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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Coach Parking 340m away — 6 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
🅿️Coach Parking 340m away — 6 car parks within reach

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£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

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8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon +75 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon +75 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Field Bindweed, Ground-ivy, Common Ragwort +55 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Field Bindweed, Ground-ivy, Common Ragwort +55 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Large White, Small White, Speckled Wood +31 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Large White, Small White, Speckled Wood +31 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Common Nettle, Hawthorn, Water Mint +4 more foraging species

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Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

7 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Boughton Fen Wildlife WalkWalking route

Named route

Parkland Walk, Oxburgh EstateWalking route4.5 km

Circular walk through the Oxburgh parkland on grassed and uneven paths.

Named routeLength 4.5 kmDuration 01:30Round tripLocal walking route

River Walk, Oxburgh EstateWalking route2 km

Only open in summer. Short walk on uneven grass paths. https://www.accessable.co.uk/national-trust/oxburgh-estate-national-trust/access-guides/oxburgh-estate-hall

Named routeLength 2 kmDuration 00:45Round tripLocal walking route

The Warren Trail CircularWalking route4.5 km

Named routeLength 4.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route

Oxborough to Gooderstone Heritage Walk, Oxburgh HallWalking route5.6 km

Enjoy this gentle Norfolk walk, which takes in some of Breckland's protected farmland and heritage. This route is made up of farm tracks, bridleways and roads. There are no steep slopes.

Named routeLength 5.6 kmDuration 01:30Round tripLocal walking route

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Cycling

12 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Regional Route 30 (alternative)Cycling route

Named routeRef (30)Regional cycle route

Brecks Cycling Discovery RouteCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Rebellion WayCycling route373 km

Named routeRef RebelLength 373 kmRound tripRegional cycle route

N/ACycling route25 m

Named routeLength 25 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route1.3 km

Named routeLength 1.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route388 m

Named routeLength 388 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

14,865 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

14,865 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds82 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Robin · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Great Tit +77

RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Great TitParus major
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
MagpiePica pica2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2024
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
Common GullLarus canus2024

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Mammals5 species

springautumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · Muntjac · Brown Hare · Mole · Red Deer

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Brown HareLepus europaeus
MoleTalpa europaea
Red DeerCervus elaphus

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2025

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐟

Fish5 species

springsummer

2025

Bullhead · Pike · Minnow · Roach · Perch

BullheadCottus perifretum
PikeEsox lucius
MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus2024
RoachRutilus rutilus2024
PerchPerca fluviatilis2024

🐝

Insects34 species

summer

2025

Large White · Small White · Speckled Wood · Gatekeeper · Meadow Brown +29

Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
Small WhitePieris rapae2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
PeacockAglais io2024
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
Box SuckerPsylla buxi
Bay SuckerTrioza alacris
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024
Cortinicara gibbosaCortinicara gibbosa
Clover Seed WeevilProtapion trifolii
Bicolorous SawflyHemichroa australis
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Zig-zag Elm SawflyAproceros leucopoda
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Brown Tree AntLasius brunneus
Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
CommaPolygonia c-album2024

🌿

Plants58 species

summer

2025

Field Bindweed · Ground-ivy · Common Ragwort · Curled Dock · Meadow Buttercup +53

Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024
Curled DockRumex crispus2024
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2024
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024
Common NettleUrtica dioica2024
White MelilotMelilotus albus
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Water MintMentha aquatica
Mare's-tailHippuris vulgaris
Perfoliate PondweedPotamogeton perfoliatus2024
Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum2024
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2024
Water CressNasturtium officinale2024
Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2024
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024
Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis2024
Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis2024
Bush VetchVicia sepium2024
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2024
White CloverTrifolium repens2024
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2024
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2024
Common ChickweedStellaria media2024
Cat's-EarHypochaeris glabra x radicata = H. x intermedia2024
YarrowAchillea millefolium2024
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2024
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2024
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024
Black MedickMedicago lupulina2024
Musk-mallowMalva moschata2024
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2024
Fat-henChenopodium album2024
CowslipPrimula veris2024
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2024
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024
Hedge BedstrawGalium album2024
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2024
Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum2024
BrambleRubus2024
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2024
TimothyPhleum pratense2024
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2024
HemlockConium maculatum2024
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2024
Musk ThistleCarduus nutans2024
Field-roseRosa arvensis2024
NipplewortLapsana communis2024
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2024
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024
CleaversGalium aparine2024
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

14,865 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds82 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Robin · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Great Tit +77

RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Great TitParus major
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
MagpiePica pica2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2024
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
Common GullLarus canus2024

🦌

Mammals5 species

springautumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · Muntjac · Brown Hare · Mole · Red Deer

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Brown HareLepus europaeus
MoleTalpa europaea
Red DeerCervus elaphus

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2025

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐟

Fish5 species

springsummer

2025

Bullhead · Pike · Minnow · Roach · Perch

BullheadCottus perifretum
PikeEsox lucius
MinnowPhoxinus phoxinus2024
RoachRutilus rutilus2024
PerchPerca fluviatilis2024

🐝

Insects34 species

summer

2025

Large White · Small White · Speckled Wood · Gatekeeper · Meadow Brown +29

Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
Small WhitePieris rapae2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
PeacockAglais io2024
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
Box SuckerPsylla buxi
Bay SuckerTrioza alacris
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024
Cortinicara gibbosaCortinicara gibbosa
Clover Seed WeevilProtapion trifolii
Bicolorous SawflyHemichroa australis
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Zig-zag Elm SawflyAproceros leucopoda
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Brown Tree AntLasius brunneus
Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
CommaPolygonia c-album2024

🌿

Plants58 species

summer

2025

Field Bindweed · Ground-ivy · Common Ragwort · Curled Dock · Meadow Buttercup +53

Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024
Curled DockRumex crispus2024
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2024
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024
Common NettleUrtica dioica2024
White MelilotMelilotus albus
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Water MintMentha aquatica
Mare's-tailHippuris vulgaris
Perfoliate PondweedPotamogeton perfoliatus2024
Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum2024
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2024
Water CressNasturtium officinale2024
Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2024
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024
Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis2024
Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis2024
Bush VetchVicia sepium2024
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2024
White CloverTrifolium repens2024
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2024
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2024
Common ChickweedStellaria media2024
Cat's-EarHypochaeris glabra x radicata = H. x intermedia2024
YarrowAchillea millefolium2024
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2024
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2024
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024
Black MedickMedicago lupulina2024
Musk-mallowMalva moschata2024
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2024
Fat-henChenopodium album2024
CowslipPrimula veris2024
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2024
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024
Hedge BedstrawGalium album2024
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2024
Rough ChervilChaerophyllum temulum2024
BrambleRubus2024
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2024
TimothyPhleum pratense2024
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2024
HemlockConium maculatum2024
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2024
Musk ThistleCarduus nutans2024
Field-roseRosa arvensis2024
NipplewortLapsana communis2024
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2024
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024
CleaversGalium aparine2024
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

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