Bluebell Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.61762, 1.24410
Open directionsv
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
- 🥾Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🥾Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Paid🧺Picnic spot
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates
Free
〰Waterside walks
Good match
Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km29 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wherryman's WayWalking route56 km▾
Norwich to Great Yarmouth
Named routeLength 56 kmRegional walking route
Boudicca WayWalking route60 km▾
Norwich to Diss
Named routeLength 60 kmRegional walking route
Olympic Torch Relay (Norwich)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Bittern Line Walk 1Walking route3 km▾
Norwich
Named routeLength 3 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Marriott's WayWalking route42 km▾
Norwich to Aylsham via Reepham on disused railway
Named routeRef MWLength 42 kmRegional walking route
85 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
Orange PedalwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef OrangeRound tripLocal cycle route
Edith Cavell PilgrimageCycling route22.5 km▾
Named routeRef ECPLength 22.5 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Pink PedalwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef PinkPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
88,258 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
88,258 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
winterspring
2026▾
Teal · Black-headed Gull · Robin · Mallard · Blue Tit +32
- TealAnas crecca
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- CootFulica atra
- GadwallMareca strepera
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
🐝Insects16 species
winterspring
2026▾
Firebug · Pine Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Cream-streaked Ladybird · Polydrusus formosus +11
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Cream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctata
- Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
Lesser Celandine · Lords-and-Ladies · Garden Grape-hyacinth · daffodils · Springbeauty +12
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum
- daffodilsNarcissus
- SpringbeautyClaytonia perfoliata
- MistletoeViscum album
- PignutConopodium majus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
88,258 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
winterspring
2026▾
Teal · Black-headed Gull · Robin · Mallard · Blue Tit +32
- TealAnas crecca
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- CootFulica atra
- GadwallMareca strepera
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
🐝Insects16 species
winterspring
2026▾
Firebug · Pine Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Cream-streaked Ladybird · Polydrusus formosus +11
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Cream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctata
- Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
Lesser Celandine · Lords-and-Ladies · Garden Grape-hyacinth · daffodils · Springbeauty +12
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum
- daffodilsNarcissus
- SpringbeautyClaytonia perfoliata
- MistletoeViscum album
- PignutConopodium majus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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