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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.43125, 1.49858
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦47+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 226m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦47+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 226m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
Best for
10 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Woodpigeon +44 more · last seen 2025
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ST ANDREW; Religious grounds — local heritage
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Woodpigeon +44 more · last seen 2025
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Small White +31 more · last seen 2025
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Angles WayWalking route150 km▾
Named routeLength 150 kmRegional walking route
Via BeataWalking route▾
A pilgrimage with a difference... with a dream to span Great Britain from Lowestoft to St Davids.
Named routeRegional walking route
Bigod's WayWalking route5.5 km▾
Named routeLength 5.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Beccles and Geldeston circular walkWalking route7 km▾
Named routeLength 7 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Beccles Marsh Blue TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
61 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Two Rivers Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 30Regional cycle route
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Southwald to Reedham Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 31Regional cycle route
Heart of Suffolk RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef HoSRRegional cycle route
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Wolf WayCycling route400 km▾
Named routeRef Wolf WayLength 400 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
Photos
22 photos from nearby open sources
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
5,542 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,542 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds47 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025Blackbird · Robin · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Jackdaw
+42 more speciesHide species list
All 47 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- TealAnas crecca2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
🦌Mammals8 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025Mole · Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat · Muntjac · Rabbit
+3 more speciesHide species list
All 8 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Feral CatFelis catus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2024Great Crested Newt · Common Toad
🐝Insects34 species
summerautumn
2025Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Small White · Large White · Speckled Wood
+29 more speciesHide species list
All 34 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
Selfheal · Primrose · Lesser Celandine · Greater Stitchwort · Ground-ivy
+7 more speciesHide species list
All 12 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- SanicleSanicula europaea2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,542 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds47 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025Blackbird · Robin · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Jackdaw
+42 more speciesHide species list
All 47 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- TealAnas crecca2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
🦌Mammals8 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025Mole · Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat · Muntjac · Rabbit
+3 more speciesHide species list
All 8 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Feral CatFelis catus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2024Great Crested Newt · Common Toad
🐝Insects34 species
summerautumn
2025Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Small White · Large White · Speckled Wood
+29 more speciesHide species list
All 34 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
Selfheal · Primrose · Lesser Celandine · Greater Stitchwort · Ground-ivy
+7 more speciesHide species list
All 12 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- SanicleSanicula europaea2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024PeacockAglais io2024PeacockAglais io2024RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024Brown ArgusAricia agestis2024Brown ArgusAricia agestis2024Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorWillow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2024Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2024Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxTortoise BugEurygaster testudinariaTortoise BugEurygaster testudinariaEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxRuddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2024Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2024Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles2024Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles2024Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2024Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2024Bittersweet
Bittersweet
Solanum dulcamara2024
Solanum dulcamara2024
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2024Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2024Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2024Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2024Adder's-tongueOphioglossum vulgatum2024Adder's-tongueOphioglossum vulgatum2024Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula2024Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula2024Events & activities nearby
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