glandarius
MagpiePica pica
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
RookCorvus frugilegus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
SwallowHirundo rustica
Common TernSterna hirundo
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
House SparrowPasser domesticus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
SwiftApus apus
GreenshankTringa nebularia
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
SiskinSpinus spinus
Common GullLarus canus
TealAnas crecca
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024

🦌

Mammals4 species

springwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Muntjac · Brown Hare · Red Deer

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Red DeerCervus elaphus

🐝

Insects10 species

spring

2025

Harlequin Ladybird · Chrysolina oricalcia · Cramp-Ball Fungus Weevil · Macrosiphoniella (Macrosiphoniella) artemisiae · Lime Aphid +5

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Chrysolina oricalciaChrysolina oricalcia
Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus
Macrosiphoniella (Macrosiphoniella) artemisiaeMacrosiphoniella (Macrosiphoniella) artemisiae
Lime AphidEucallipterus tiliae
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Clay-coloured WeevilOtiorhynchus singularis
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024

🌿

Plants7 species

spring

2026

Bee Orchid · White Bryony · Pellitory-of-the-wall · Mugwort · Alexanders +2

Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
White BryonyBryonia dioica2025
Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica2025
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025
AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum2025
Common MallowMalva sylvestris2025
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

10,235 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds57 species

winterspringsummer

2025

Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Black-headed Gull · Chaffinch · Robin +52

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RobinErithacus rubecula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Herring GullLarus argentatus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
DunnockPrunella modularis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Great TitParus major
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
JayGarrulus glandarius
MagpiePica pica
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
RookCorvus frugilegus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
SwallowHirundo rustica
Common TernSterna hirundo
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
House SparrowPasser domesticus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
SwiftApus apus
GreenshankTringa nebularia
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
SiskinSpinus spinus
Common GullLarus canus
TealAnas crecca
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024

🦌

Mammals4 species

springwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Muntjac · Brown Hare · Red Deer

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Red DeerCervus elaphus

🐝

Insects10 species

spring

2025

Harlequin Ladybird · Chrysolina oricalcia · Cramp-Ball Fungus Weevil · Macrosiphoniella (Macrosiphoniella) artemisiae · Lime Aphid +5

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Chrysolina oricalciaChrysolina oricalcia
Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus
Macrosiphoniella (Macrosiphoniella) artemisiaeMacrosiphoniella (Macrosiphoniella) artemisiae
Lime AphidEucallipterus tiliae
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Clay-coloured WeevilOtiorhynchus singularis
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024

🌿

Plants7 species

spring

2026

Bee Orchid · White Bryony · Pellitory-of-the-wall · Mugwort · Alexanders +2

Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
White BryonyBryonia dioica2025
Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica2025
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025
AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum2025
Common MallowMalva sylvestris2025
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Evelyn Simak · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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