Plan your visit
🦅Birds🧺Picnic✦Heritage
Public accessDogs welcome35 ha
Getting here
52.62479, 1.23577
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Robin
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Robin
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Robin, Woodpigeon +62 more · last seen 2026; Lowland fens — specialist fen birds and passage waders
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
Historic site with public access; Grade II* listed building: EARLHAM HALL AND ATTACHED OUTBUILDINGS
Free
Birds — Magpie, Robin, Woodpigeon +62 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Firebug, 7-spot Ladybird, Adonis' Ladybird +17 more · last seen 2026; Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km28 signed routes nearby · 13 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Wherryman's WayWalking route56 km▾
Norwich to Great Yarmouth
Named routeLength 56 kmRegional walking route
Boudicca WayWalking route60 km▾
Norwich to Diss
Named routeLength 60 kmRegional walking route
Olympic Torch Relay (Norwich)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Bittern Line Walk 1Walking route3 km▾
Norwich
Named routeLength 3 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Marriott's WayWalking route42 km▾
Norwich to Aylsham via Reepham on disused railway
Named routeRef MWLength 42 kmRegional walking route
83 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Purple PedalwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef PurpleRound tripLocal cycle route
Blue PedalwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef BluePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
Orange PedalwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef OrangeRound tripLocal cycle route
Edith Cavell PilgrimageCycling route22.5 km▾
Named routeRef ECPLength 22.5 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Pink PedalwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef PinkPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
56,258 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
56,258 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
winterspring
2026▾
Teal · Black-headed Gull · Mallard · Coot · Magpie +35
- TealAnas crecca
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- MagpiePica pica
- GadwallMareca strepera
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
🐝Insects12 species
winterspring
2026▾
Firebug · Polydrusus formosus · Pea-leaf Weevil · Pine Ladybird · Eupteryx melissae +7
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- Eupteryx melissaeEupteryx melissae
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Lesser Celandine · Lords-and-Ladies · Garden Grape-hyacinth · daffodils · Springbeauty +10
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum
- daffodilsNarcissus
- SpringbeautyClaytonia perfoliata
- MistletoeViscum album
- PignutConopodium majus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
56,258 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
winterspring
2026▾
Teal · Black-headed Gull · Mallard · Coot · Magpie +35
- TealAnas crecca
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- MagpiePica pica
- GadwallMareca strepera
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
🐝Insects12 species
winterspring
2026▾
Firebug · Polydrusus formosus · Pea-leaf Weevil · Pine Ladybird · Eupteryx melissae +7
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- Eupteryx melissaeEupteryx melissae
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Lesser Celandine · Lords-and-Ladies · Garden Grape-hyacinth · daffodils · Springbeauty +10
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum
- daffodilsNarcissus
- SpringbeautyClaytonia perfoliata
- MistletoeViscum album
- PignutConopodium majus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
10-spot Ladybird
10-spot Ladybird
Adalia decempunctata
Adalia decempunctata
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctataPied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolorPied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolor7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataSmall Nettle WeevilNedyus quadrimaculatusSmall Nettle WeevilNedyus quadrimaculatusStinking IrisIris foetidissimaStinking IrisIris foetidissimaSnowdropGalanthus nivalisSnowdropGalanthus nivalisGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineCherry PlumPrunus cerasiferaCherry PlumPrunus cerasiferaCommon Stork's-billErodium cicutariumCommon Stork's-billErodium cicutariumEvergreen OakQuercus ilexEvergreen OakQuercus ilexWhite Dead-nettleLamium album2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025Events & activities nearby
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