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Big Wood

6 ha

📷 Evelyn Simak · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha

Getting here

52.69659, 1.37694

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Pheasant, Robin +71 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Pheasant, Robin +71 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Sheep's Sorrel, Red Currant, Common Nettle +29 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Dog's Mercury, Greater Tussock-sedge, Moschatel +250 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Dog's Mercury, Greater Tussock-sedge, Moschatel +250 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Common Darter, Southern Hawker, Helophilus pendulus +46 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Darter, Southern Hawker, Helophilus pendulus +46 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Bittern Line Walk 2Walking route5.6 km

Salhouse

Named routeLength 5.6 kmRound tripLocal walking route

Circular WalkWalking route5 km

Named routeLength 5 kmLocal walking route

Bittern Line Walk 3Walking route6 km

Hoveton and Wroxham

Named routeLength 6 kmRound tripLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

6 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

Pink PedalwayCycling route

Named routeRef PinkPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route

Three Rivers WayCycling route

Named routeRef TRWLocal cycle route

Bure Valley PathCycling route

Named routeRef BVPLocal cycle route

Rebellion WayCycling route373 km

Named routeRef RebelLength 373 kmRound tripRegional cycle route

🐴

Horse riding

2 public paths nearby

Public paths

Skinners Lanerestricted byway · 326 m

Public pathrestricted bywayLength 326 mPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

4,117 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,117 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds77 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Pheasant · Robin · Carrion Crow · Blackbird +72

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Great TitParus major2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
MagpiePica pica2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
SwiftApus apus2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2023
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2023
GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
NuthatchSitta europaea2023
GadwallMareca strepera2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
TealAnas crecca2023
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
SiskinSpinus spinus2022
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2023
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
Common GullLarus canus2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
CuckooCuculus canorus2023
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2023
Common TernSterna hirundo2022
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2022
Water RailRallus aquaticus2021
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2021

🦌

Mammals9 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · Muntjac · Chinese Water Deer · Rabbit · Hedgehog +4

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024
Chinese Water DeerHydropotes inermis2024
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2022
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Fallow DeerDama dama
Indet. DeerCervidae2024
Brown HareLepus europaeus2023
StoatMustela erminea2021

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2024

Smooth Newt

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐝

Insects49 species

spring

2025

Common Darter · Southern Hawker · Helophilus pendulus · Malachite Beetle · Papillose Nematine +44

Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2023
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2023
Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2021
Papillose NematineEuura papillosa
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2023
Helophilus hybridusHelophilus hybridus2023
Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum2023
Eristalis horticolaEristalis horticola2023
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2023
Melangyna compositarum/labiatarumMelangyna compositarum/labiatarum2023
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023
Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles2023
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2023
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2022
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2022
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2022
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2022
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2022
Diaperis boletiDiaperis boleti2022
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021
Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2021
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2021
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2021
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2021
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2021
Tipula vernalisTipula vernalis2021
Tropidia scitaTropidia scita2021
Acorn WeevilCurculio glandium2021
ByturusByturus2021
Brooklime Gall WeevilGymnetron veronicae2021
Silver ColonelOdontomyia argentata2021
Cantharis fuscaCantharis fusca2021
WirewormElateridae2021
Drymus (Sylvadrymus) sylvaticusDrymus (Sylvadrymus) sylvaticus2021
Tipula maximaTipula maxima2021
Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2021
Fine Streaked BugkinMiris striatus2021
Plum BeetleTetrops praeustus2021
Limnobaris t-albumLimnobaris t-album2021
stonefliesPlecoptera2021
Grammoptera ruficornisGrammoptera ruficornis2021
Horsetail WeevilGrypus equiseti2021
Anaspis maculataAnaspis maculata2021
PhaoniaPhaonia2021
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2021
Norellia spinipesNorellia spinipes2021
NemouridaeNemouridae2021

🌿

Plants253 species

springsummer

2026

Dog's Mercury · Greater Tussock-sedge · Sheep's Sorrel · Moschatel · Bluebell +248

Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2024
Greater Tussock-sedgeCarex paniculata2024
Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella2023
MoschatelAdoxa moschatellina2023
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2023
Whorl-grassCatabrosa aquatica2024
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2024
Celery-leaved ButtercupRanunculus sceleratus2024
Greater DuckweedSpirodela polyrhiza2024
Water DockRumex hydrolapathum2024
Red CurrantRibes rubrum2023
Lesser Water-parsnipBerula erecta2023
ArrowheadSagittaria sagittifolia2024
Wood Small-reedCalamagrostis epigejos2024
DogwoodCornus sanguinea2024
SkullcapScutellaria galericulata2024
Square-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterum2024
Brown SedgeCarex disticha2024
Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2024
Corn SpurreySpergula arvensis2023
Three-nerved SandwortMoehringia trinervia2023
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2023
Climbing CorydalisCeratocapnos claviculata2023
ColtsfootTussilago farfara2024
Water-plantainAlisma plantago-aquatica2024
Hoary AlisonBerteroa incana2024
FrogbitHydrocharis morsus-ranae2024
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2024
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2024
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2024
Water-StarwortCallitriche2023
Black CurrantRibes nigrum2023
Hare's-foot CloverTrifolium arvense2023
GorseUlex europaeus2023
Heath GroundselSenecio sylvaticus2023
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2023
Dryopteris affinisDryopteris affinis2023
Hairy SedgeCarex hirta2023
Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica2023
Greater Pond-sedgeCarex riparia2023
Common CudweedFilago germanica2023
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2023
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2023
Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium2023
Common NettleUrtica dioica2023
Tufted-sedgeCarex elata2023
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2022
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2022
BuglossLycopsis arvensis2022
Milk-parsleyThysselinum palustre2024
Viper's-buglossEchium vulgare2024
Sharp-leaved FluellenKickxia elatine2024
Blue Water-speedwellVeronica anagallis-aquatica2024
Golden DockRumex maritimus2024
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2024
Ribbed MelilotMelilotus officinalis2024
Water-violetHottonia palustris2024
Cyperus SedgeCarex pseudocyperus2024
Clustered DockRumex conglomeratus2024
Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea2024
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2024
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula2024
Parsley PiertAphanes arvensis2024
Wood MelickMelica uniflora2024
Sand SpurreySpergularia rubra2023
Marsh PennywortHydrocotyle vulgaris2023
Trailing St John's-wortHypericum humifusum2023
Common AmaranthAmaranthus retroflexus2023
Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis2023
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2023
GooseberryRibes uva-crispa2023
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus2023
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2023
BoxBuxus sempervirens2023
BroomCytisus scoparius2023
Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum2023
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2023
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa subsp. cespitosa2023
Remote SedgeCarex remota2023
Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis2023
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2023
Smooth Cat's-earHypochaeris glabra2023
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2023
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2023
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2023
Fen PondweedPotamogeton coloratus2023
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2023
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2023
Spring-sedgeCarex caryophyllea2023
BrambleRubus fruticosus2023
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2023
Common ChickweedStellaria media2023
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2023
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2023
Marsh ValerianValeriana dioica2022
Hard RushJuncus inflexus2022
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2022
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2022
Lesser Pond-sedgeCarex acutiformis2022
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2022
Poa pratensisPoa pratensis2022
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2022
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2022
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2022
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2022
Spurge-laurelDaphne laureola2022
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2021
Southern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza praetermissa2021
SedgeCarex2021
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2021
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2021
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2021
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2021
Pot MarigoldCalendula officinalis
Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2024
Flowering-rushButomus umbellatus2024
MedickMedicago sativa2024
Unbranched Bur-reedSparganium emersum2024
Alsike CloverTrifolium hybridum2024
Wild PlumPrunus domestica2024
Marsh Yellow-cressRorippa palustris2024
Water-pepperPersicaria hydropiper2024
Fodder BurnetPoterium sanguisorba subsp. balearicum2024
Red GoosefootOxybasis rubra2024
Downy BirchBetula pubescens2024
Water FernAzolla filiculoides2024
Nuttall's WaterweedElodea nuttallii2024
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2024
Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia2024
Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium2023
Thorn-appleDatura stramonium2023
Changing Forget-me-notMyosotis discolor2023
Guernsey FleabaneErigeron sumatrensis2023
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2023
Yellow Bristle-grassSetaria pumila2023
Bird CherryPrunus padus2023
Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa2023
PigweedAmaranthus2023
White MustardSinapis alba2023
Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit2023
Turkey OakQuercus cerris2023
Small-fruited Prickly-sedgeCarex muricata subsp. pairae2023
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2023
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2023
Slender SandwortArenaria leptoclados2023
Hop TrefoilTrifolium campestre2023
Common ReedPhragmites australis2023
Beaked Hawk's-beardCrepis vesicaria2023
Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine2023
Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2023
Oregon-grapeMahonia aquifolium2023
Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2023
Tubular Water-dropwortOenanthe fistulosa2023
Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana2023
Tufted Forget-me-notMyosotis laxa2023
Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum2023
Deadly NightshadeAtropa belladonna2023
Wilson's HoneysuckleLonicera nitida2023
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2023
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2023
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2023
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare2023
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2023
Water Forget-me-notMyosotis scorpioides2023
Pink Water-speedwellVeronica catenata2023
Canadian WaterweedElodea canadensis2023
Musk ThistleCarduus nutans2023
SpindleEuonymus europaeus2023
Water HorsetailEquisetum fluviatile2023
Arenaria serpyllifoliaArenaria serpyllifolia2023
Knotted CloverTrifolium striatum2023
Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea2023
Meadow SaxifrageSaxifraga granulata2023
Spring VetchVicia lathyroides2023
RowanSorbus aucuparia2023
ElderSambucus nigra2023
HollyIlex aquifolium2023
Norway SprucePicea abies2023
RaspberryRubus idaeus2023
Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum2023
Scots PinePinus sylvestris2023
Austrian PinePinus nigra2023
Marsh FernThelypteris palustris2023
Silver BirchBetula pendula2023
Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis2022
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2022
Early Hair-grassAira praecox2022
White BryonyBryonia dioica2022
Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2022
Common Hemp-Nettle agg.Galeopsis tetrahit2022
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2022
Wood Meadow-grassPoa nemoralis2022
Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis2022
Common FiddleneckAmsinckia micrantha2022
Squirreltail FescueVulpia bromoides2022
Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans2022
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2022
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2022
BugleAjuga reptans2022
Large Bitter-cressCardamine amara2022
WatercressNasturtium officinale2022
Carnation SedgeCarex panicea2022
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2022
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2022
CleaversGalium aparine2022
Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2022
Fat-henChenopodium album2022
RadishRaphanus raphanistrum2022
Field PansyViola arvensis2022
Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum2022
BlinksMontia fontana2022
Slender Hook-lobed DandelionTaraxacum hamatulum2022
Cut-leaved DandelionTaraxacum lacistophyllum2022
Viola odorata var. odorataViola odorata var. odorata2022
Hard Shield-fernPolystichum aculeatum2022
Portugal LaurelPrunus lusitanica2022
AshFraxinus excelsior2021
Bark Signal-mossSematophyllum substrumulosum2021
Field WoundwortStachys arvensis2021
Common SedgeCarex nigra2021
Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata2021
Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa2021
GypsywortLycopus europaeus2021
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2021
Bird's-footOrnithopus perpusillus2021
Small CudweedLogfia minima2021
Hoary CinquefoilPotentilla argentea2021
White StonecropSedum album2021
Forget-Me-NotMyosotis2021
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2021
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2021
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2021
Bitter-CressCardamine2021
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2021
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2021
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2021
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2021
DandelionTaraxacum2021
Thyme-leaved SandwortArenaria serpyllifolia2021
Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2021
Cotton ThistleOnopordum acanthium2021
Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2021
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2021
Crane's-BillGeranium2021
Marsh HorsetailEquisetum palustre2021
Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum2021
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2021
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2021
Wild MignonetteReseda lutea2021
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2021
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2021
Water MintMentha aquatica2021
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia2021

