Old Yards Plantation 93 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 93 ha
Places › England › Eastern › King's Lynn and West Norfolk Getting here
52.70969, 0.57464
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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 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 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 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days £ 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 — Barn Owl, Red-legged Partridge, Pheasant +83 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Barn Owl, Red-legged Partridge, Pheasant +83 more · last seen 2025
Free
Plants — Pedunculate Oak, Bristly Oxtongue, Hogweed +13 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Small Copper, Large White, Ruddy Darter +199 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Cyperus Sedge, Wild Clary, Pill Sedge +107 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Cyperus Sedge, Wild Clary, Pill Sedge +107 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 7 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Nar Valley Way Walking route 54 km ▾
Kings Lynn to Gressenhall
Named route Length 54 km Regional walking route
Show on map Castle Acre Circular (Long) Walking route 6.5 km ▾
Named route Length 6.5 km Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Cross-Norfolk Trail Walking route 96 km ▾
King’s Lynn to Great Yarmouth
Named route Length 96 km Point-to-point Rhn
Show on map Narborough Circular Walk Walking route 3.8 km ▾
Named route Length 3.8 km Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Pentney and Shouldham Warren via Pentney Abbey Walking route 10.5 km ▾
Named route Length 10.5 km Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Common Lane public footpath · 17 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 17 m Path type: track
Show on map 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
King's Lynn-Swaffham Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Gold (5) Local cycle route
Show on map Rebellion Way Cycling route 373 km ▾
Named route Ref Rebel Length 373 km Round trip Regional cycle route
Show on map 20 public paths nearby
Public paths
Common Lane restricted byway · 341 m ▾
Public path restricted byway Length 341 m Path type: track
Show on map Common Lane restricted byway · 41 m ▾
Public path restricted byway Length 41 m Path type: track
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Wildlife to spot
10,526 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 10,526 records · National Biodiversity Network Red-legged Partridge · Barn Owl · Turtle Dove · Woodlark · Nightingale +24
Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Barn Owl Tyto alba2024 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur Woodlark Lullula arborea Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius House Sparrow Passer domesticus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Little Owl Athene noctua Grey Partridge Perdix perdix Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Carrion Crow Corvus corone Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor Coal Tit Periparus ater Blackbird Turdus merula Great Tit Parus major Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Skylark Alauda arvensis Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Robin Erithacus rubecula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Long-eared Owl Asio otus2024 Hobby Falco subbuteo2024 Muntjac
Common Darter · Ruddy Darter · Emperor Dragonfly · Brown Hawker · Small Red-eyed Damselfly +16
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2024 Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum2024 Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2024 Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis2024 Small Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma viridulum2024 Common Blue Damselfly Pill Sedge · Distant Sedge · Common Gromwell · Fine-leaved Water-dropwort · Marsh Fern +75
Pill Sedge Carex pilulifera Distant Sedge Carex distans Common Gromwell Lithospermum officinale Fine-leaved Water-dropwort Oenanthe aquatica Marsh Fern Thelypteris palustris Flea Sedge Carex pulicaris Long-Stalked Yellow Sedge Carex lepidocarpa Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 10,526 records · National Biodiversity Network Red-legged Partridge · Barn Owl · Turtle Dove · Woodlark · Nightingale +24
Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Barn Owl Tyto alba2024 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur Woodlark Lullula arborea Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius House Sparrow Passer domesticus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Little Owl Athene noctua Grey Partridge Perdix perdix Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Carrion Crow Corvus corone Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor Coal Tit Periparus ater Blackbird Turdus merula Great Tit Parus major Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Skylark Alauda arvensis Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Robin Erithacus rubecula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Long-eared Owl Asio otus2024 Hobby Falco subbuteo2024 Muntjac
Common Darter · Ruddy Darter · Emperor Dragonfly · Brown Hawker · Small Red-eyed Damselfly +16
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2024 Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum2024 Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2024 Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis2024 Small Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma viridulum2024 Common Blue Damselfly Pill Sedge · Distant Sedge · Common Gromwell · Fine-leaved Water-dropwort · Marsh Fern +75
Pill Sedge Carex pilulifera Distant Sedge Carex distans Common Gromwell Lithospermum officinale Fine-leaved Water-dropwort Oenanthe aquatica Marsh Fern Thelypteris palustris Flea Sedge Carex pulicaris Long-Stalked Yellow Sedge Carex lepidocarpa Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Enallagma cyathigerum2024
Enallagma cyathigerum2024
Scarce Emerald Damselfly Lestes dryas2024
Scarce Emerald Damselfly Lestes dryas2024
