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Jane's Wood

1 ha

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Free entryDogs welcome1 ha

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52.64871, 1.12588

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Jackdaw, Woodpigeon +80 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Jackdaw, Woodpigeon +80 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Pedunculate Oak, Small-leaved Lime, Carex muricata +87 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Pedunculate Oak, Small-leaved Lime, Carex muricata +87 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Pedunculate Oak, Sweet Chestnut, Barren Strawberry +11 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Field Grasshopper, 7-spot Ladybird, Speckled Bush-cricket +22 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Field Grasshopper, 7-spot Ladybird, Speckled Bush-cricket +22 more · last seen 2025

Free

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Countryside TrailWalking route

Norfolk County Council Circular Walks; Length: 180m

Named route

Walsingham WayWalking route61 km

Named routeLength 61 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route

Yellow RouteWalking route500 m

Named routeLength 500 mLocal walking route

Blue RouteWalking route1 km

Named routeLength 1 kmLocal walking route

Red RouteWalking route2 km

Named routeLength 2 kmLocal walking route

Wildlife to spot

23,247 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

23,247 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds86 species

winterspringsummer

2026

Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Blue Tit · Robin +81

BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RobinErithacus rubecula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Great TitParus major
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
BuzzardButeo buteo
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris
MagpiePica pica2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Common GullLarus canus2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
SwiftApus apus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
CootFulica atra2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2024
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
TealAnas crecca2023
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2023
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2023

🦌

Mammals7 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2024

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

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2023
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
Brown HareLepus europaeus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2023

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2024

Grass Snake

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica

🐸

Amphibians1 species

autumn

2025

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects25 species

summer

2025

Field Grasshopper · 7-spot Ladybird · Speckled Bush-cricket · Chrysotoxum festivum · Scathophaga stercoraria +20

Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Chrysotoxum festivumChrysotoxum festivum
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2023
Brachypera zoilusBrachypera zoilus
Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata
Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
SyrphusSyrphus
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
Rhabdomiris striatellusRhabdomiris striatellus
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
St Marks FlyBibio marci
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura2023
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2023
Cinquefoil Mining SawflyFenella nigrita2023
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2023
Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2023
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2023

🌿

Plants90 species

autumn

2025

Pedunculate Oak · Small-leaved Lime · Carex muricata · Honesty · Wall-rue +85

Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Small-leaved LimeTilia cordata2023
Carex muricataCarex muricata2023
HonestyLunaria annua
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2024
Meadow SaxifrageSaxifraga granulata2024
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2023
Rubus ulmifoliusRubus ulmifolius2023
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2023
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2023
Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2023
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus2023
HollyIlex aquifolium2023
Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2023
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2023
BeechFagus sylvatica2023
Oxalis corniculata var. atropurpureaOxalis corniculata var. atropurpurea2023
Field MapleAcer campestre2023
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2023
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2023
Taraxacum agg.Taraxacum agg.2023
CleaversGalium aparine2023
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2023
IvyHedera helix2023
Black MedickMedicago lupulina2023
Red FescueFestuca rubra2023
Sweet VioletViola odorata2023
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2023
Common NettleUrtica dioica2023
YarrowAchillea millefolium2023
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2023
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2023
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2023
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2023
NipplewortLapsana communis2023
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2023
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2023
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2023
Cornus sanguinea subsp. australisCornus sanguinea subsp. australis2023
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus2023
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2023
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2023
Round-leaved Crane's-billGeranium rotundifolium2023
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2023
Lesser Sea-spurreySpergularia marina2023
Wild CherryPrunus avium2023
LaburnhamLaburnum anagyroides2023
LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea2023
Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium2023
HazelCorylus avellana2023
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2023
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2023
Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum2023
Common MallowMalva sylvestris2023
Beaked Hawk's-beardCrepis vesicaria2023
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2023
AshFraxinus excelsior2023
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2023
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2023
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2023
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2023
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2023
Spreading Meadow-grassPoa humilis2023
Fiddle DockRumex pulcher2023
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2023
Common ChickweedStellaria media2023
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2023
Common CouchElymus repens2023
White CloverTrifolium repens2023
Rosa caninaRosa canina2023
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2023
Root BeetBeta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris2023
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2023
Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera2023
SpindleEuonymus europaeus2023
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2023
YewTaxus baccata2023
Lotus corniculatus var. corniculatusLotus corniculatus var. corniculatus2023
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2023
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2023
Plantago major subsp. majorPlantago major subsp. major2023
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2023
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2023
ElderSambucus nigra2023
DaisyBellis perennis2023
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2023
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2023
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2023
Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

