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Bowl barrow 500m north-west of Sturmer Hall

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Wren
🌿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

🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Wren
🌿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

Parking

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Wren, Carrion Crow +56 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Wren, Carrion Crow +56 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Ivy-leaved Toadflax, Sycamore, Black Horehound +132 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Ivy-leaved Toadflax, Sycamore, Black Horehound +132 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Bramble, Hazel, Dandelion +14 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Banded Demoiselle, Common Red Soldier Beetle, Swollen-thighed Beetle +35 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Banded Demoiselle, Common Red Soldier Beetle, Swollen-thighed Beetle +35 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

London to Walsingham - stage 04Walking route

Named routeRef LW04Local walking route

Stour Valley Path part 2Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Church Walkpublic footpath · 340 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 340 mPath type: service

Wildlife to spot

7,196 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

7,196 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds39 species

autumnwinter

2025

Woodpigeon · Wren · Rock Dove · Magpie · Carrion Crow +34

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Rock DoveColumba livia
MagpiePica pica
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
RobinErithacus rubecula
JackdawColoeus monedula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
BlackbirdTurdus merula
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
SwallowHirundo rustica
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Herring GullLarus argentatus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
RavenCorvus corax
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Great TitParus major
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Greylag GooseAnser anser
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla

🦌

Mammals8 species

spring

2026

Roe Deer · Muntjac · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Brown Hare +3

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Fallow DeerDama dama2025
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025

🐝

Insects10 species

summer

2025

Trichocera annulata · Limnephilus lunatus · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Broad Centurion · Closterotomus trivialis +5

Trichocera annulataTrichocera annulata
Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa
Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis

🌿

Plants31 species

springautumn

2026

Scorpion Weed · Butterfly Stonecrop · Ivy-leaved Toadflax · Sycamore · Branched Bur-reed +26

Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia2025
Butterfly StonecropHylotelephium spectabile2025
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2025
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025
Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2025
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
BrambleRubus fruticosus
DaffodilNarcissus pseudonarcissus
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
HazelCorylus avellana
IvyHedera helix
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
DandelionTaraxacum
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Dame's-violetHesperis matronalis2025
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus2025
AshFraxinus excelsior2025
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2025
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2025
ChicoryCichorium intybus2025
Black HorehoundBallota nigra2025
HopHumulus lupulus2025
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2025
Black-bindweedFallopia convolvulus2025
White Dead-nettleLamium album2025
TimothyPhleum pratense2025
Lesser BurdockArctium minus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

7,196 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds39 species

autumnwinter

2025

Woodpigeon · Wren · Rock Dove · Magpie · Carrion Crow +34

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Rock DoveColumba livia
MagpiePica pica
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
RobinErithacus rubecula
JackdawColoeus monedula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
BlackbirdTurdus merula
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
SwallowHirundo rustica
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Herring GullLarus argentatus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
RavenCorvus corax
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Great TitParus major
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Greylag GooseAnser anser
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla

🦌

Mammals8 species

spring

2026

Roe Deer · Muntjac · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Brown Hare +3

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Fallow DeerDama dama2025
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025

🐝

Insects10 species

summer

2025

Trichocera annulata · Limnephilus lunatus · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Broad Centurion · Closterotomus trivialis +5

Trichocera annulataTrichocera annulata
Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa
Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis

🌿

Plants31 species

springautumn

2026

Scorpion Weed · Butterfly Stonecrop · Ivy-leaved Toadflax · Sycamore · Branched Bur-reed +26

Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia2025
Butterfly StonecropHylotelephium spectabile2025
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2025
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025
Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2025
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
BrambleRubus fruticosus
DaffodilNarcissus pseudonarcissus
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
HazelCorylus avellana
IvyHedera helix
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
DandelionTaraxacum
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Dame's-violetHesperis matronalis2025
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus2025
AshFraxinus excelsior2025
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2025
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2025
ChicoryCichorium intybus2025
Black HorehoundBallota nigra2025
HopHumulus lupulus2025
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2025
Black-bindweedFallopia convolvulus2025
White Dead-nettleLamium album2025
TimothyPhleum pratense2025
Lesser BurdockArctium minus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 JThomas · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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