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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦91+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Mallard
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕The Willows — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦91+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Mallard
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕The Willows — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

CaféParkingPlayground

Best for

10 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Mallard, Blue Tit +88 more · last seen 2026

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground, café; Urban park — family destination

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, café, parking

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Mallard, Blue Tit +88 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Red Mason Bee, Pine Ladybird +37 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Bluebell, Fern-grass +21 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

12 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Marriott's WayWalking route42 km

Norwich to Aylsham via Reepham on disused railway

Named routeRef MWLength 42 kmRegional walking route

Olympic Torch Relay (Norwich)Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Winch's WayWalking route

Named route

Countryside TrailWalking route

Norfolk County Council Circular Walks; Length: 180m

Named route

Costessey CircularWalking route5.5 km

Named routeLength 5.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

62 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Purple PedalwayCycling route

Named routeRef PurpleRound tripLocal cycle route

Blue PedalwayCycling route

Named routeRef BluePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route

Orange PedalwayCycling route

Named routeRef OrangeRound tripLocal cycle route

NCN National Route 1Cycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Green PedalwayCycling route

Named routeRef GreenPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 1Cycling route

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

🐴

Horse riding

1 public path nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

30,559 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

30,559 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds67 species

springsummerwinter

2026

Grey Heron · Mallard · Reed Bunting · Sedge Warbler · Woodpigeon +62

Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
CootFulica atra2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
SwiftApus apus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025

🐸

Amphibians2 species

summerautumn

2025

Common Toad · Common Frog

Common ToadBufo bufo
Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects13 species

summerautumn

2025

7-spot Ladybird · Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Green Shieldbug · Vine Weevil +8

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigata
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
Golden-tabbed RobberflyEutolmus rufibarbis

🌿

Plants7 species

summer

2026

Himalayan Balsam · Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum · Large-flowered Evening-primrose · Sneezewort · Allium cristophii +2

Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum
Large-flowered Evening-primroseOenothera glazioviana2025
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2025
Allium cristophiiAllium cristophii2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

30,559 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds67 species

springsummerwinter

2026

Grey Heron · Mallard · Reed Bunting · Sedge Warbler · Woodpigeon +62

Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
CootFulica atra2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
SwiftApus apus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025

🐸

Amphibians2 species

summerautumn

2025

Common Toad · Common Frog

Common ToadBufo bufo
Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects13 species

summerautumn

2025

7-spot Ladybird · Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Green Shieldbug · Vine Weevil +8

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigata
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
Golden-tabbed RobberflyEutolmus rufibarbis

🌿

Plants7 species

summer

2026

Himalayan Balsam · Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum · Large-flowered Evening-primrose · Sneezewort · Allium cristophii +2

Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum
Large-flowered Evening-primroseOenothera glazioviana2025
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2025
Allium cristophiiAllium cristophii2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 pam fray · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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