Long Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
7 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
52.51996, 1.38822
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Semi-improved grassland — butterflies and wildflowers
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Boudicca WayWalking route60 km▾
Norwich to Diss
Named routeLength 60 kmRegional walking route
Via BeataWalking route▾
A pilgrimage with a difference... with a dream to span Great Britain from Lowestoft to St Davids.
Named routeRegional walking route
Loddon Ingloss CircularWalking route4 km▾
Named routeLength 4 kmRound tripLocal walking route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route8.1 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 8.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
1,585 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
1,585 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
springsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Collared Dove · Robin · Kestrel · Great Tit +47
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- MagpiePica pica
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2022
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
- Little OwlAthene noctua2021
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2021
- CuckooCuculus canorus2021
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2021
🦌Mammals8 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Mole · Rabbit · Brown Hare · Chinese Water Deer · Polecat +3
- MoleTalpa europaea
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Chinese Water DeerHydropotes inermis2024
- PolecatMustela putorius2022
- Hedgehog
Migrant Hawker · Common Darter · Brown Hawker · Ruddy Darter · Southern Hawker +1
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2023
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
🌿Plants2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Dwarf Elder · Mistletoe
- Dwarf ElderSambucus ebulus
- MistletoeViscum album
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,585 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
springsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Collared Dove · Robin · Kestrel · Great Tit +47
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- MagpiePica pica
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2022
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
- Little OwlAthene noctua2021
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2021
- CuckooCuculus canorus2021
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2021
🦌Mammals8 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Mole · Rabbit · Brown Hare · Chinese Water Deer · Polecat +3
- MoleTalpa europaea
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Chinese Water DeerHydropotes inermis2024
- PolecatMustela putorius2022
- Hedgehog
Migrant Hawker · Common Darter · Brown Hawker · Ruddy Darter · Southern Hawker +1
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2023
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
🌿Plants2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Dwarf Elder · Mistletoe
- Dwarf ElderSambucus ebulus
- MistletoeViscum album
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Erinaceus europaeus2022
Erinaceus europaeus2022
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2021Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2021Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2021Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus20212022
2022
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