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2024
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2024
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2024
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2024
Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa2024
Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa2024
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens2024
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens2024
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis2024
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis2024
Slender Ground-hopper Tetrix subulata
Slender Ground-hopper Tetrix subulata
Contacyphon padi Contacyphon padi
Contacyphon padi Contacyphon padi
Pea-leaf Weevil Sitona lineatus
Pea-leaf Weevil Sitona lineatus
Contacyphon variabilis Contacyphon variabilis
Contacyphon variabilis Contacyphon variabilis
Sylvicola cinctus Sylvicola cinctus
Sylvicola cinctus Sylvicola cinctus
Empoasca vitis Empoasca vitis
Empoasca vitis Empoasca vitis
Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis2024
Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis2024
Southern Migrant Hawker Aeshna affinis2024
Southern Migrant Hawker Aeshna affinis2024
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata2024
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata2024
Bog Pimpernel Lysimachia tenella
Bog Pimpernel Lysimachia tenella
Lords-and-Ladies Arum maculatum
Lords-and-Ladies Arum maculatum
Silverweed Potentilla anserina
Silverweed Potentilla anserina
Ground-ivy Glechoma hederacea
Ground-ivy Glechoma hederacea
Glaucous Sedge Carex flacca
Glaucous Sedge Carex flacca
Creeping Bent Agrostis stolonifera
Creeping Bent Agrostis stolonifera
Pedunculate Oak Quercus robur
Pedunculate Oak Quercus robur
Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense
Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense
Black Medick Medicago lupulina
Black Medick Medicago lupulina
Bristly Oxtongue Helminthotheca echioides
Bristly Oxtongue Helminthotheca echioides
Hairy Sedge Carex hirta
Hairy Sedge Carex hirta
Cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata
Cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata
Dock Rumex
Dock Rumex
Rose Rosa
Rose Rosa
Selfheal Prunella vulgaris
Selfheal Prunella vulgaris
Meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria
Meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria
Ivy Hedera helix
Ivy Hedera helix
Festuca rubra Festuca rubra
Festuca rubra Festuca rubra
Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens
Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens
Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium
Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium
Annual Meadow-grass Poa annua
Annual Meadow-grass Poa annua
Creeping Cinquefoil Potentilla reptans
Creeping Cinquefoil Potentilla reptans
Marsh Thistle Cirsium palustre
Marsh Thistle Cirsium palustre
daffodils Narcissus
daffodils Narcissus
White Clover Trifolium repens
White Clover Trifolium repens
Downy Birch Betula pubescens
Downy Birch Betula pubescens
Square-stalked St John's-wort Hypericum tetrapterum
Square-stalked St John's-wort Hypericum tetrapterum
Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris
Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris
Common Knapweed Centaurea nigra
Common Knapweed Centaurea nigra
Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna
Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna
Hard Rush Juncus inflexus
Hard Rush Juncus inflexus
Oregon-grape Mahonia aquifolium
Oregon-grape Mahonia aquifolium
Meadow Vetchling Lathyrus pratensis
Meadow Vetchling Lathyrus pratensis
Germander Speedwell Veronica chamaedrys
Germander Speedwell Veronica chamaedrys
Bramble Rubus fruticosus
Bramble Rubus fruticosus
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna
Brooklime Veronica beccabunga
Brooklime Veronica beccabunga
Yarrow Achillea millefolium
Yarrow Achillea millefolium
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata
Water Mint Mentha aquatica
Water Mint Mentha aquatica
Hedge Woundwort Stachys sylvatica
Hedge Woundwort Stachys sylvatica
Common Nettle Urtica dioica
Common Nettle Urtica dioica
Cleavers Galium aparine
Cleavers Galium aparine
Dandelion Taraxacum
Dandelion Taraxacum
Fool's Water-Cress Helosciadium nodiflorum
Fool's Water-Cress Helosciadium nodiflorum
White Dead-nettle Lamium album
White Dead-nettle Lamium album
Tamus Tamus
Tamus Tamus
Mugwort Artemisia vulgaris
Mugwort Artemisia vulgaris
Blackthorn Prunus spinosa
Blackthorn Prunus spinosa
Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare
Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare
Groundsel Senecio vulgaris
Groundsel Senecio vulgaris
Elm Ulmus
Elm Ulmus
Sweet-Grass Glyceria
Sweet-Grass Glyceria
Great Willowherb Epilobium hirsutum
Great Willowherb Epilobium hirsutum
Greater Plantain Plantago major
Greater Plantain Plantago major
Common Chickweed Stellaria media
Common Chickweed Stellaria media
False-brome Brachypodium sylvaticum
False-brome Brachypodium sylvaticum
Tufted Hair-grass Deschampsia cespitosa
Tufted Hair-grass Deschampsia cespitosa
Willow Salix
Willow Salix
Wood Avens Geum urbanum
Wood Avens Geum urbanum
Hazel Corylus avellana
Hazel Corylus avellana
Common Fleabane Pulicaria dysenterica
Common Fleabane Pulicaria dysenterica
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum
Common Reed Phragmites australis
Common Reed Phragmites australis
Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus
Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus
Nipplewort Lapsana communis
Nipplewort Lapsana communis
Soft-rush Juncus effusus
Soft-rush Juncus effusus
Rough Chervil Chaerophyllum temulum
Rough Chervil Chaerophyllum temulum
Cyperus Sedge Carex pseudocyperus
Cyperus Sedge Carex pseudocyperus
Cherry Plum Prunus cerasifera
Cherry Plum Prunus cerasifera
Foxglove Digitalis purpurea2024
Foxglove Digitalis purpurea2024
Meadow Thistle Cirsium dissectum2024
Meadow Thistle Cirsium dissectum2024
Marsh Helleborine Epipactis palustris2024
Marsh Helleborine Epipactis palustris2024 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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