Bracondale Grove - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.61696, 1.30979
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿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
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿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
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Paid
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
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km27 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
96 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
71,808 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
71,808 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlack-headed Gull · Mute Swan · Tufted Duck · Robin · Mallard +36
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CootFulica atra
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- PochardAythya ferina
- Great TitParus major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Syrphus · Dark-edged Bee-fly · 14-spot Ladybird · Firebug · Anthomyia +24
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- AnthomyiaAnthomyia
- Cabbage Stem WeevilCeutorhynchus pallidactylus
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
🌿Plants15 species
winterspring
2026▾
Lords-and-Ladies · Few-flowered Garlic · Bluebell · Viola odorata var. dumetorum · Nettle-leaved Figwort +10
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Few-flowered GarlicAllium paradoxum
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- Viola odorata var. dumetorumViola odorata var. dumetorum
- Nettle-leaved FigwortScrophularia peregrina
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
71,808 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlack-headed Gull · Mute Swan · Tufted Duck · Robin · Mallard +36
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CootFulica atra
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- PochardAythya ferina
- Great TitParus major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Syrphus · Dark-edged Bee-fly · 14-spot Ladybird · Firebug · Anthomyia +24
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- AnthomyiaAnthomyia
- Cabbage Stem WeevilCeutorhynchus pallidactylus
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
🌿Plants15 species
winterspring
2026▾
Lords-and-Ladies · Few-flowered Garlic · Bluebell · Viola odorata var. dumetorum · Nettle-leaved Figwort +10
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Few-flowered GarlicAllium paradoxum
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- Viola odorata var. dumetorumViola odorata var. dumetorum
- Nettle-leaved FigwortScrophularia peregrina
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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