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Eleven Acre Plantation

7 ha

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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
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

CampsiteParking

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mallard, Mute Swan, Black-headed Gull +63 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mallard, Mute Swan, Black-headed Gull +63 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Red Admiral, Comma, Green-veined White +49 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Red Admiral, Comma, Green-veined White +49 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Elder, Dandelion, Common Nettle +2 more foraging species

Varies

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Germander Speedwell, Broad-leaved Dock, Elder +10 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Germander Speedwell, Broad-leaved Dock, Elder +10 more · last seen 2025

Free

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

7 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Olympic Torch Relay (Norwich)Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Circular RouteWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Shirley's PathWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Burlingham Wood Circular WalkWalking route5.5 km

Named routeLength 5.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route

Bittern Line Walk 2Walking route5.6 km

Salhouse

Named routeLength 5.6 kmRound tripLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Pink PedalwayCycling route

Named routeRef PinkPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route

Green PedalwayCycling route

Named routeRef GreenPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route

Three Rivers WayCycling route

Named routeRef TRWLocal cycle route

Rebellion WayCycling route373 km

Named routeRef RebelLength 373 kmRound tripRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

9,541 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

9,541 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds46 species

winterspring

2026

Mallard · Greylag Goose · Great Crested Grebe · Mute Swan · Black-headed Gull +41

MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2024
GadwallMareca strepera2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2024
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
Water RailRallus aquaticus2024
TealAnas crecca2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
Little OwlAthene noctua2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
CootFulica atra2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2024
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris2024
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024

🐝

Insects24 species

summer

2025

Marmalade Hoverfly · Azure Damselfly · Four-spotted Chaser · Cercopis vulnerata · 7-spot Ladybird +19

Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilineaDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Variable DamselflyCoenagrion pulchellum
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2024
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024
Calathus fuscipesCalathus fuscipes2024
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024

🌿

Plants11 species

spring

2025

Germander Speedwell · Broad-leaved Dock · Elder · Meadow Saxifrage · Dandelion +6

Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
ElderSambucus nigra
Meadow SaxifrageSaxifraga granulata
DandelionTaraxacum
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
IvyHedera helix
Common NettleUrtica dioica
DaisyBellis perennis
CleaversGalium aparine
White Dead-nettleLamium album

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

9,541 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds46 species

winterspring

2026

Mallard · Greylag Goose · Great Crested Grebe · Mute Swan · Black-headed Gull +41

MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2024
GadwallMareca strepera2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2024
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
Water RailRallus aquaticus2024
TealAnas crecca2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
Little OwlAthene noctua2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
CootFulica atra2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2024
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris2024
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024

🐝

Insects24 species

summer

2025

Marmalade Hoverfly · Azure Damselfly · Four-spotted Chaser · Cercopis vulnerata · 7-spot Ladybird +19

Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilineaDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Variable DamselflyCoenagrion pulchellum
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2024
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024
Calathus fuscipesCalathus fuscipes2024
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024

🌿

Plants11 species

spring

2025

Germander Speedwell · Broad-leaved Dock · Elder · Meadow Saxifrage · Dandelion +6

Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
ElderSambucus nigra
Meadow SaxifrageSaxifraga granulata
DandelionTaraxacum
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
IvyHedera helix
Common NettleUrtica dioica
DaisyBellis perennis
CleaversGalium aparine
White Dead-nettleLamium album

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Nigel Jones · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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