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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Woodpigeon
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Woodpigeon
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Wren +73 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Wren +73 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Small White +76 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Small White +76 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Scots Pine, Climbing Corydalis, Rhododendron +15 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Scots Pine, Climbing Corydalis, Rhododendron +15 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Elizabeth WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Hunstanton to Sutton BridgeWalking route53 km

Named routeRef ECPLength 53 kmNational walking route

The Woottons CircularWalking route3 km

This Woottons route has good surfaces throughout and a number of bridges to help visitors through woodland.

Named routeLength 3 kmRound tripLocal walking route

Norfolk Coast PathWalking route191.7 km

Named routeRef NCPLength 191.7 kmNational walking route

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Cycling

29 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

FairsteadCycling route

Named routeRef PinkLocal cycle route

North LynnCycling route

Named routeRef GreenLocal cycle route

North Lynn ↔ Marsh Lane ↔ SpringwoodCycling route

Named routeRef NLLocal cycle route

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

King's Lynn - FakenhamCycling route

Named routeRef Green (2)Local cycle route

Wildlife to spot

10,630 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

10,630 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds80 species

winterspringsummer

2026

Robin · Woodpigeon · Wren · Goldcrest · Nuthatch +75

RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Great TitParus major2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2023
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
MagpiePica pica2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2023
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
SwiftApus apus2023
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
CuckooCuculus canorus2023
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2023

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Mammals7 species

springsummer

2025

Muntjac · Brown Hare · Fallow Deer · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog +2

MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
Fallow DeerDama dama
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
MoleTalpa europaea2023

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Fish3 species

autumn

2023

Bullhead · Gudgeon · Chub

BullheadCottus perifretum
GudgeonGobio gobio
ChubSqualius cephalus

🐝

Insects79 species

summer

2025

Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Small White · Ringlet · Red Admiral +74

Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
Small WhitePieris rapae2024
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
PeacockAglais io2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2023
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024
Brown ArgusAricia agestis2024
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2024
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024
Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2023
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2023
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024
Ivy BeeColletes hederae2023
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2023
Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum2024
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2024
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2024
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2024
Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2024
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2024
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2023
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2023
Orange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoa2023
Trioza urticaeTrioza urticae
Diaperis boletiDiaperis boleti
Turnip TigressAthalia rosae
Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
Field Damsel BugNabis (Nabis) ferus
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2024
Stripe-winged GrasshopperStenobothrus lineatus2024
Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2024
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2024
Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2024
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2024
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024
Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2024
Dorhn’s Alder Mining SawflyFenusa dohrnii2024
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2024
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola2024
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2024
Chrysotoxum cautumChrysotoxum cautum2024
Marsh SnipeflyRhagio tringarius2024
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024
Ledra auritaLedra aurita2024
Vetchling NematineEuura myosotidis2024
Red-headed Pine SpinnerAcantholyda erythrocephala2024
Cream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctata2024
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2024
Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata2024
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2023
Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2023
Silvery Leafcutter BeeMegachile leachella2023
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2023
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2023
Hill Cuckoo BeeBombus rupestris2023
Mining beeAndrena2023
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2023
Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2023

🌿

Plants18 species

summerautumnwinter

2025

Scots Pine · Climbing Corydalis · Rhododendron · Western Red-cedar · Ivy-leaved Toadflax +13

Scots PinePinus sylvestris
Climbing CorydalisCeratocapnos claviculata2024
RhododendronRhododendron ponticum
Western Red-cedarThuja plicata
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2024
Hound's-tongueCynoglossum officinale2024
Small CudweedLogfia minima2024
Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2024
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2024
Mossy StonecropCrassula tillaea2024
Curled PondweedPotamogeton crispus2023
AlderAlnus glutinosa2023
Water Forget-me-notMyosotis scorpioides2023
Horned PondweedZannichellia palustris2023
Wood Meadow-grassPoa nemoralis2023
Willdenow's Leopard's-baneDoronicum pardalianches x plantagineum = D. x willdenowii2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

10,630 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds80 species

winterspringsummer

2026

Robin · Woodpigeon · Wren · Goldcrest · Nuthatch +75

RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Great TitParus major2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2023
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
MagpiePica pica2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2023
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
SwiftApus apus2023
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
CuckooCuculus canorus2023
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2023

🦌

Mammals7 species

springsummer

2025

Muntjac · Brown Hare · Fallow Deer · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog +2

MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
Fallow DeerDama dama
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
MoleTalpa europaea2023

🐟

Fish3 species

autumn

2023

Bullhead · Gudgeon · Chub

BullheadCottus perifretum
GudgeonGobio gobio
ChubSqualius cephalus

🐝

Insects79 species

summer

2025

Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Small White · Ringlet · Red Admiral +74

Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
Small WhitePieris rapae2024
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
PeacockAglais io2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2023
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
CommaPolygonia c-album2024
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024
Brown ArgusAricia agestis2024
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2024
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024
Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2023
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2023
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024
Ivy BeeColletes hederae2023
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2023
Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum2024
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2024
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2024
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2024
Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2024
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2024
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2023
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2023
Orange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoa2023
Trioza urticaeTrioza urticae
Diaperis boletiDiaperis boleti
Turnip TigressAthalia rosae
Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
Field Damsel BugNabis (Nabis) ferus
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2024
Stripe-winged GrasshopperStenobothrus lineatus2024
Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2024
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2024
Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2024
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2024
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024
Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2024
Dorhn’s Alder Mining SawflyFenusa dohrnii2024
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2024
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola2024
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2024
Chrysotoxum cautumChrysotoxum cautum2024
Marsh SnipeflyRhagio tringarius2024
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024
Ledra auritaLedra aurita2024
Vetchling NematineEuura myosotidis2024
Red-headed Pine SpinnerAcantholyda erythrocephala2024
Cream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctata2024
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2024
Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata2024
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2023
Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2023
Silvery Leafcutter BeeMegachile leachella2023
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2023
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2023
Hill Cuckoo BeeBombus rupestris2023
Mining beeAndrena2023
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2023
Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2023

🌿

Plants18 species

summerautumnwinter

2025

Scots Pine · Climbing Corydalis · Rhododendron · Western Red-cedar · Ivy-leaved Toadflax +13

Scots PinePinus sylvestris
Climbing CorydalisCeratocapnos claviculata2024
RhododendronRhododendron ponticum
Western Red-cedarThuja plicata
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2024
Hound's-tongueCynoglossum officinale2024
Small CudweedLogfia minima2024
Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2024
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2024
Mossy StonecropCrassula tillaea2024
Curled PondweedPotamogeton crispus2023
AlderAlnus glutinosa2023
Water Forget-me-notMyosotis scorpioides2023
Horned PondweedZannichellia palustris2023
Wood Meadow-grassPoa nemoralis2023
Willdenow's Leopard's-baneDoronicum pardalianches x plantagineum = D. x willdenowii2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

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