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,117 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds77 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Pheasant · Robin · Carrion Crow · Blackbird +72

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Great TitParus major2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
MagpiePica pica2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
SwiftApus apus2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2023
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2023
GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
NuthatchSitta europaea2023
GadwallMareca strepera2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
TealAnas crecca2023
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
SiskinSpinus spinus2022
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2023
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
Common GullLarus canus2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
CuckooCuculus canorus2023
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2023
Common TernSterna hirundo2022
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2022
Water RailRallus aquaticus2021
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2021

🦌

Mammals9 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · Muntjac · Chinese Water Deer · Rabbit · Hedgehog +4

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024
Chinese Water DeerHydropotes inermis2024
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2022
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Fallow DeerDama dama
Indet. DeerCervidae2024
Brown HareLepus europaeus2023
StoatMustela erminea2021

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2024

Smooth Newt

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐝

Insects49 species

spring

2025

Common Darter · Southern Hawker · Helophilus pendulus · Malachite Beetle · Papillose Nematine +44

Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2023
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2023
Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2021
Papillose NematineEuura papillosa
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2023
Helophilus hybridusHelophilus hybridus2023
Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum2023
Eristalis horticolaEristalis horticola2023
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2023
Melangyna compositarum/labiatarumMelangyna compositarum/labiatarum2023
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023
Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles2023
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2023
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2022
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2022
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2022
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2022
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2022
Diaperis boletiDiaperis boleti2022
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021
Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2021
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2021
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2021
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2021
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2021
Tipula vernalisTipula vernalis2021
Tropidia scitaTropidia scita2021
Acorn WeevilCurculio glandium2021
ByturusByturus2021
Brooklime Gall WeevilGymnetron veronicae2021
Silver ColonelOdontomyia argentata2021
Cantharis fuscaCantharis fusca2021
WirewormElateridae2021
Drymus (Sylvadrymus) sylvaticusDrymus (Sylvadrymus) sylvaticus2021
Tipula maximaTipula maxima2021
Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2021
Fine Streaked BugkinMiris striatus2021
Plum BeetleTetrops praeustus2021
Limnobaris t-albumLimnobaris t-album2021
stonefliesPlecoptera2021
Grammoptera ruficornisGrammoptera ruficornis2021
Horsetail WeevilGrypus equiseti2021
Anaspis maculataAnaspis maculata2021
PhaoniaPhaonia2021
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2021
Norellia spinipesNorellia spinipes2021
NemouridaeNemouridae2021

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Plants253 species

springsummer

2026

Dog's Mercury · Greater Tussock-sedge · Sheep's Sorrel · Moschatel · Bluebell +248

Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2024
Greater Tussock-sedgeCarex paniculata2024
Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella2023
MoschatelAdoxa moschatellina2023
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2023
Whorl-grassCatabrosa aquatica2024
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2024
Celery-leaved ButtercupRanunculus sceleratus2024
Greater DuckweedSpirodela polyrhiza2024
Water DockRumex hydrolapathum2024
Red CurrantRibes rubrum2023
Lesser Water-parsnipBerula erecta2023
ArrowheadSagittaria sagittifolia2024
Wood Small-reedCalamagrostis epigejos2024
DogwoodCornus sanguinea2024
SkullcapScutellaria galericulata2024
Square-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterum2024
Brown SedgeCarex disticha2024
Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2024
Corn SpurreySpergula arvensis2023
Three-nerved SandwortMoehringia trinervia2023
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2023
Climbing CorydalisCeratocapnos claviculata2023
ColtsfootTussilago farfara2024
Water-plantainAlisma plantago-aquatica2024
Hoary AlisonBerteroa incana2024
FrogbitHydrocharis morsus-ranae2024
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2024
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2024
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2024
Water-StarwortCallitriche2023
Black CurrantRibes nigrum2023
Hare's-foot CloverTrifolium arvense2023
GorseUlex europaeus2023
Heath GroundselSenecio sylvaticus2023
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2023
Dryopteris affinisDryopteris affinis2023
Hairy SedgeCarex hirta2023
Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica2023
Greater Pond-sedgeCarex riparia2023
Common CudweedFilago germanica2023
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2023
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2023
Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium2023
Common NettleUrtica dioica2023
Tufted-sedgeCarex elata2023
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2022
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2022
BuglossLycopsis arvensis2022
Milk-parsleyThysselinum palustre2024
Viper's-buglossEchium vulgare2024
Sharp-leaved FluellenKickxia elatine2024
Blue Water-speedwellVeronica anagallis-aquatica2024
Golden DockRumex maritimus2024
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2024
Ribbed MelilotMelilotus officinalis2024
Water-violetHottonia palustris2024
Cyperus SedgeCarex pseudocyperus2024
Clustered DockRumex conglomeratus2024
Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea2024
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2024
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula2024
Parsley PiertAphanes arvensis2024
Wood MelickMelica uniflora2024
Sand SpurreySpergularia rubra2023
Marsh PennywortHydrocotyle vulgaris2023
Trailing St John's-wortHypericum humifusum2023
Common AmaranthAmaranthus retroflexus2023
Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis2023
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2023
GooseberryRibes uva-crispa2023
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus2023
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2023
BoxBuxus sempervirens2023
BroomCytisus scoparius2023
Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum2023
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2023
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa subsp. cespitosa2023
Remote SedgeCarex remota2023
Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis2023
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2023
Smooth Cat's-earHypochaeris glabra2023
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2023
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2023
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2023
Fen PondweedPotamogeton coloratus2023
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2023
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2023
Spring-sedgeCarex caryophyllea2023
BrambleRubus fruticosus2023
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2023
Common ChickweedStellaria media2023
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2023
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2023
Marsh ValerianValeriana dioica2022
Hard RushJuncus inflexus2022
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2022
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2022
Lesser Pond-sedgeCarex acutiformis2022
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2022
Poa pratensisPoa pratensis2022
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2022
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2022
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2022
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2022
Spurge-laurelDaphne laureola2022
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2021
Southern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza praetermissa2021
SedgeCarex2021
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2021
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2021
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2021
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2021
Pot MarigoldCalendula officinalis
Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2024
Flowering-rushButomus umbellatus2024
MedickMedicago sativa2024
Unbranched Bur-reedSparganium emersum2024
Alsike CloverTrifolium hybridum2024
Wild PlumPrunus domestica2024
Marsh Yellow-cressRorippa palustris2024
Water-pepperPersicaria hydropiper2024
Fodder BurnetPoterium sanguisorba subsp. balearicum2024
Red GoosefootOxybasis rubra2024
Downy BirchBetula pubescens2024
Water FernAzolla filiculoides2024
Nuttall's WaterweedElodea nuttallii2024
