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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 10 ha
Places › England › Eastern › South Norfolk Getting here
52.53379, 1.37684
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days 🌿 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
☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days 🌿 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 — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +58 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +58 more · last seen 2026
Free
Plants — Grass-leaved Orache, Ramsons, Procumbent Yellow-sorrel +23 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Azure Damselfly, Four-spotted Chaser, Large Red Damselfly +95 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Azure Damselfly, Four-spotted Chaser, Large Red Damselfly +95 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Amaranthaceae, Bluebell, Great Brome +256 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Amaranthaceae, Bluebell, Great Brome +256 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 2 signed routes nearby · 16 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Boudicca Way Walking route 60 km ▾
Norwich to Diss
Named route Length 60 km Regional walking route
Show on map Claxton Circular Walking route 5.3 km ▾
Named route Length 5.3 km Round trip Local walking route
Show on map 1 public path nearby
Public paths
Kirstead Green bridleway · 380 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 380 m Path type: track
Show on map Photos Kirstead Green: Kirstead House Farm
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Wildlife to spot
5,951 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 5,951 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 39 species
spring winter
2026 ▾
Robin · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Pheasant · Kestrel +34
Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Anas platyrhynchos x Anas platyrhynchos x2023 Barn Owl Tyto alba Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2024 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2024 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2024 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2023 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2023 Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Roe Deer · Muntjac · Red Deer
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi Red Deer Cervus elaphus Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2023 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 22 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Azure Damselfly · Four-spotted Chaser · Large Red Damselfly · Common Darter · Emperor Dragonfly +17
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea Dwarf Elder · Mistletoe · Lesser Celandine · Creeping Thistle
Dwarf Elder Sambucus ebulus Mistletoe Viscum album Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna2023 Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense2023 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 5,951 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 39 species
spring winter
2026 ▾
Robin · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Pheasant · Kestrel +34
Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Anas platyrhynchos x Anas platyrhynchos x2023 Barn Owl Tyto alba Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2024 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2024 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2024 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2023 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2023 Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Roe Deer · Muntjac · Red Deer
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi Red Deer Cervus elaphus Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2023 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 22 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Azure Damselfly · Four-spotted Chaser · Large Red Damselfly · Common Darter · Emperor Dragonfly +17
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea Dwarf Elder · Mistletoe · Lesser Celandine · Creeping Thistle
Dwarf Elder Sambucus ebulus Mistletoe Viscum album Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna2023 Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense2023 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Migrant Hawker
Migrant Hawker
Aeshna mixta
Aeshna mixta
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis
Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa
Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa
Norfolk Aeshna Aeshna isoceles
Norfolk Aeshna Aeshna isoceles
Hairy Dragonfly Brachytron pratense
Hairy Dragonfly Brachytron pratense
Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum
Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum
Greater Horntail Wasp Urocerus gigas
Greater Horntail Wasp Urocerus gigas
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa
Closterotomus trivialis Closterotomus trivialis2024
Closterotomus trivialis Closterotomus trivialis2024
Scarce Chaser Libellula fulva2023
Scarce Chaser Libellula fulva2023
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum2023
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum2023
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major2023
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major2023 