23,247 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds86 species

winterspringsummer

2026

Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Blue Tit · Robin +81

BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RobinErithacus rubecula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Great TitParus major
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
BuzzardButeo buteo
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris
MagpiePica pica2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Common GullLarus canus2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
SwiftApus apus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
CootFulica atra2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2024
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
TealAnas crecca2023
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2023
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2023

🦌

Mammals7 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2024

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

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2023
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
Brown HareLepus europaeus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2023

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2024

Grass Snake

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica

🐸

Amphibians1 species

autumn

2025

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects25 species

summer

2025

Field Grasshopper · 7-spot Ladybird · Speckled Bush-cricket · Chrysotoxum festivum · Scathophaga stercoraria +20

Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Chrysotoxum festivumChrysotoxum festivum
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2023
Brachypera zoilusBrachypera zoilus
Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata
Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
SyrphusSyrphus
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
Rhabdomiris striatellusRhabdomiris striatellus
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
St Marks FlyBibio marci
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura2023
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2023
Cinquefoil Mining SawflyFenella nigrita2023
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2023
Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2023
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2023

🌿

Plants90 species

autumn

2025

Pedunculate Oak · Small-leaved Lime · Carex muricata · Honesty · Wall-rue +85

Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Small-leaved LimeTilia cordata2023
Carex muricataCarex muricata2023
HonestyLunaria annua
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2024
Meadow SaxifrageSaxifraga granulata2024
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2023
Rubus ulmifoliusRubus ulmifolius2023
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2023
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2023
Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2023
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus2023
HollyIlex aquifolium2023
Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2023
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2023
BeechFagus sylvatica2023
Oxalis corniculata var. atropurpureaOxalis corniculata var. atropurpurea2023
Field MapleAcer campestre2023
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2023
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2023
Taraxacum agg.Taraxacum agg.2023
CleaversGalium aparine2023
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2023
IvyHedera helix2023
Black MedickMedicago lupulina2023
Red FescueFestuca rubra2023
Sweet VioletViola odorata2023
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2023
Common NettleUrtica dioica2023
YarrowAchillea millefolium2023
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2023
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2023
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2023
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2023
NipplewortLapsana communis2023
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2023
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2023
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2023
Cornus sanguinea subsp. australisCornus sanguinea subsp. australis2023
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus2023
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2023
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2023
Round-leaved Crane's-billGeranium rotundifolium2023
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2023
Lesser Sea-spurreySpergularia marina2023
Wild CherryPrunus avium2023
LaburnhamLaburnum anagyroides2023
LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea2023
Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium2023
HazelCorylus avellana2023
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2023
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2023
Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum2023
Common MallowMalva sylvestris2023
Beaked Hawk's-beardCrepis vesicaria2023
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2023
AshFraxinus excelsior2023
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2023
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2023
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2023
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2023
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2023
Spreading Meadow-grassPoa humilis2023
Fiddle DockRumex pulcher2023
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2023
Common ChickweedStellaria media2023
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2023
Common CouchElymus repens2023
White CloverTrifolium repens2023
Rosa caninaRosa canina2023
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2023
Root BeetBeta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris2023
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2023
Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera2023
SpindleEuonymus europaeus2023
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2023
YewTaxus baccata2023
Lotus corniculatus var. corniculatusLotus corniculatus var. corniculatus2023
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2023
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2023
Plantago major subsp. majorPlantago major subsp. major2023
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2023
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2023
ElderSambucus nigra2023
DaisyBellis perennis2023
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2023
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2023
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2023
Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

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Crop mark, Jane's Wood and Colton village: aerial 2018

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