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Flixton Wood

28 ha

📷 Evelyn Simak · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome28 ha

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

9 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Pheasant +70 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Pheasant +70 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Chicory, Field Bindweed, Bristly Oxtongue +65 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Chicory, Field Bindweed, Bristly Oxtongue +65 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Bristly Oxtongue, Barren Strawberry, Alexanders +7 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Ruddy Darter, Migrant Hawker, Common Darter +22 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Ruddy Darter, Migrant Hawker, Common Darter +22 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

10 signed routes nearby · 23 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Norfolk Coast PathWalking route191.7 km

Named routeRef NCPLength 191.7 kmNational walking route

Angles WayWalking route150 km

Named routeLength 150 kmRegional walking route

Suffolk Coast PathWalking route80 km

Named routeLength 80 kmRegional walking route

Circular routeWalking route

Named route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Lowestoft to Sea PallingWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

Flixton Marsh Lanepublic footpath · 22 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 22 mSurface grassPath type: track

Whitehouse Farm Lanepublic footpath · 463 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 463 mPath type: unclassified

🚴

Cycling

103 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Two Rivers Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef 30Regional cycle route

Route 517Cycling route

Named routeRef 517National Cycle Network

Wolf WayCycling route400 km

Named routeRef Wolf WayLength 400 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

Regional Cycle Route 30Cycling route373 km

Named routeRef 30Length 373 kmRound tripRegional cycle route

N/ACycling route67 m

Named routeLength 67 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route26 m

Named routeLength 26 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

🐴

Horse riding

3 public paths nearby

Public paths

Wood Lanebyway open to all traffic · 333 m

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 333 mSurface dirtPath type: track

Blundeston Marsh Lanebyway open to all traffic · 842 m

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 842 mSurface groundPath type: track

Wood Lanebyway open to all traffic · 526 m

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 526 mSurface dirtPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

16,025 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

16,025 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds77 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Pheasant · Blackbird · Robin +72

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Great TitParus major2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
TealAnas crecca2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Little OwlAthene noctua2025
SwiftApus apus2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024

🦌

Mammals7 species

winterspringautumn

2025

Mole · Grey Squirrel · Muntjac · Chinese Water Deer · Rabbit +2

MoleTalpa europaea
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Chinese Water DeerHydropotes inermis
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Feral CatFelis catus

🐝

Insects25 species

summerautumn

2026

Ruddy Darter · Migrant Hawker · Common Darter · Norfolk Aeshna · Four-spotted Chaser +20

Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles2025
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2025
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2025
Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva2025
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025
Common Rose FusehornArge pagana2025
EupeodesEupeodes2025
Variable DamselflyCoenagrion pulchellum2025
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2024

🌿

Plants68 species

summer

2026

Chicory · Field Bindweed · Bristly Oxtongue · Harebell · Primrose +63

ChicoryCichorium intybus2025
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2025
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2025
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2025
Lesser BurdockArctium minus2025
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2025
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025
DaisyBellis perennis2025
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Tree SpinachChenopodium giganteum2025
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
White CampionSilene latifolia2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
MedickMedicago sativa2025
Wild CarrotDaucus carota2025
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025
Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia2025
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025
YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025
IvyHedera helix2025
Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2025
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2025
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2025
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025
Yellow Oat-grassTrisetum flavescens2025
VioletViola2025
NipplewortLapsana communis2025
Burnet-saxifragePimpinella saxifraga2025
AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum2025
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2025
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2025
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2025
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025
Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
Bush VetchVicia sepium2025
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2025
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025
Welted ThistleCarduus crispus2025
Black MedickMedicago lupulina2025
BrambleRubus fruticosus2025
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025
Hedge BedstrawGalium album2025
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2025
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025
Common ReedPhragmites australis2025
Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis2024
OakQuercus2024
Evergreen OakQuercus ilex2024
RosemaryRosmarinus officinalis2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

16,025 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds77 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Pheasant · Blackbird · Robin +72

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Great TitParus major2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
TealAnas crecca2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Little OwlAthene noctua2025
SwiftApus apus2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024

🦌

Mammals7 species

winterspringautumn

2025

Mole · Grey Squirrel · Muntjac · Chinese Water Deer · Rabbit +2

MoleTalpa europaea
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Chinese Water DeerHydropotes inermis
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Feral CatFelis catus

🐝

Insects25 species

summerautumn

2026

Ruddy Darter · Migrant Hawker · Common Darter · Norfolk Aeshna · Four-spotted Chaser +20

Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles2025
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2025
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2025
Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva2025
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025
Common Rose FusehornArge pagana2025
EupeodesEupeodes2025
Variable DamselflyCoenagrion pulchellum2025
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2024

🌿

Plants68 species

summer

2026

Chicory · Field Bindweed · Bristly Oxtongue · Harebell · Primrose +63

ChicoryCichorium intybus2025
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2025
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2025
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2025
Lesser BurdockArctium minus2025
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2025
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025
DaisyBellis perennis2025
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Tree SpinachChenopodium giganteum2025
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
White CampionSilene latifolia2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
MedickMedicago sativa2025
Wild CarrotDaucus carota2025
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025
Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia2025
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025
YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025
IvyHedera helix2025
Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2025
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2025
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2025
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025
Yellow Oat-grassTrisetum flavescens2025
VioletViola2025
NipplewortLapsana communis2025
Burnet-saxifragePimpinella saxifraga2025
AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum2025
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2025
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2025
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2025
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025
Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
Bush VetchVicia sepium2025
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2025
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025
Welted ThistleCarduus crispus2025
Black MedickMedicago lupulina2025
BrambleRubus fruticosus2025
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025
Hedge BedstrawGalium album2025
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2025
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025
Common ReedPhragmites australis2025
Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis2024
OakQuercus2024
Evergreen OakQuercus ilex2024
RosemaryRosmarinus officinalis2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Evelyn Simak · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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