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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 8 ha
Places › England › Eastern › South Norfolk Getting here
52.57964, 1.35826
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 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 — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +65 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +65 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Azure Damselfly, Common Darter, Blue-tailed Damselfly +84 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Azure Damselfly, Common Darter, Blue-tailed Damselfly +84 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Mistletoe, Large-flowered Evening-primrose, Stone Parsley +26 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Mistletoe, Large-flowered Evening-primrose, Stone Parsley +26 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Blackthorn, Elder, Hawthorn
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 12 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Wherryman's Way Walking route 56 km ▾
Norwich to Great Yarmouth
Named route Length 56 km Regional walking route
Show on map Boudicca Way Walking route 60 km ▾
Norwich to Diss
Named route Length 60 km Regional walking route
Show on map Wensum Valley Wooded Ridge Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Point-to-point Local walking route
Show on map Edith Cavell Pilgrimage Walking route 11 km ▾
Named route Length 11 km Local walking route
Show on map Daisy Walk Walking route ▾
44 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Purple Pedalway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Purple Round trip Local cycle route
Show on map Blue Pedalway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Blue Point-to-point Local cycle route
Show on map Orange Pedalway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Orange Round trip Local cycle route
Show on map Edith Cavell Pilgrimage Cycling route 22.5 km ▾
Named route Ref ECP Length 22.5 km Round trip Local cycle route
Show on map NCN National Route 1 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 1 National Cycle Network
Show on map EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 1 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref EV12 International cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
8,201 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 8,201 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 40 species
summer autumn winter
2025 ▾
Carrion Crow · Snipe · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Pheasant · Blackbird +35
Carrion Crow Corvus corone Snipe Gallinago gallinago Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Blackbird Turdus merula Great Tit Parus major Redwing Turdus iliacus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Kestrel Falco tinnunculus House Martin Delichon urbicum2024 Magpie Pica pica Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Stock Dove Columba oenas Jay Garrulus glandarius Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Dunnock Prunella modularis Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Tawny Owl Strix aluco Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Rook Corvus frugilegus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Herring Gull Larus argentatus2024 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Barn Owl Tyto alba Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Swallow Hirundo rustica Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Streptopelia turtur turtur Streptopelia turtur turtur2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2024 Skylark Alauda arvensis2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 🦌 Mammals 5 species
winter spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Red Fox · Hedgehog · Chinese Water Deer · Red Deer · Weasel
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Chinese Water Deer Hydropotes inermis Red Deer Cervus elaphus Weasel Mustela nivalis2024 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
summer
2024 ▾
Great Crested Newt · Common Frog · Smooth Newt
Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus Common Frog Rana temporaria Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Azure Damselfly · Migrant Hawker · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Darter · Emperor Dragonfly +22
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata Common Blue Damselfly 🌿 Plants 9 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Mistletoe · Large-flowered Evening-primrose · Stone Parsley · Yarrow · Sharp-leaved Fluellen +4
Mistletoe Viscum album2025 Large-flowered Evening-primrose Oenothera glazioviana2025 Stone Parsley Sison amomum2025 Yarrow Achillea millefolium Sharp-leaved Fluellen Kickxia elatine2025 Bee Orchid Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 8,201 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 40 species
summer autumn winter
2025 ▾
Carrion Crow · Snipe · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Pheasant · Blackbird +35
Carrion Crow Corvus corone Snipe Gallinago gallinago Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Blackbird Turdus merula Great Tit Parus major Redwing Turdus iliacus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Kestrel Falco tinnunculus House Martin Delichon urbicum2024 Magpie Pica pica Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Stock Dove Columba oenas Jay Garrulus glandarius Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Dunnock Prunella modularis Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Tawny Owl Strix aluco Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Rook Corvus frugilegus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Herring Gull Larus argentatus2024 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Barn Owl Tyto alba Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Swallow Hirundo rustica Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Streptopelia turtur turtur Streptopelia turtur turtur2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2024 Skylark Alauda arvensis2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 🦌 Mammals 5 species
winter spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Red Fox · Hedgehog · Chinese Water Deer · Red Deer · Weasel
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Chinese Water Deer Hydropotes inermis Red Deer Cervus elaphus Weasel Mustela nivalis2024 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
summer
2024 ▾
Great Crested Newt · Common Frog · Smooth Newt
Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus Common Frog Rana temporaria Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Azure Damselfly · Migrant Hawker · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Darter · Emperor Dragonfly +22
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata Common Blue Damselfly 🌿 Plants 9 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Mistletoe · Large-flowered Evening-primrose · Stone Parsley · Yarrow · Sharp-leaved Fluellen +4
Mistletoe Viscum album2025 Large-flowered Evening-primrose Oenothera glazioviana2025 Stone Parsley Sison amomum2025 Yarrow Achillea millefolium Sharp-leaved Fluellen Kickxia elatine2025 Bee Orchid Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Enallagma cyathigerum
Enallagma cyathigerum
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis
Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma najas2024
Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma najas2024
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum
24-spot Ladybird Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
24-spot Ladybird Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Norfolk Aeshna Aeshna isoceles
Norfolk Aeshna Aeshna isoceles
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Cantharis pellucida Cantharis pellucida
Cantharis pellucida Cantharis pellucida
Athous haemorrhoidalis Athous haemorrhoidalis
Athous haemorrhoidalis Athous haemorrhoidalis
Cantharis rustica Cantharis rustica
Cantharis rustica Cantharis rustica
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2024
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2024
Bicolorous Sawfly Hemichroa australis2024
Bicolorous Sawfly Hemichroa australis2024
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2024
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2024
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi2024
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi2024
Small Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma viridulum2024
Small Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma viridulum2024
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2024
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2024 Ophrys apifera2025
Ophrys apifera2025
Meadow-foam Limnanthes douglasii2025
Meadow-foam Limnanthes douglasii2025
Winter Aconite Eranthis hyemalis2025
Winter Aconite Eranthis hyemalis2025
Great Willowherb Epilobium hirsutum2024
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