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Big Carr - Vegetation area

1 ha

📷 Suse · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome1 ha

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52.68982, 1.47032

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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
🌿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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

4 activities

Wildlife

Strong match

Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Lowland fens — specialist fen birds and passage waders

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Acle CircularWalking route7.2 km

Weavers’ Way - Walk 10

Named routeLength 7.2 kmRound tripLocal walking route

Burlingham Wood Circular WalkWalking route5.5 km

Named routeLength 5.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route

Bittern Line Walk 2Walking route5.6 km

Salhouse

Named routeLength 5.6 kmRound tripLocal walking route

Circular WalkWalking route5 km

Named routeLength 5 kmLocal walking route

Bittern Line Walk 3Walking route6 km

Hoveton and Wroxham

Named routeLength 6 kmRound tripLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Three Rivers WayCycling route

Named routeRef TRWLocal cycle route

Bure Valley PathCycling route

Named routeRef BVPLocal cycle route

Rebellion WayCycling route373 km

Named routeRef RebelLength 373 kmRound tripRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

49,585 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

49,585 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds61 species

autumnwinter

2025

Mute Swan · Mallard · Cormorant · Greylag Goose · Black-headed Gull +56

Mute SwanCygnus olor
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Common GullLarus canus
TealAnas crecca
RobinErithacus rubecula
CootFulica atra
MagpiePica pica
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
JackdawColoeus monedula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RookCorvus frugilegus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Great TitParus major
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
GadwallMareca strepera
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
JayGarrulus glandarius
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
NuthatchSitta europaea
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
SwallowHirundo rustica
PeregrineFalco peregrinus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
European White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons albifrons
WigeonMareca penelope
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
DunnockPrunella modularis
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
HobbyFalco subbuteo
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
RavenCorvus corax

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

49,585 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds61 species

autumnwinter

2025

Mute Swan · Mallard · Cormorant · Greylag Goose · Black-headed Gull +56

Mute SwanCygnus olor
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Common GullLarus canus
TealAnas crecca
RobinErithacus rubecula
CootFulica atra
MagpiePica pica
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
JackdawColoeus monedula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RookCorvus frugilegus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Great TitParus major
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
GadwallMareca strepera
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
JayGarrulus glandarius
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
NuthatchSitta europaea
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
SwallowHirundo rustica
PeregrineFalco peregrinus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
European White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons albifrons
WigeonMareca penelope
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
DunnockPrunella modularis
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
HobbyFalco subbuteo
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
RavenCorvus corax

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Suse · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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