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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessDogs welcome156 ha
Getting here
52.75492, 0.93301
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit 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
- 🐦82+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit 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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +79 more · last seen 2025; Lowland fens — specialist fen birds and passage waders
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +79 more · last seen 2025; Lowland fens priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Banded Demoiselle, Azure Damselfly, Large Red Damselfly +33 more · last seen 2025; Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Hoe via Hoe Rough Circular WalkWalking route3.5 km▾
Named routeLength 3.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Platinum Jubilee Trails - The Wendling WayWalking route3.2 km▾
Named routeLength 3.2 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
London to Walsingham - stage 09Walking route▾
Named routeRef LW09Local walking route
London to Walsingham - stage 10Walking route▾
Named routeRef LW10Local walking route
Swanton Morley CircularWalking route3.3 km▾
Walk 14
Named routeLength 3.3 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Church Lanepublic footpath · 172 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 172 mSurface gravelPath type: residential
21 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Norwich - Lincoln
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Route 13Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route39 m▾
Named routeRef 13Length 39 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.2 km▾
Named routeRef 13Length 2.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route948 m▾
Named routeRef 13Length 948 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
33,556 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
33,556 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Skylark · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Red-legged Partridge +42
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MagpiePica pica
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Common GullLarus canus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Silver PheasantLophura nycthemera
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- RavenCorvus corax
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
7-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Field Grasshopper · Dark Bush-cricket · Trioza remota +6
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
- Trioza remotaTrioza remota
- Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus
- Small Raspberry Mining Sawfly
Male-fern
- Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
33,556 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Skylark · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Red-legged Partridge +42
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MagpiePica pica
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Common GullLarus canus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Silver PheasantLophura nycthemera
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- RavenCorvus corax
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
7-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Field Grasshopper · Dark Bush-cricket · Trioza remota +6
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
- Trioza remotaTrioza remota
- Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus
- Small Raspberry Mining Sawfly
Male-fern
- Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Metallus pumilus
Metallus pumilus
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctataSphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata