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Doles Plantation

18 ha

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome18 ha

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52.53119, 1.63617

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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
🅿️Parking 185m away — 2 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
🅿️Parking 185m away — 2 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Chiffchaff +82 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Chiffchaff +82 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Common Darter, Migrant Hawker, Azure Damselfly +39 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Darter, Migrant Hawker, Azure Damselfly +39 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Common Fleabane, Italian Alder, Yarrow +8 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Common Fleabane, Italian Alder, Yarrow +8 more · last seen 2025

Free

Forest walks

Good match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

8 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Wherryman's WayWalking route56 km

Norwich to Great Yarmouth

Named routeLength 56 kmRegional walking route

Angles WayWalking route150 km

Named routeLength 150 kmRegional walking route

Wherry Lines Walk 4Walking route4 km

Reedham

Named routeLength 4 kmRound tripLocal walking route

Wherry Lines Walk 5Walking route9 km

Haddiscoe

Named routeLength 9 kmRound tripLocal walking route

Wherry Lines Walk 6Walking route8 km

Somerleyton

Named routeLength 8 kmRound tripLocal walking route

🐴

Horse riding

6 public paths nearby

Public paths

Priory Roadbridleway · 115 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 115 mSurface groundPath type: residential

Wildlife to spot

35,184 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

35,184 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

autumnwinter

2026

Mute Swan · Black-headed Gull · Grey Heron · Rook · Herring Gull +49

Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Great TitParus major2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025

🦌

Mammals5 species

autumnwinter

2025

Chinese Water Deer · Rabbit · Fallow Deer · Red Deer · Muntjac

Chinese Water DeerHydropotes inermis
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Fallow DeerDama dama
Red DeerCervus elaphus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

35,184 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

autumnwinter

2026

Mute Swan · Black-headed Gull · Grey Heron · Rook · Herring Gull +49

Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Great TitParus major2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Carrion/Hooded Crow HybridCorvus corone x cornix2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025

🦌

Mammals5 species

autumnwinter

2025

Chinese Water Deer · Rabbit · Fallow Deer · Red Deer · Muntjac

Chinese Water DeerHydropotes inermis
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Fallow DeerDama dama
Red DeerCervus elaphus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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