Twenty Acre Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.63512, 1.23587
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
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 km30 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
95 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
82,155 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
82,155 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
winterspring
2026▾
Teal · Black-headed Gull · Mallard · Coot · Gadwall +36
- TealAnas crecca
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- GadwallMareca strepera
- MagpiePica pica
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
🐝Insects22 species
winterspring
2026▾
Firebug · Pine Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Cream-streaked Ladybird · Pea-leaf Weevil +17
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Cream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctata
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus
Lesser Celandine · Cherry Plum · Lords-and-Ladies · Garden Grape-hyacinth · daffodils +8
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum
- daffodilsNarcissus
- SpringbeautyClaytonia perfoliata
- MistletoeViscum album
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
82,155 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
winterspring
2026▾
Teal · Black-headed Gull · Mallard · Coot · Gadwall +36
- TealAnas crecca
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- GadwallMareca strepera
- MagpiePica pica
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
🐝Insects22 species
winterspring
2026▾
Firebug · Pine Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Cream-streaked Ladybird · Pea-leaf Weevil +17
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Cream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctata
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus
Lesser Celandine · Cherry Plum · Lords-and-Ladies · Garden Grape-hyacinth · daffodils +8
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum
- daffodilsNarcissus
- SpringbeautyClaytonia perfoliata
- MistletoeViscum album
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas