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52.64930, 1.19079
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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 🅿️ Costessey Park & Ride 393m 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 🅿️ Costessey Park & Ride 393m away — 2 car parks within reach £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Great Tit, Blue Tit, Mallard +80 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Great Tit, Blue Tit, Mallard +80 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Red-legged Shieldbug, Green Shieldbug, 22-spot Ladybird +120 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Red-legged Shieldbug, Green Shieldbug, 22-spot Ladybird +120 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Lesser Celandine, Cotton Thistle, Common Evening-primrose +22 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Lesser Celandine, Cotton Thistle, Common Evening-primrose +22 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 22 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Marriott's Way Walking route 42 km ▾
Norwich to Aylsham via Reepham on disused railway
Named route Ref MW Length 42 km Regional walking route
Show on map Kett's Country Walk Walking route 18 km ▾
Wymondham to Norwich
Named route Length 18 km Point-to-point Regional walking route
Show on map Tas Valley Way Walking route 42 km ▾
Norwich to Attleborough
Named route Length 42 km Regional walking route
Show on map Countryside Trail Walking route ▾
Norfolk County Council Circular Walks; Length: 180m
Named route
Show on map Costessey Circular Walking route 5.5 km ▾
Named route Length 5.5 km Round trip Local walking route
Show on map 33 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Purple Pedalway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Purple Round trip Local cycle route
Show on map Blue Pedalway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Blue Point-to-point Local cycle route
Show on map Edith Cavell Pilgrimage Cycling route 22.5 km ▾
Named route Ref ECP Length 22.5 km Round trip Local cycle route
Show on map NCN National Route 1 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 1 National Cycle Network
Show on map Pink Pedalway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Pink Point-to-point Local cycle route
Show on map Green Pedalway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Green Point-to-point Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
21,913 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 21,913 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 45 species
winter spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Blue Tit · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Moorhen +40
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Tit Parus major Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis Mute Swan Cygnus olor Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2025 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Coal Tit Periparus ater Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Grey Squirrel · Muntjac · Roe Deer · Brown Hare
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Brown Hare Lepus europaeus 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
summer
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo2025 22-spot Ladybird · Banded Demoiselle · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Cantharis rustica · Marmalade Hoverfly +32
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025 Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens2025 Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis2025 Cantharis rustica Cantharis rustica2025 Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus Green Shieldbug Common Stork's-bill · Mugwort · Field Pansy · Rosebay Willowherb · Common Fiddleneck +11
Common Stork's-bill Erodium cicutarium Mugwort Artemisia vulgaris Field Pansy Viola arvensis Rosebay Willowherb Chamaenerion angustifolium Common Fiddleneck Amsinckia micrantha White Campion Silene latifolia Common Poppy Papaver rhoeas Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 21,913 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 45 species
winter spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Blue Tit · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Moorhen +40
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Tit Parus major Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis Mute Swan Cygnus olor Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2025 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Coal Tit Periparus ater Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Grey Squirrel · Muntjac · Roe Deer · Brown Hare
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Brown Hare Lepus europaeus 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
summer
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo2025 22-spot Ladybird · Banded Demoiselle · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Cantharis rustica · Marmalade Hoverfly +32
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025 Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens2025 Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis2025 Cantharis rustica Cantharis rustica2025 Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus Green Shieldbug Common Stork's-bill · Mugwort · Field Pansy · Rosebay Willowherb · Common Fiddleneck +11
Common Stork's-bill Erodium cicutarium Mugwort Artemisia vulgaris Field Pansy Viola arvensis Rosebay Willowherb Chamaenerion angustifolium Common Fiddleneck Amsinckia micrantha White Campion Silene latifolia Common Poppy Papaver rhoeas Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Palomena prasina2025
Palomena prasina2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis2025
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2025
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2025
Cheilosia grossa Cheilosia grossa
Cheilosia grossa Cheilosia grossa
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Pinalitus cervinus Pinalitus cervinus2025
Pinalitus cervinus Pinalitus cervinus2025
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025
Adonis' Ladybird Hippodamia variegata2025
Adonis' Ladybird Hippodamia variegata2025
Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens2025
Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens2025
16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025
16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025
Monoceros Beetle Notoxus monoceros2025
Monoceros Beetle Notoxus monoceros2025
Short-winged Cone-head Conocephalus dorsalis2025
Short-winged Cone-head Conocephalus dorsalis2025
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Ochetostethus nanus Ochetostethus nanus2025
Ochetostethus nanus Ochetostethus nanus2025
Gronops lunatus Gronops lunatus2025
Gronops lunatus Gronops lunatus2025
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Box Bug Gonocerus acuteangulatus2025
Box Bug Gonocerus acuteangulatus2025
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami2025
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami2025
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2025
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2025
Garden Chafer Phyllopertha horticola2025
Garden Chafer Phyllopertha horticola2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Glyphotaelius pellucidus Glyphotaelius pellucidus2025
Glyphotaelius pellucidus Glyphotaelius pellucidus2025
Black-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa coccinea2025
Black-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa coccinea2025
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Orthonevra nobilis Orthonevra nobilis2025
Orthonevra nobilis Orthonevra nobilis2025
Green Nettle Weevil Phyllobius pomaceus2025
Green Nettle Weevil Phyllobius pomaceus2025
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2025
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2025
Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha2025
Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha2025
Coenosia antennata Coenosia antennata2025
Coenosia antennata Coenosia antennata2025
White Bryony Bryonia dioica
White Bryony Bryonia dioica
Great Mullein Verbascum thapsus
Great Mullein Verbascum thapsus
Weld Reseda luteola
Weld Reseda luteola
Viola arvensis x tricolor = V. x contempta Viola arvensis x tricolor = V. x contempta
Viola arvensis x tricolor = V. x contempta Viola arvensis x tricolor = V. x contempta
Bugloss Lycopsis arvensis
Bugloss Lycopsis arvensis
Small Nettle Urtica urens
Small Nettle Urtica urens
Common Evening-primrose Oenothera biennis
Common Evening-primrose Oenothera biennis
Radish Raphanus raphanistrum
Radish Raphanus raphanistrum
Germander Speedwell Veronica chamaedrys
Germander Speedwell Veronica chamaedrys 