East Winch Common - Broadleaved woodland
6 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
52.71203, 0.51206
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 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Nar Valley WayWalking route54 km▾
Kings Lynn to Gressenhall
Named routeLength 54 kmRegional walking route
Cross-Norfolk TrailWalking route96 km▾
King’s Lynn to Great Yarmouth
Named routeLength 96 kmPoint-to-pointRhn
Narborough Circular WalkWalking route3.8 km▾
Named routeLength 3.8 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Pentney and Shouldham Warren via Pentney AbbeyWalking route10.5 km▾
Named routeLength 10.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Leziate CircularWalking route4.8 km▾
A peaceful route passes between the sleepy villages of Leziate and Ashwicken.
Named routeLength 4.8 kmRound tripLocal walking route
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Swaffham Belt PathCycling route▾
Named routeRef SilverLocal cycle route
HospitalCycling route▾
Named routeRef YellowLocal cycle route
King's Lynn-SwaffhamCycling route▾
Named routeRef Gold (5)Local cycle route
Rebellion WayCycling route373 km▾
Named routeRef RebelLength 373 kmRound tripRegional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
10,181 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,181 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds21 species
springsummer
2025▾
Stock Dove · Jackdaw · Great Tit · Chiffchaff · Woodpigeon +16
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Azure Damselfly · Four-spotted Chaser · Broad-bodied Chaser · Large Red Damselfly · Ruddy Darter +28
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025
- Scarce Emerald Damselfly
Rugose Fork-moss · Crisped Fork-moss · Bristle Club-rush · Heath Rush
- Rugose Fork-mossDicranum polysetum
- Crisped Fork-mossDicranum bonjeanii
- Bristle Club-rushIsolepis setacea
- Heath RushJuncus squarrosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,181 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds21 species
springsummer
2025▾
Stock Dove · Jackdaw · Great Tit · Chiffchaff · Woodpigeon +16
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Azure Damselfly · Four-spotted Chaser · Broad-bodied Chaser · Large Red Damselfly · Ruddy Darter +28
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025
- Scarce Emerald Damselfly
Rugose Fork-moss · Crisped Fork-moss · Bristle Club-rush · Heath Rush
- Rugose Fork-mossDicranum polysetum
- Crisped Fork-mossDicranum bonjeanii
- Bristle Club-rushIsolepis setacea
- Heath RushJuncus squarrosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Lestes dryas2025
Lestes dryas2025
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2025Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2025Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2025Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2025Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense2025Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva2025Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataAdonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegataAdonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegataKite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillus2025Kite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillus2025Brown Heath RobberflyMachimus cingulatus2025Brown Heath RobberflyMachimus cingulatus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Southern Migrant HawkerAeshna affinis2025Southern Migrant HawkerAeshna affinis2025Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Tetratoma fungorumTetratoma fungorum2025Tetratoma fungorumTetratoma fungorum2025Platycheirus clypeatus agg.Platycheirus clypeatus agg.2025Platycheirus clypeatus agg.Platycheirus clypeatus agg.2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles2025Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles2025Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2025Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2025Sallow Pea-gallerEuura pedunculi2025Sallow Pea-gallerEuura pedunculi2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2025Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2025Events & activities nearby
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