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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.62306, 1.48615
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mute Swan, Robin, Goldfinch +71 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Mute Swan, Robin, Goldfinch +71 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Large White, Holly Blue +177 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — White Dead-nettle, Spear Thistle, Creeping Thistle +120 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km15 signed routes nearby · 19 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Wherryman's WayWalking route56 km▾
Norwich to Great Yarmouth
Named routeLength 56 kmRegional walking route
Weavers’ WayWalking route98 km▾
Cromer to Great Yarmouth
Named routeLength 98 kmRegional walking route
Circular RouteWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Shirley's PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Acle CircularWalking route7.2 km▾
Weavers’ Way - Walk 10
Named routeLength 7.2 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Pack Lanepublic footpath · 230 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 230 mSurface compactedPath type: track
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Rebellion WayCycling route373 km▾
Named routeRef RebelLength 373 kmRound tripRegional cycle route
Caister Castle Cycle RouteCycling route13 km▾
Named routeLength 13 kmPoint-to-pointRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route11.8 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 11.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
21,999 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
21,999 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Greenfinch · Woodcock · Fieldfare · Barn Owl +20
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Common TernSterna hirundo2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects101 species
springsummer
2026▾
Red-legged Shieldbug · Migrant Hawker · Speckled Bush-cricket · Common Darter · Gorse Shieldbug +96
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus
Smooth Hawk's-beard · Caper Spurge · Common Fleabane · Lady's Bedstraw · Pyramidal Orchid +4
- Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris
- Caper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyris
- Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
- Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
- Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis
- Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
21,999 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Greenfinch · Woodcock · Fieldfare · Barn Owl +20
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Common TernSterna hirundo2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects101 species
springsummer
2026▾
Red-legged Shieldbug · Migrant Hawker · Speckled Bush-cricket · Common Darter · Gorse Shieldbug +96
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus
Smooth Hawk's-beard · Caper Spurge · Common Fleabane · Lady's Bedstraw · Pyramidal Orchid +4
- Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris
- Caper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyris
- Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
- Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
- Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis
- Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Volucella inanis
Volucella inanis
Volucella inanis2025
Volucella inanis2025
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025Meadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrata2025Meadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrata2025Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2025Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2025Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Platycheirus peltatus agg.Platycheirus peltatus agg.2025Platycheirus peltatus agg.Platycheirus peltatus agg.2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2025Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2025Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2025Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2025Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2025Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva2025Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva2025Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2025Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2025Glischrochilus hortensisGlischrochilus hortensisGlischrochilus hortensisGlischrochilus hortensisDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataLimnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2025Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2025Sylvicola punctatusSylvicola punctatus2025Sylvicola punctatusSylvicola punctatus2025Culiseta annulataCuliseta annulata2025Culiseta annulataCuliseta annulata2025Demetrias atricapillusDemetrias atricapillus2025Demetrias atricapillusDemetrias atricapillus202524-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata202524-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2025Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Kite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillus2025Kite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillus2025Jet AntLasius fuliginosus2025Jet AntLasius fuliginosus2025Himacerus (Anaptus) majorHimacerus (Anaptus) major2025Himacerus (Anaptus) majorHimacerus (Anaptus) major2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Ledra auritaLedra aurita2025Ledra auritaLedra aurita2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Mocydia croceaMocydia crocea2025Mocydia croceaMocydia crocea2025Psectrotanypus variusPsectrotanypus varius2025Psectrotanypus variusPsectrotanypus varius2025Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis2025Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis2025Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus2025Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus2025Cheilosia paganaCheilosia pagana2025Cheilosia paganaCheilosia pagana2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus2025Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus2025Dromius quadrimaculatusDromius quadrimaculatus2025Dromius quadrimaculatusDromius quadrimaculatus2025Large Walnut AphidPanaphis juglandis2025Large Walnut AphidPanaphis juglandis2025Turnip TigressAthalia rosae2025Turnip TigressAthalia rosae2025Little SnipeflyChrysopilus asiliformis2025Little SnipeflyChrysopilus asiliformis2025Timothy GrassbugStenotus binotatus2025Timothy GrassbugStenotus binotatus2025Platystoma seminationisPlatystoma seminationis2025Platystoma seminationisPlatystoma seminationis2025Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025Xylota segnisXylota segnis2025Nyctia halterataNyctia halterata2025Nyctia halterataNyctia halterata2025Pleasant SawflyTenthredo amoena2025Pleasant SawflyTenthredo amoena2025Graphomya maculataGraphomya maculata2025Graphomya maculataGraphomya maculata2025Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus2025Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus2025Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus2025Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus2025Ant Damsel BugHimacerus (Aptus) mirmicoides2025Ant Damsel BugHimacerus (Aptus) mirmicoides2025Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025Opomyza florumOpomyza florum2025Opomyza florumOpomyza florum2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Curculio venosusCurculio venosus2025Curculio venosusCurculio venosus2025Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2025Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2025Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Black-horned GemMicrochrysa polita2025Black-horned GemMicrochrysa polita2025Cionus tuberculosusCionus tuberculosus2025Cionus tuberculosusCionus tuberculosus2025Volucella inflataVolucella inflata2025Volucella inflataVolucella inflata2025Common Green SawflyTenthredo mesomela2025Common Green SawflyTenthredo mesomela2025Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2025Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2025Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2025Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2025Acrossus rufipesAcrossus rufipes2025Acrossus rufipesAcrossus rufipes2025Willow Flea BeetleCrepidodera aurata2025Willow Flea BeetleCrepidodera aurata2025Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025Red AntMyrmica rubra2025Red AntMyrmica rubra2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Harpocera thoracicaHarpocera thoracica2025Harpocera thoracicaHarpocera thoracica2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2025Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2025Rhabdomiris striatellusRhabdomiris striatellus2025Rhabdomiris striatellusRhabdomiris striatellus2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2025Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2025Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus2025Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Pachyrhinus lethierryiPachyrhinus lethierryi2025Pachyrhinus lethierryiPachyrhinus lethierryi2025Scaeva seleniticaScaeva selenitica2025Scaeva seleniticaScaeva selenitica2025Barren BromeAnisantha sterilisBarren BromeAnisantha sterilisBlack BryonyTamus communisBlack BryonyTamus communisEvents & activities nearby
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