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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 2 ha
Places › England › Eastern › Norwich Getting here
52.64074, 1.24862
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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 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground 142m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground 142m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking· Free 🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Teal, Magpie, Woodpigeon +64 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Teal, Magpie, Woodpigeon +64 more · last seen 2026
Free
Plants — Common Nettle, Blackthorn, Pedunculate Oak +14 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Banded Demoiselle, Common Blue Damselfly +179 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Banded Demoiselle, Common Blue Damselfly +179 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Yarrow, Himalayan Balsam, Bracken +107 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Yarrow, Himalayan Balsam, Bracken +107 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 29 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wherryman's Way Walking route 56 km ▾
Norwich to Great Yarmouth
Named route Length 56 km Regional walking route
Show on map Boudicca Way Walking route 60 km ▾
Norwich to Diss
Named route Length 60 km Regional walking route
Show on map Olympic Torch Relay (Norwich) Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Bittern Line Walk 1 Walking route 3 km ▾
Norwich
Named route Length 3 km Round trip Local walking route
Show on map 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 101 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 Orange Pedalway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Orange Round trip 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
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Wildlife to spot
60,854 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 60,854 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 31 species
spring winter
2026 ▾
Teal · Black-headed Gull · Coot · Mallard · Magpie +26
Teal Anas crecca Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Coot Fulica atra Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Magpie Pica pica Gadwall Mareca strepera Canada Goose Branta canadensis Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Redwing Turdus iliacus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Great Tit Parus major Mute Swan Cygnus olor Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Jay Garrulus glandarius Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Greenfinch Chloris chloris Greylag Goose Anser anser Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Barn Owl Tyto alba2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 10-spot Ladybird · Firebug · 7-spot Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · Pine Ladybird +35
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata Firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis 2-spot Ladybird Lesser Celandine · Glory-of-the-snow · Garden Grape-hyacinth · Hyacinth · Oregon-grape +8
Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna Glory-of-the-snow Scilla forbesii Garden Grape-hyacinth Muscari armeniacum Hyacinth Hyacinthus orientalis Oregon-grape Mahonia aquifolium False Oxlip Primula veris x vulgaris = P. x polyantha daffodils Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 60,854 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 31 species
spring winter
2026 ▾
Teal · Black-headed Gull · Coot · Mallard · Magpie +26
Teal Anas crecca Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Coot Fulica atra Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Magpie Pica pica Gadwall Mareca strepera Canada Goose Branta canadensis Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Redwing Turdus iliacus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Great Tit Parus major Mute Swan Cygnus olor Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Jay Garrulus glandarius Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Greenfinch Chloris chloris Greylag Goose Anser anser Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Barn Owl Tyto alba2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 10-spot Ladybird · Firebug · 7-spot Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · Pine Ladybird +35
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata Firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis 2-spot Ladybird Lesser Celandine · Glory-of-the-snow · Garden Grape-hyacinth · Hyacinth · Oregon-grape +8
Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna Glory-of-the-snow Scilla forbesii Garden Grape-hyacinth Muscari armeniacum Hyacinth Hyacinthus orientalis Oregon-grape Mahonia aquifolium False Oxlip Primula veris x vulgaris = P. x polyantha daffodils Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Adalia bipunctata
Adalia bipunctata
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Cream-streaked Ladybird Harmonia quadripunctata
Cream-streaked Ladybird Harmonia quadripunctata
Eyed Ladybird Anatis ocellata
Eyed Ladybird Anatis ocellata
Rhyzobius lophanthae Rhyzobius lophanthae
Rhyzobius lophanthae Rhyzobius lophanthae
Kidney-spot Ladybird Chilocorus renipustulatus
Kidney-spot Ladybird Chilocorus renipustulatus
Phaonia tuguriorum Phaonia tuguriorum
Phaonia tuguriorum Phaonia tuguriorum
Larch Ladybird Aphidecta obliterata
Larch Ladybird Aphidecta obliterata
Phloiophilus edwardsii Phloiophilus edwardsii
Phloiophilus edwardsii Phloiophilus edwardsii
Eupteryx melissae Eupteryx melissae
Eupteryx melissae Eupteryx melissae
Acericerus heydenii Acericerus heydenii
Acericerus heydenii Acericerus heydenii
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
24-spot Ladybird Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
24-spot Ladybird Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
Pied Shieldbug Tritomegas bicolor
Pied Shieldbug Tritomegas bicolor
Small Nettle Weevil Nedyus quadrimaculatus
Small Nettle Weevil Nedyus quadrimaculatus
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
Eudasyphora cyanella Eudasyphora cyanella
Eudasyphora cyanella Eudasyphora cyanella
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Hydrotaea Hydrotaea
Hydrotaea Hydrotaea
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
Juniper Shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus
Juniper Shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus
Tetraphleps bicuspis Tetraphleps bicuspis
Tetraphleps bicuspis Tetraphleps bicuspis
Box Bug Gonocerus acuteangulatus
Box Bug Gonocerus acuteangulatus
Wisteria Scale Eulecanium excrescens
Wisteria Scale Eulecanium excrescens
Taeniapion urticarium Taeniapion urticarium
Taeniapion urticarium Taeniapion urticarium
Epicaecilius pilipennis Epicaecilius pilipennis
Epicaecilius pilipennis Epicaecilius pilipennis
Psychoda sigma Psychoda sigma2025
Psychoda sigma Psychoda sigma2025
Adonis' Ladybird Hippodamia variegata2025
Adonis' Ladybird Hippodamia variegata2025
Ptinomorphus imperialis Ptinomorphus imperialis2025
Ptinomorphus imperialis Ptinomorphus imperialis2025
Mesopsocus unipunctatus Mesopsocus unipunctatus2025
Mesopsocus unipunctatus Mesopsocus unipunctatus2025
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus2025
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus2025
Tephrochlamys rufiventris Tephrochlamys rufiventris2025
Tephrochlamys rufiventris Tephrochlamys rufiventris2025
Anchomenus dorsalis Anchomenus dorsalis2025
Anchomenus dorsalis Anchomenus dorsalis2025 Narcissus
Narcissus
Yellow Iris Iris pseudacorus
Yellow Iris Iris pseudacorus
Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius
Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius
Marsh-marigold Caltha palustris
Marsh-marigold Caltha palustris
Gorse Ulex europaeus
Gorse Ulex europaeus
Common Nettle Urtica dioica
Common Nettle Urtica dioica
Cherry Plum Prunus cerasifera
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