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2024
Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia2024
Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium2023
Thorn-appleDatura stramonium2023
Changing Forget-me-notMyosotis discolor2023
Guernsey FleabaneErigeron sumatrensis2023
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2023
Yellow Bristle-grassSetaria pumila2023
Bird CherryPrunus padus2023
Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa2023
PigweedAmaranthus2023
White MustardSinapis alba2023
Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit2023
Turkey OakQuercus cerris2023
Small-fruited Prickly-sedgeCarex muricata subsp. pairae2023
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2023
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2023
Slender SandwortArenaria leptoclados2023
Hop TrefoilTrifolium campestre2023
Common ReedPhragmites australis2023
Beaked Hawk's-beardCrepis vesicaria2023
Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine2023
Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2023
Oregon-grapeMahonia aquifolium2023
Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2023
Tubular Water-dropwortOenanthe fistulosa2023
Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana2023
Tufted Forget-me-notMyosotis laxa2023
Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum2023
Deadly NightshadeAtropa belladonna2023
Wilson's HoneysuckleLonicera nitida2023
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2023
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2023
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2023
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare2023
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2023
Water Forget-me-notMyosotis scorpioides2023
Pink Water-speedwellVeronica catenata2023
Canadian WaterweedElodea canadensis2023
Musk ThistleCarduus nutans2023
SpindleEuonymus europaeus2023
Water HorsetailEquisetum fluviatile2023
Arenaria serpyllifoliaArenaria serpyllifolia2023
Knotted CloverTrifolium striatum2023
Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea2023
Meadow SaxifrageSaxifraga granulata2023
Spring VetchVicia lathyroides2023
RowanSorbus aucuparia2023
ElderSambucus nigra2023
HollyIlex aquifolium2023
Norway SprucePicea abies2023
RaspberryRubus idaeus2023
Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum2023
Scots PinePinus sylvestris2023
Austrian PinePinus nigra2023
Marsh FernThelypteris palustris2023
Silver BirchBetula pendula2023
Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis2022
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2022
Early Hair-grassAira praecox2022
White BryonyBryonia dioica2022
Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2022
Common Hemp-Nettle agg.Galeopsis tetrahit2022
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2022
Wood Meadow-grassPoa nemoralis2022
Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis2022
Common FiddleneckAmsinckia micrantha2022
Squirreltail FescueVulpia bromoides2022
Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans2022
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2022
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2022
BugleAjuga reptans2022
Large Bitter-cressCardamine amara2022
WatercressNasturtium officinale2022
Carnation SedgeCarex panicea2022
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2022
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2022
CleaversGalium aparine2022
Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2022
Fat-henChenopodium album2022
RadishRaphanus raphanistrum2022
Field PansyViola arvensis2022
Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum2022
BlinksMontia fontana2022
Slender Hook-lobed DandelionTaraxacum hamatulum2022
Cut-leaved DandelionTaraxacum lacistophyllum2022
Viola odorata var. odorataViola odorata var. odorata2022
Hard Shield-fernPolystichum aculeatum2022
Portugal LaurelPrunus lusitanica2022
AshFraxinus excelsior2021
Bark Signal-mossSematophyllum substrumulosum2021
Field WoundwortStachys arvensis2021
Common SedgeCarex nigra2021
Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata2021
Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa2021
GypsywortLycopus europaeus2021
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2021
Bird's-footOrnithopus perpusillus2021
Small CudweedLogfia minima2021
Hoary CinquefoilPotentilla argentea2021
White StonecropSedum album2021
Forget-Me-NotMyosotis2021
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2021
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2021
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2021
Bitter-CressCardamine2021
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2021
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2021
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2021
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2021
DandelionTaraxacum2021
Thyme-leaved SandwortArenaria serpyllifolia2021
Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2021
Cotton ThistleOnopordum acanthium2021
Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2021
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2021
Crane's-BillGeranium2021
Marsh HorsetailEquisetum palustre2021
Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum2021
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2021
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2021
Wild MignonetteReseda lutea2021
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2021
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2021
Water MintMentha aquatica2021
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia2021

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

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