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🦅 Birds🦉 Wildlife🦋 Insects
Free entry Dogs welcome 38 ha
Places › England › Eastern › Breckland Getting here
52.47135, 0.59363
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Lapwing and Woodpigeon 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦 66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Lapwing and Woodpigeon 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Lapwing, Woodpigeon, Chaffinch +63 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Lapwing, Woodpigeon, Chaffinch +63 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Chequered Click Beetle, Strophosoma capitatum, Stable Fly +12 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Harebell, Viper's-bugloss, Wild Mignonette +26 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Harebell, Viper's-bugloss, Wild Mignonette +26 more · last seen 2026
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲 Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 27 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Hereward Way Walking route ▾
Named route Point-to-point Regional walking route
Show on map Santon Downham Circular Walking route 4 km ▾
Named route Length 4 km Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Fir Trail (5km route) Walking route 5 km ▾
Named route Length 5 km Local walking route
Show on map The Gruffalo Spotters Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Little Ouse Path Walking route 9 km ▾
Named route Length 9 km Point-to-point Local walking route
Show on map 22 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Shepherd Cycling Trail Cycling route 8 km ▾
Named route Length 8 km Local cycle route
Show on map Regional Route 30 (alternative) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref (30) Regional cycle route
Show on map Thetford Cycle Loop Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Two Rivers Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 30 Regional cycle route
Show on map Regional Cycle Route 30 Cycling route 373 km ▾
Named route Ref 30 Length 373 km Round trip Regional cycle route
Show on map N/A Cycling route 542 m ▾
Named route Ref 30 Length 542 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map 3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lime Burner Trail Mountain bike route ▾
Beater Trail Mountain bike route ▾
Poacher Trail Mountain bike route ▾
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Wildlife to spot
36,299 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 36,299 records · National Biodiversity Network Goldcrest · Robin · Wren · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit +33
Goldcrest Regulus regulus Robin Erithacus rubecula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Coal Tit Periparus ater Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Great Tit Parus major Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Rabbit · Brown Hare · Red Deer
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Brown Hare Lepus europaeus Red Deer Cervus elaphus Chequered Click Beetle · Strophosoma capitatum · Stable Fly · Tortoise Bug · Platycheirus scutatus +9
Chequered Click Beetle Prosternon tessellatum Strophosoma capitatum Strophosoma capitatum Stable Fly Stomoxys calcitrans Tortoise Bug Eurygaster testudinaria Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Bishop's Mitre Harebell · Viper's-bugloss · Wild Mignonette · Breckland Speedwell · Wall Bedstraw +21
Harebell Campanula rotundifolia2025 Viper's-bugloss Echium vulgare2025 Wild Mignonette Reseda lutea2025 Breckland Speedwell Veronica praecox Wall Bedstraw Galium parisiense Hairy Bitter-cress Cardamine hirsuta Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 36,299 records · National Biodiversity Network Goldcrest · Robin · Wren · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit +33
Goldcrest Regulus regulus Robin Erithacus rubecula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Coal Tit Periparus ater Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Great Tit Parus major Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Rabbit · Brown Hare · Red Deer
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Brown Hare Lepus europaeus Red Deer Cervus elaphus Chequered Click Beetle · Strophosoma capitatum · Stable Fly · Tortoise Bug · Platycheirus scutatus +9
Chequered Click Beetle Prosternon tessellatum Strophosoma capitatum Strophosoma capitatum Stable Fly Stomoxys calcitrans Tortoise Bug Eurygaster testudinaria Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Bishop's Mitre Harebell · Viper's-bugloss · Wild Mignonette · Breckland Speedwell · Wall Bedstraw +21
Harebell Campanula rotundifolia2025 Viper's-bugloss Echium vulgare2025 Wild Mignonette Reseda lutea2025 Breckland Speedwell Veronica praecox Wall Bedstraw Galium parisiense Hairy Bitter-cress Cardamine hirsuta Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Aelia acuminata
Aelia acuminata
Lucerne Bug Adelphocoris lineolatus
Lucerne Bug Adelphocoris lineolatus
Monoceros Beetle Notoxus monoceros
Monoceros Beetle Notoxus monoceros
Mogulones geographicus Mogulones geographicus
Mogulones geographicus Mogulones geographicus
Adonis' Ladybird Hippodamia variegata
Adonis' Ladybird Hippodamia variegata
Cicadella viridis Cicadella viridis
Cicadella viridis Cicadella viridis
Physocephala rufipes Physocephala rufipes
Physocephala rufipes Physocephala rufipes
Cabbage Bug Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea
Cabbage Bug Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea Mezereon
Mezereon
Daphne mezereum
Daphne mezereum
Dove's-foot Crane's-bill Geranium molle2025
Dove's-foot Crane's-bill Geranium molle2025
Small Scabious Scabiosa columbaria2025
Small Scabious Scabiosa columbaria2025
Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum2025
Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum2025
Black Medick Medicago lupulina2025
Black Medick Medicago lupulina2025
Blue Fleabane Erigeron acris2025
Blue Fleabane Erigeron acris2025
Hairy Sedge Carex hirta2025
Hairy Sedge Carex hirta2025
Wood Sage Teucrium scorodonia2025
Wood Sage Teucrium scorodonia2025
Buckthorn Rhamnus cathartica2025
Buckthorn Rhamnus cathartica2025
Dark Mullein Verbascum nigrum2025
Dark Mullein Verbascum nigrum2025
Black Horehound Ballota nigra2025
Black Horehound Ballota nigra2025
White Campion Silene latifolia2025
White Campion Silene latifolia2025
Field Scabious Knautia arvensis2025
Field Scabious Knautia arvensis2025
Climbing Corydalis Ceratocapnos claviculata2025
Climbing Corydalis Ceratocapnos claviculata2025
Wild Privet Ligustrum vulgare2025
Wild Privet Ligustrum vulgare2025
Field Bindweed Convolvulus arvensis2025
Field Bindweed Convolvulus arvensis2025
Mugwort Artemisia vulgaris2025
Mugwort Artemisia vulgaris2025
Canadian Fleabane Erigeron canadensis2025
Canadian Fleabane Erigeron canadensis2025
Sand Sedge Carex arenaria2025
Sand Sedge Carex arenaria2025
Hare's-foot Clover Trifolium arvense2025
Hare's-foot Clover Trifolium arvense2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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