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Big Carr - Broadleaved woodland

14 ha

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome14 ha

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52.69523, 1.47687

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Woodbastwick Staithe 83m away — 4 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Woodbastwick Staithe 83m away — 4 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

Best for

7 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Reedbeds — bitterns, marsh harriers, bearded tits and reed warblers

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Reedbeds priority habitat

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Reedbeds — emperor dragonfly and rare fen invertebrates

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Good match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

7 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

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

Bittern Line Walk 2Walking route5.6 km

Salhouse

Named routeLength 5.6 kmRound tripLocal walking route

Circular WalkWalking route5 km

Named routeLength 5 kmLocal walking route

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Cycling

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Three Rivers WayCycling route

Named routeRef TRWLocal cycle route

Bure Valley PathCycling route

Named routeRef BVPLocal cycle route

Rebellion WayCycling route373 km

Named routeRef RebelLength 373 kmRound tripRegional cycle route

🐴

Horse riding

5 public paths nearby

Public paths

Ferry Roadrestricted byway · 245 m

Public pathrestricted bywayLength 245 mPath type: unclassified

Wildlife to spot

48,364 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

48,364 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds64 species

winter

2025

Wigeon · Shoveler · Glossy Ibis · Cormorant · Mute Swan +59

WigeonMareca penelope
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Mute SwanCygnus olor
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
LapwingVanellus vanellus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
BlackbirdTurdus merula
TealAnas crecca
Common GullLarus canus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
MagpiePica pica
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
SnipeGallinago gallinago
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Water RailRallus aquaticus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Great TitParus major
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
JackdawColoeus monedula
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
RookCorvus frugilegus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicus
European White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons albifrons
RobinErithacus rubecula
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
SiskinSpinus spinus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
DunnockPrunella modularis
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
BitternBotaurus stellaris
PeregrineFalco peregrinus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
CootFulica atra
JayGarrulus glandarius
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
NuthatchSitta europaea

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

48,364 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds64 species

winter

2025

Wigeon · Shoveler · Glossy Ibis · Cormorant · Mute Swan +59

WigeonMareca penelope
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Mute SwanCygnus olor
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
LapwingVanellus vanellus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
BlackbirdTurdus merula
TealAnas crecca
Common GullLarus canus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
MagpiePica pica
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
SnipeGallinago gallinago
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Water RailRallus aquaticus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Great TitParus major
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
JackdawColoeus monedula
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
RookCorvus frugilegus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicus
European White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons albifrons
RobinErithacus rubecula
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
SiskinSpinus spinus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
DunnockPrunella modularis
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
BitternBotaurus stellaris
PeregrineFalco peregrinus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
CootFulica atra
JayGarrulus glandarius
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
NuthatchSitta europaea

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 JThomas · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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