Alder Carr - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.64919, 1.59408
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
- 🌿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
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Wherryman's WayWalking route56 km▾
Norwich to Great Yarmouth
Named routeLength 56 kmRegional walking route
Weavers’ WayWalking route98 km▾
Cromer to Great Yarmouth
Named routeLength 98 kmRegional walking route
Acle CircularWalking route7.2 km▾
Weavers’ Way - Walk 10
Named routeLength 7.2 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Burlingham Wood Circular WalkWalking route5.5 km▾
Named routeLength 5.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Wherry Lines Walk 8Walking route3.5 km▾
Acle
Named routeLength 3.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Caister Castle Cycle RouteCycling route13 km▾
Named routeLength 13 kmPoint-to-pointRegional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
9,593 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,593 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
springautumn
2026▾
Mute Swan · Cetti's Warbler · Robin · Black-headed Gull · Swallow +45
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Bearded TitPanurus biarmicus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Common TernSterna hirundo2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Cuculus canorus canorusCuculus canorus canorus2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Pipistrelle · Brown Hare · Brown Long-eared Bat · Chinese Water Deer · Mole
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- Chinese Water DeerHydropotes inermis
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Argyra diaphana · Gymnopternus silvestris · Fever Fly · Gymnopternus assimilis · Scathophaga suilla +43
- Argyra diaphanaArgyra diaphana
- Gymnopternus silvestrisGymnopternus silvestris
- Fever FlyDilophus febrilis
- Gymnopternus assimilisGymnopternus assimilis
- Scathophaga suillaScathophaga suilla
- Whitefoot MandrelAmetastegia albipes
- Sympycnus pulicarius
Knotted Hedge-parsley
- Knotted Hedge-parsleyTorilis nodosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,593 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
springautumn
2026▾
Mute Swan · Cetti's Warbler · Robin · Black-headed Gull · Swallow +45
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Bearded TitPanurus biarmicus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Common TernSterna hirundo2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Cuculus canorus canorusCuculus canorus canorus2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Pipistrelle · Brown Hare · Brown Long-eared Bat · Chinese Water Deer · Mole
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- Chinese Water DeerHydropotes inermis
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Argyra diaphana · Gymnopternus silvestris · Fever Fly · Gymnopternus assimilis · Scathophaga suilla +43
- Argyra diaphanaArgyra diaphana
- Gymnopternus silvestrisGymnopternus silvestris
- Fever FlyDilophus febrilis
- Gymnopternus assimilisGymnopternus assimilis
- Scathophaga suillaScathophaga suilla
- Whitefoot MandrelAmetastegia albipes
- Sympycnus pulicarius
Knotted Hedge-parsley
- Knotted Hedge-parsleyTorilis nodosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Sympycnus pulicarius
Sympycnus pulicarius
Cordilura impudicaCordilura impudicaCordilura impudicaCordilura impudicaGymnopternus metallicusGymnopternus metallicusGymnopternus metallicusGymnopternus metallicusYellow-bellied NematineEuura hypoxanthaYellow-bellied NematineEuura hypoxanthaDolichopus lineatocornisDolichopus lineatocornisDolichopus lineatocornisDolichopus lineatocornisCommon Water-BoatmanNotonecta (Notonecta) glaucaCommon Water-BoatmanNotonecta (Notonecta) glaucaDolichopus simplexDolichopus simplexDolichopus simplexDolichopus simplexBrulle’s KnucklehornCladius brulleiBrulle’s KnucklehornCladius brulleiParydra coarctataParydra coarctataParydra coarctataParydra coarctataTurnip TigressAthalia rosaeTurnip TigressAthalia rosaeSepsis punctumSepsis punctumSepsis punctumSepsis punctumDolichopus plumipesDolichopus plumipesDolichopus plumipesDolichopus plumipesNemopoda nitidulaNemopoda nitidulaNemopoda nitidulaNemopoda nitidulaEupeodes latifasciatusEupeodes latifasciatusEupeodes latifasciatusEupeodes latifasciatusEthiromyia chalybeaEthiromyia chalybeaEthiromyia chalybeaEthiromyia chalybeaPlatycheirus fulviventrisPlatycheirus fulviventrisPlatycheirus fulviventrisPlatycheirus fulviventrisTropidia scitaTropidia scitaTropidia scitaTropidia scitaDolichopus signatusDolichopus signatusDolichopus signatusDolichopus signatusEmpis caudatulaEmpis caudatulaEmpis caudatulaEmpis caudatulaFour-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataFour-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataRaspberry FusehornArge gracilicornisRaspberry FusehornArge gracilicornisChalcosyrphus nemorumChalcosyrphus nemorumChalcosyrphus nemorumChalcosyrphus nemorumRhaphium caliginosumRhaphium caliginosumRhaphium caliginosumRhaphium caliginosumGymnopternus cupreusGymnopternus cupreusGymnopternus cupreusGymnopternus cupreusYellow-bellied Rush-cutterEutomostethus luteiventrisYellow-bellied Rush-cutterEutomostethus luteiventrisAnasimyia contractaAnasimyia contractaAnasimyia contractaAnasimyia contractaParhelophilus versicolorParhelophilus versicolorParhelophilus versicolorParhelophilus versicolorArgyra leucocephalaArgyra leucocephalaArgyra leucocephalaArgyra leucocephalaNeoascia tenurNeoascia tenurNeoascia tenurNeoascia tenurHilara longifurcaHilara longifurcaHilara longifurcaHilara longifurcaEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxTipula lateralisTipula lateralisTipula lateralisTipula lateralisPhilorhizus melanocephalusPhilorhizus melanocephalusPhilorhizus melanocephalusPhilorhizus melanocephalusAchalcus cinereusAchalcus cinereusAchalcus cinereusAchalcus cinereusTrigonometopus frontalisTrigonometopus frontalisTrigonometopus frontalisTrigonometopus frontalisParadromius linearisParadromius linearisParadromius linearisParadromius linearisNettle GroundbugHeterogaster urticaeNettle GroundbugHeterogaster urticaeDemetrias atricapillusDemetrias atricapillusDemetrias atricapillusDemetrias atricapillusStenocranus minutusStenocranus minutusStenocranus minutusStenocranus minutusStenodema (Brachystira) calcarataStenodema (Brachystira) calcarataStenodema (Brachystira) calcarataStenodema (Brachystira) calcarataAgallia consobrinaAgallia consobrinaAgallia consobrinaAgallia consobrinaDock BugCoreus marginatusDock BugCoreus marginatusEvents & activities nearby
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