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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 20 ha
Places › England › Eastern › Norwich Getting here
52.64153, 1.31952
Open directionsv 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 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 🛝 Playground 280m away — 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 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 🛝 Playground 280m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking· Free 🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mute Swan, Robin, Herring Gull +69 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mute Swan, Robin, Herring Gull +69 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies; Insects — Emperor Dragonfly, Common Darter, Brown Hawker +86 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Sycamore, Green Alkanet, Sweet Violet +56 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Sycamore, Green Alkanet, Sweet Violet +56 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 21 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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 Olympic Torch Relay (Norwich) Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Bittern Line Walk 2 Walking route 5.6 km ▾
Salhouse
Named route Length 5.6 km Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Bittern Line Walk 1 Walking route 3 km ▾
Norwich
Named route Length 3 km Round trip Local walking route
Show on map 93 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 Pink Pedalway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Pink Point-to-point Local cycle route
Show on map Photos Gurney Road through Mousehold Heath
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Wildlife to spot
50,509 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 50,509 records · National Biodiversity Network Robin · Mute Swan · Great Tit · Black-headed Gull · Blue Tit +31
Robin Erithacus rubecula Mute Swan Cygnus olor Great Tit Parus major Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Coot Fulica atra2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 21 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Syrphus · Dark-edged Bee-fly · 14-spot Ladybird · Firebug · Syrphus torvus +16
Syrphus Syrphus Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major 14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata Firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus Syrphus torvus Syrphus torvus Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Sweet Violet · Cleavers · Few-flowered Garlic · Red Dead-nettle · Lesser Celandine +20
Sweet Violet Viola odorata Cleavers Galium aparine Few-flowered Garlic Allium paradoxum Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum Green Alkanet Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 50,509 records · National Biodiversity Network Robin · Mute Swan · Great Tit · Black-headed Gull · Blue Tit +31
Robin Erithacus rubecula Mute Swan Cygnus olor Great Tit Parus major Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Coot Fulica atra2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 21 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Syrphus · Dark-edged Bee-fly · 14-spot Ladybird · Firebug · Syrphus torvus +16
Syrphus Syrphus Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major 14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata Firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus Syrphus torvus Syrphus torvus Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Sweet Violet · Cleavers · Few-flowered Garlic · Red Dead-nettle · Lesser Celandine +20
Sweet Violet Viola odorata Cleavers Galium aparine Few-flowered Garlic Allium paradoxum Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum Green Alkanet Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Epistrophe eligans
Epistrophe eligans
Epistrophe eligans
Epistrophe eligans
Leptinus testaceus Leptinus testaceus
Leptinus testaceus Leptinus testaceus
Muscina prolapsa Muscina prolapsa
Muscina prolapsa Muscina prolapsa
Phaonia signata Phaonia signata
Phaonia signata Phaonia signata
Strawberry-blossom Weevil Anthonomus rubi
Strawberry-blossom Weevil Anthonomus rubi
Sciaphilus asperatus Sciaphilus asperatus
Sciaphilus asperatus Sciaphilus asperatus
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
Box Bug Gonocerus acuteangulatus
Box Bug Gonocerus acuteangulatus
Halesus radiatus Halesus radiatus
Halesus radiatus Halesus radiatus
Orsillus depressus Orsillus depressus
Orsillus depressus Orsillus depressus
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Myzus (Nectarosiphon) persicae Myzus (Nectarosiphon) persicae
Myzus (Nectarosiphon) persicae Myzus (Nectarosiphon) persicae
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata Pentaglottis sempervirens
Pentaglottis sempervirens
Common Nettle Urtica dioica
Common Nettle Urtica dioica
Ground-ivy Glechoma hederacea
Ground-ivy Glechoma hederacea
Lords-and-Ladies Arum maculatum
Lords-and-Ladies Arum maculatum
Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta
Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta
Viola odorata var. dumetorum Viola odorata var. dumetorum
Viola odorata var. dumetorum Viola odorata var. dumetorum
Gorse Ulex europaeus
Gorse Ulex europaeus
Broom Cytisus scoparius
Broom Cytisus scoparius
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata
Holly Ilex aquifolium
Holly Ilex aquifolium
Daisy Bellis perennis
Daisy Bellis perennis
Yarrow Achillea millefolium
Yarrow Achillea millefolium
Elder Sambucus nigra
Elder Sambucus nigra
Alder Alnus glutinosa
Alder Alnus glutinosa
Small Nettle Urtica urens
Small Nettle Urtica urens
Maidenhair Spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes
Maidenhair Spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes
Snowdrop Galanthus nivalis
Snowdrop Galanthus nivalis
Hazel Corylus avellana
Hazel Corylus avellana
Silver Birch Betula pendula
Silver Birch Betula pendula 