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Jack's Plantation

2 ha

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Free entryDogs welcome2 ha

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52.64141, 1.10040

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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
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blue Tit +76 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blue Tit +76 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown, Common Darter +16 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown, Common Darter +16 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Honesty, Wall-rue, Himalayan Balsam +2 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Honesty, Wall-rue, Himalayan Balsam +2 more · last seen 2025

Free

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Countryside TrailWalking route

Norfolk County Council Circular Walks; Length: 180m

Named route

Walsingham WayWalking route61 km

Named routeLength 61 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route

Wildlife to spot

9,124 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

9,124 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds82 species

winterspringsummer

2026

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

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Great TitParus major2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
BuzzardButeo buteo
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
Common GullLarus canus2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
SwiftApus apus2023
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2023
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
Rock DoveColumba livia2023
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
Common TernSterna hirundo2023
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
Phasianus colchicus torquatusPhasianus colchicus torquatus2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2023
TealAnas crecca2023
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava flavissima2023
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
CuckooCuculus canorus2022
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2022

🦌

Mammals7 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2024

Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Rabbit · Muntjac · Roe Deer +2

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown HareLepus europaeus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2023
MoleTalpa europaea2023
Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2022

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2024

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects19 species

summer

2025

Speckled Wood · Meadow Brown · Common Darter · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Small Tortoiseshell +14

Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2022
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2022
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2022
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2023
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2023
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2023
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2023
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2023
Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2023
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2023
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2022
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2022
Small WhitePieris rapae2022

🌿

Plants5 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Honesty · Wall-rue · Himalayan Balsam · Pale Toadflax · Field Bindweed

HonestyLunaria annua
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2024
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
Pale ToadflaxLinaria repens2022
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

9,124 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds82 species

winterspringsummer

2026

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

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Great TitParus major2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
BuzzardButeo buteo
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
Common GullLarus canus2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
SwiftApus apus2023
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2023
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
Rock DoveColumba livia2023
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
Common TernSterna hirundo2023
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
Phasianus colchicus torquatusPhasianus colchicus torquatus2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2023
TealAnas crecca2023
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava flavissima2023
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
CuckooCuculus canorus2022
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2022

🦌

Mammals7 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2024

Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Rabbit · Muntjac · Roe Deer +2

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown HareLepus europaeus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2023
MoleTalpa europaea2023
Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2022

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2024

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects19 species

summer

2025

Speckled Wood · Meadow Brown · Common Darter · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Small Tortoiseshell +14

Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2022
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2022
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2022
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2023
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2023
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2023
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2023
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2023
Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2023
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2023
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2022
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2022
Small WhitePieris rapae2022

🌿

Plants5 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Honesty · Wall-rue · Himalayan Balsam · Pale Toadflax · Field Bindweed

HonestyLunaria annua
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2024
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
Pale ToadflaxLinaria repens2022
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 N Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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