Halfmoon Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
9 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome9 ha
Getting here
52.73984, 1.12730
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
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
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Two StationsWalking route5 km▾
Named routeLength 5 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Themelthorpe LoopWalking route12.5 km▾
Named routeLength 12.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Cawston CircularWalking route4.5 km▾
Named routeLength 4.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Ten Towers TrailWalking route15 km▾
Named routeLength 15 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Marriott's WayWalking route42 km▾
Norwich to Aylsham via Reepham on disused railway
Named routeRef MWLength 42 kmRegional walking route
32 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Norwich - Lincoln
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Marriott's WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef MWLocal cycle route
Salle Cycle LoopCycling route11.3 km▾
Named routeLength 11.3 kmLocal cycle route
Wood Dalling Cycle LoopCycling route10 km▾
Named routeLength 10 kmLocal cycle route
Themelthorpe Cycle LoopCycling route13.5 km▾
Named routeLength 13.5 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
2,128 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,128 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Blackbird · Great Tit · Robin · Woodpigeon +35
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- TealAnas crecca2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2020
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2020
Common Pipistrelle · Muntjac · Brown Rat · Rabbit
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects37 species
springautumn
2025▾
Common Darter · 7-spot Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Azure Damselfly · Banded Demoiselle +32
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
🌿Plants2 species
springsummer
2024▾
Giant Hogweed · Cut-leaved Dead-nettle
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
- Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum2022
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,128 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Blackbird · Great Tit · Robin · Woodpigeon +35
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- TealAnas crecca2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2020
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2020
Common Pipistrelle · Muntjac · Brown Rat · Rabbit
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects37 species
springautumn
2025▾
Common Darter · 7-spot Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Azure Damselfly · Banded Demoiselle +32
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
🌿Plants2 species
springsummer
2024▾
Giant Hogweed · Cut-leaved Dead-nettle
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
- Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum2022
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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