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Lavare Park

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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
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground on site — 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
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking· FreePlayground

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, Magpie, Robin +57 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +57 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Marmalade Hoverfly, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Rose Chafer +131 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Marmalade Hoverfly, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Rose Chafer +131 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Lords-and-Ladies, Pedunculate Oak, Shining Crane's-bill +30 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Lords-and-Ladies, Pedunculate Oak, Shining Crane's-bill +30 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Pedunculate Oak, Midland Hawthorn, Beech +2 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

16 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Wherryman's WayWalking route56 km

Norwich to Great Yarmouth

Named routeLength 56 kmRegional walking route

Boudicca WayWalking route60 km

Norwich to Diss

Named routeLength 60 kmRegional walking route

Olympic Torch Relay (Norwich)Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Bittern Line Walk 1Walking route3 km

Norwich

Named routeLength 3 kmRound tripLocal walking route

Marriott's WayWalking route42 km

Norwich to Aylsham via Reepham on disused railway

Named routeRef MWLength 42 kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

64 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Purple PedalwayCycling route

Named routeRef PurpleRound tripLocal cycle route

Blue PedalwayCycling route

Named routeRef BluePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route

Orange PedalwayCycling route

Named routeRef OrangeRound tripLocal cycle route

Edith Cavell PilgrimageCycling route22.5 km

Named routeRef ECPLength 22.5 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

NCN National Route 1Cycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Pink PedalwayCycling route

Named routeRef PinkPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

15,191 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

15,191 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds41 species

autumnwinter

2026

Magpie · Woodpigeon · Robin · Jay · Jackdaw +36

MagpiePica pica2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Great TitParus major2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
GadwallMareca strepera
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025

🐸

Amphibians1 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects63 species

springsummer

2026

Rose Chafer · Red-legged Shieldbug · Physocephala rufipes · Dark-edged Bee-fly · 7-spot Ladybird +58

Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Physocephala rufipesPhysocephala rufipes2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025
Fan-bearing Wood-borerPtilinus pectinicornis2025
Psyllopsis fraxini agg.Psyllopsis fraxini agg.2025
Peripsocus milleriPeripsocus milleri2025
Pinalitus cervinusPinalitus cervinus2025
OpomyzaOpomyza2025
IssusIssus2025
Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus2025
Raglius alboacuminatusRaglius alboacuminatus2025
Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025
Twin-spot CenturionSargus bipunctatus2025
Face FlyMusca autumnalis2025
Oak Mining SawflyProfenusa pygmaea2025
Eurhadina concinnaEurhadina concinna2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Opomyza florumOpomyza florum2025
Opsius stactogalusOpsius stactogalus2025
Opomyza germinationisOpomyza germinationis2025
Tuponia hippophaesTuponia hippophaes2025
Kite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillus2025
Bay SuckerTrioza alacris2025
Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2025
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2025
Anthocomus rufusAnthocomus rufus2025
Heterotoma planicornisHeterotoma planicornis2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens2025
Orthops (Orthops) campestrisOrthops (Orthops) campestris2025
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025
Cheilosia caerulescensCheilosia caerulescens2025
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025
Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Issus coleoptratusIssus coleoptratus2025
Locust BlowflyStomorhina lunata2025
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025
Ornate Tailed Digger WaspCerceris rybyensis2025
Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens2025
Bee WolfPhilanthus triangulum2025
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber2025
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
Tinocallis (Sappocallis) takachihoensisTinocallis (Sappocallis) takachihoensis2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Sitona obsoletusSitona obsoletus2025
Common Green SawflyTenthredo mesomela2025
Tachypeza nubilaTachypeza nubila2025
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025
Tillus elongatusTillus elongatus2025
Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2025
Common Red-legged RobberflyDioctria rufipes2025
Wild Rose FusehornArge ochropus2025
Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025
TenthredoTenthredo2025
Anthocomus fasciatusAnthocomus fasciatus2025
Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2025
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2025
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025

🌿

Plants9 species

autumn

2025

Mistletoe · Yarrow · Ivy-leaved Toadflax · Yellow-wort · Red Campion +4

MistletoeViscum album
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Yellow-wortBlackstonia perfoliata
Red CampionSilene dioica
Japanese-LanternAlkekengi officinarum
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

15,191 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds41 species

autumnwinter

2026

Magpie · Woodpigeon · Robin · Jay · Jackdaw +36

MagpiePica pica2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Great TitParus major2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
GadwallMareca strepera
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025

🐸

Amphibians1 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects63 species

springsummer

2026

Rose Chafer · Red-legged Shieldbug · Physocephala rufipes · Dark-edged Bee-fly · 7-spot Ladybird +58

Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Physocephala rufipesPhysocephala rufipes2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025
Fan-bearing Wood-borerPtilinus pectinicornis2025
Psyllopsis fraxini agg.Psyllopsis fraxini agg.2025
Peripsocus milleriPeripsocus milleri2025
Pinalitus cervinusPinalitus cervinus2025
OpomyzaOpomyza2025
IssusIssus2025
Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus2025
Raglius alboacuminatusRaglius alboacuminatus2025
Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025
Twin-spot CenturionSargus bipunctatus2025
Face FlyMusca autumnalis2025
Oak Mining SawflyProfenusa pygmaea2025
Eurhadina concinnaEurhadina concinna2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Opomyza florumOpomyza florum2025
Opsius stactogalusOpsius stactogalus2025
Opomyza germinationisOpomyza germinationis2025
Tuponia hippophaesTuponia hippophaes2025
Kite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillus2025
Bay SuckerTrioza alacris2025
Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2025
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2025
Anthocomus rufusAnthocomus rufus2025
Heterotoma planicornisHeterotoma planicornis2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens2025
Orthops (Orthops) campestrisOrthops (Orthops) campestris2025
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025
Cheilosia caerulescensCheilosia caerulescens2025
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025
Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Issus coleoptratusIssus coleoptratus2025
Locust BlowflyStomorhina lunata2025
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025
Ornate Tailed Digger WaspCerceris rybyensis2025
Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens2025
Bee WolfPhilanthus triangulum2025
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber2025
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
Tinocallis (Sappocallis) takachihoensisTinocallis (Sappocallis) takachihoensis2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Sitona obsoletusSitona obsoletus2025
Common Green SawflyTenthredo mesomela2025
Tachypeza nubilaTachypeza nubila2025
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025
Tillus elongatusTillus elongatus2025
Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2025
Common Red-legged RobberflyDioctria rufipes2025
Wild Rose FusehornArge ochropus2025
Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025
TenthredoTenthredo2025
Anthocomus fasciatusAnthocomus fasciatus2025
Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2025
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2025
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025

🌿

Plants9 species

autumn

2025

Mistletoe · Yarrow · Ivy-leaved Toadflax · Yellow-wort · Red Campion +4

MistletoeViscum album
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Yellow-wortBlackstonia perfoliata
Red CampionSilene dioica
Japanese-LanternAlkekengi officinarum
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Dave Fergusson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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