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Jerry's Old Plantation

45 ha

📷 Bob Jones · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome45 ha

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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
🥾Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat
🐕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
🥾Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat
🐕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

Walking trails

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Tree Pipit, Stonechat, Carrion Crow +61 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Tree Pipit, Stonechat, Carrion Crow +61 more · last seen 2025

Free

Forest walks

Strong match

3 marked walking trail(s)

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Field Grasshopper, Roesel's Bush-cricket, Gorse Shieldbug +26 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Field Grasshopper, Roesel's Bush-cricket, Gorse Shieldbug +26 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Viper's-bugloss, Harebell, Kidney Vetch +13 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Viper's-bugloss, Harebell, Kidney Vetch +13 more · last seen 2024

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

16 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km

long distance footpath 169 km

Named routeLength 169 kmRegional walking route

Nature TrailWalking route1.5 km

Named routeLength 1.5 kmLocal walking route

Beowulf & Grendel TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Lake TrailWalking route3.5 km

Named routeLength 3.5 kmLocal walking route

Lark Valley PathWalking route

Named routeListed length 24 kmLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Thetford Cycle LoopCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Wolf WayCycling route400 km

Named routeRef Wolf WayLength 400 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Icknield Way Cycle TrailMountain bike route226 km

This is the off-road or mountain cycling route of the Icknield Way Trail.

Named routeLength 226 kmRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

9,512 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

9,512 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds46 species

spring

2025

Wren · Chiffchaff · Blackcap · Stonechat · Carrion Crow +41

WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
WhitethroatCurruca communis
LinnetLinaria cannabina
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Great TitParus major
Stock DoveColumba oenas
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
NuthatchSitta europaea
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
CuckooCuculus canorus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
JayGarrulus glandarius
BlackbirdTurdus merula
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
DunnockPrunella modularis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
SiskinSpinus spinus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
RedwingTurdus iliacus
RavenCorvus corax
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
MagpiePica pica
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
RookCorvus frugilegus

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2025

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐝

Insects5 species

springautumn

2025

Roesel's Bush-cricket · Field Grasshopper · Short-winged Cone-head · Gorse Weevil · Gorse Shieldbug

Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Short-winged Cone-headConocephalus dorsalis
Gorse WeevilExapion ulicis
Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

9,512 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds46 species

spring

2025

Wren · Chiffchaff · Blackcap · Stonechat · Carrion Crow +41

WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
WhitethroatCurruca communis
LinnetLinaria cannabina
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Great TitParus major
Stock DoveColumba oenas
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
NuthatchSitta europaea
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
CuckooCuculus canorus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
JayGarrulus glandarius
BlackbirdTurdus merula
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
DunnockPrunella modularis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
SiskinSpinus spinus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
RedwingTurdus iliacus
RavenCorvus corax
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
MagpiePica pica
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
RookCorvus frugilegus

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2025

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐝

Insects5 species

springautumn

2025

Roesel's Bush-cricket · Field Grasshopper · Short-winged Cone-head · Gorse Weevil · Gorse Shieldbug

Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Short-winged Cone-headConocephalus dorsalis
Gorse WeevilExapion ulicis
Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Bob Jones · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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