Howard's Common - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦅Birds🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.57298, 1.65574
Open directionsv
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh priority habitat
Free
〰Waterside walks
Good match
Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km14 signed routes nearby · 17 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Norfolk Coast PathWalking route191.7 km▾
Named routeRef NCPLength 191.7 kmNational walking route
Wherryman's WayWalking route56 km▾
Norwich to Great Yarmouth
Named routeLength 56 kmRegional walking route
Angles WayWalking route150 km▾
Named routeLength 150 kmRegional walking route
Weavers’ WayWalking route98 km▾
Cromer to Great Yarmouth
Named routeLength 98 kmRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Lowestoft to Sea PallingWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
River Waypublic footpath · 383 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 383 mPath type: track
52 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Two Rivers Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 30Regional cycle route
Route 517Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 517National Cycle Network
Regional Cycle Route 30Cycling route373 km▾
Named routeRef 30Length 373 kmRound tripRegional cycle route
Caister Castle Cycle RouteCycling route13 km▾
Named routeLength 13 kmPoint-to-pointRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route506 m▾
Named routeRef 517Length 506 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface unsealedfirm
N/ACycling route8 m▾
Named routeLength 8 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
16,322 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
16,322 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds54 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Curlew · Redshank · Avocet · Rook +49
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Bearded TitPanurus biarmicus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
Grey Squirrel · Chinese Water Deer · Rabbit
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- Chinese Water DeerHydropotes inermis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
Slow-worm
🐝Insects2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Common Darter · Swollen-thighed Beetle
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
🌿Plants27 species
springautumn
2026▾
Ivy · Sea Aster · Cochlearia officinalis · Sea Plantain · Wood Avens +22
- IvyHedera helix2025
- Sea AsterTripolium pannonicum2025
- Cochlearia officinalisCochlearia officinalis2025
- Sea PlantainPlantago maritima2025
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,322 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds54 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Curlew · Redshank · Avocet · Rook +49
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Bearded TitPanurus biarmicus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
Grey Squirrel · Chinese Water Deer · Rabbit
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- Chinese Water DeerHydropotes inermis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
Slow-worm
🐝Insects2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Common Darter · Swollen-thighed Beetle
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
🌿Plants27 species
springautumn
2026▾
Ivy · Sea Aster · Cochlearia officinalis · Sea Plantain · Wood Avens +22
- IvyHedera helix2025
- Sea AsterTripolium pannonicum2025
- Cochlearia officinalisCochlearia officinalis2025
- Sea PlantainPlantago maritima2025
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Common Nettle
Common Nettle
Urtica dioica2025
Urtica dioica2025
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025CleaversGalium aparine2025CleaversGalium aparine2025HollyIlex aquifolium2024HollyIlex aquifolium2024Greater PeriwinkleVinca majorGreater PeriwinkleVinca majorRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumAlexandersSmyrnium olusatrumAlexandersSmyrnium olusatrumCherry PlumPrunus cerasiferaCherry PlumPrunus cerasiferaWild PrivetLigustrum vulgare2025Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare2025Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025Atriplex prostrataAtriplex prostrata2025Atriplex prostrataAtriplex prostrata2025OracheAtriplex2025OracheAtriplex2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2025Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2025Shaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiata2024Shaggy SoldierGalinsoga quadriradiata2024Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2024Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2024BrackenPteridium aquilinum2024BrackenPteridium aquilinum2024RowanSorbus aucuparia2024RowanSorbus aucuparia2024Silver BirchBetula pendula2024Silver BirchBetula pendula2024AlderAlnus glutinosa2024AlderAlnus glutinosa2024Events & activities nearby
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