Bowl barrow 135m south of Waterhall Cottage, Wickham Street
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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
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Getting here
52.15486, 0.57010
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Barn Owl and Swift
- ✦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
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Barn Owl and Swift
- ✦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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Barn Owl, Swift, Turtle Dove +60 more · last seen 2025
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Barn Owl, Swift, Turtle Dove +60 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Small White, Gatekeeper +68 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Rough-stalked Feather-moss, Cypress-leaved Plait-moss, Wavy Beard-moss +104 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 13 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
London to Walsingham - stage 05Walking route▾
Named routeRef LW05Local walking route
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Thatched cottage on the A143 at Wickham Street
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Wildlife to spot
2,287 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,287 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springsummer
2025▾
Blackcap · Woodpigeon · Robin · Stock Dove · Pheasant +40
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2023
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummer
2024▾
Brown Hare · Rabbit · Roe Deer · Muntjac
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2023
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2023
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2023▾
Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Broad-margined Mining Bee · Southern Hawker · Cordylepherus viridis · Timothy Grassbug · Meadow Plant Bug +7
- Broad-margined Mining BeeAndrena synadelpha
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
- Cordylepherus viridisCordylepherus viridis2024
- Timothy GrassbugStenotus binotatus2024
- Meadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrata2024
- Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria
🌿Plants44 species
springsummer
2026▾
Perforate St John's-wort · Wild Basil · Upright Hedge-parsley · White Bryony · Meadow Foxtail +39
- Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2025
- Wild BasilClinopodium vulgare2025
- Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2025
- White BryonyBryonia dioica2025
- Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,287 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springsummer
2025▾
Blackcap · Woodpigeon · Robin · Stock Dove · Pheasant +40
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2023
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummer
2024▾
Brown Hare · Rabbit · Roe Deer · Muntjac
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2023
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2023
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2023▾
Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Broad-margined Mining Bee · Southern Hawker · Cordylepherus viridis · Timothy Grassbug · Meadow Plant Bug +7
- Broad-margined Mining BeeAndrena synadelpha
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
- Cordylepherus viridisCordylepherus viridis2024
- Timothy GrassbugStenotus binotatus2024
- Meadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrata2024
- Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria
🌿Plants44 species
springsummer
2026▾
Perforate St John's-wort · Wild Basil · Upright Hedge-parsley · White Bryony · Meadow Foxtail +39
- Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2025
- Wild BasilClinopodium vulgare2025
- Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2025
- White BryonyBryonia dioica2025
- Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024Tree Damsel BugHimacerus (Himacerus) apterus2024Tree Damsel BugHimacerus (Himacerus) apterus2024Notostira elongataNotostira elongata2024Notostira elongataNotostira elongata2024Opomyza florumOpomyza florum2024Opomyza florumOpomyza florum2024Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2023Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2023Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2023Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2023Bee Orchid
Bee Orchid
Ophrys apifera2025
Ophrys apifera2025
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025Black HorehoundBallota nigra2024Black HorehoundBallota nigra2024Hybrid Black-poplarPopulus deltoides x nigra = P. x canadensis2023Hybrid Black-poplarPopulus deltoides x nigra = P. x canadensis2023AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrumAlexandersSmyrnium olusatrumShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumBarren StrawberryPotentilla sterilisBarren StrawberryPotentilla sterilisWinter AconiteEranthis hyemalisWinter AconiteEranthis hyemalisSnowdropGalanthus nivalisSnowdropGalanthus nivalisKnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2025KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2025HemlockConium maculatum2025HemlockConium maculatum2025Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2025Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2025Common TwaybladeNeottia ovata2025Common TwaybladeNeottia ovata2025OxlipPrimula elatior2025OxlipPrimula elatior2025CowslipPrimula veris2025CowslipPrimula veris2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025AlderAlnus glutinosa2025AlderAlnus glutinosa2025Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2024Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2024Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana2024Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana2024Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides2024Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides2024Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2024Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2024Lesser Water-parsnipBerula erecta2023Lesser Water-parsnipBerula erecta2023Water MintMentha aquatica2023Water MintMentha aquatica2023HazelCorylus2023HazelCorylus2023Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum2023Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum2023Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2023Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2023AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2023AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2023Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis2023Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis2023Smooth TareErvum tetraspermum2023Smooth TareErvum tetraspermum2023Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2023Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2023Red CampionSilene dioica2023Red CampionSilene dioica2023Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2023Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2023ComfreySymphytum officinale x asperum x tuberosum2023ComfreySymphytum officinale x asperum x tuberosum2023Monkey-puzzleAraucaria araucana2023Monkey-puzzleAraucaria araucana2023ThriftArmeria maritima2023ThriftArmeria maritima2023BugleAjuga reptans2023BugleAjuga reptans2023Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2023Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2023Stinking HelleboreHelleborus foetidus2023Stinking HelleboreHelleborus foetidus2023