Horse Mill Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.70915, 1.64656
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 km10 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Norfolk Coast PathWalking route191.7 km▾
Named routeRef NCPLength 191.7 kmNational walking route
Weavers’ WayWalking route98 km▾
Cromer to Great Yarmouth
Named routeLength 98 kmRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Lowestoft to Sea PallingWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Potter Heigham CircularWalking route5.8 km▾
Named routeLength 5.8 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Winterton on Sea CircularWalking route3.5 km▾
An easy walk looping inland from Winterton, with fabulous views and a mysterious ruin to explore.
Named routeLength 3.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Damgate Back Lanepublic footpath · 348 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 348 mSurface groundPath type: track
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Two Rivers Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 30Regional cycle route
Regional Cycle Route 30Cycling route373 km▾
Named routeRef 30Length 373 kmRound tripRegional cycle route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
8,622 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,622 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Greylag Goose · Collared Dove +34
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- MagpiePica pica
- CootFulica atra
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Bearded TitPanurus biarmicus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
Common Shrew
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
Migrant Hawker · Brown Hawker · Common Darter · Sericomyia silentis · Roesel's Bush-cricket
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
Primrose · Arrowhead · Whorled Water-milfoil · Willow-leaved Pondweed · Amphibious Bistort +3
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- ArrowheadSagittaria sagittifolia2025
- Whorled Water-milfoilMyriophyllum verticillatum2025
- Willow-leaved PondweedPotamogeton lucens x perfoliatus = P. x salicifolius2025
- Amphibious BistortPersicaria amphibia2025
- Perfoliate Pondweed
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,622 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Greylag Goose · Collared Dove +34
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- MagpiePica pica
- CootFulica atra
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Bearded TitPanurus biarmicus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
Common Shrew
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
Migrant Hawker · Brown Hawker · Common Darter · Sericomyia silentis · Roesel's Bush-cricket
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
Primrose · Arrowhead · Whorled Water-milfoil · Willow-leaved Pondweed · Amphibious Bistort +3
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- ArrowheadSagittaria sagittifolia2025
- Whorled Water-milfoilMyriophyllum verticillatum2025
- Willow-leaved PondweedPotamogeton lucens x perfoliatus = P. x salicifolius2025
- Amphibious BistortPersicaria amphibia2025
- Perfoliate Pondweed
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Potamogeton perfoliatus2025
Potamogeton perfoliatus2025
Yellow Water-lilyNuphar lutea2025Yellow Water-lilyNuphar lutea2025Spiked Water-milfoilMyriophyllum spicatum2025Spiked Water-milfoilMyriophyllum spicatum2025Events & activities nearby
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