Pear Head Plantation
19 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome19 ha
Getting here
52.57390, 1.22993
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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Blackbird +45 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Lesser Celandine, Groundsel, Daisy +29 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Lesser Celandine, Groundsel, Daisy +29 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Blackthorn, White Dead-nettle, Dandelion +3 more foraging species
Varies
〰Waterside walks
Good match
Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km18 signed routes nearby · 24 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Boudicca WayWalking route60 km▾
Norwich to Diss
Named routeLength 60 kmRegional walking route
Kett's Country WalkWalking route18 km▾
Wymondham to Norwich
Named routeLength 18 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Tas Valley WayWalking route42 km▾
Norwich to Attleborough
Named routeLength 42 kmRegional walking route
Edith Cavell PilgrimageWalking route11 km▾
Named routeLength 11 kmLocal walking route
Daisy WalkWalking route▾
14 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
Edith Cavell PilgrimageCycling route22.5 km▾
Named routeRef ECPLength 22.5 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
Pink PedalwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef PinkPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
Rebellion WayCycling route373 km▾
Named routeRef RebelLength 373 kmRound tripRegional cycle route
Yellow PedalwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef YellowPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
38,351 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
38,351 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Black-headed Gull +30
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Gorse Weevil · Trioza urticae
- Gorse WeevilExapion ulicis
- Trioza urticaeTrioza urticae
Lesser Celandine · Groundsel · Daisy · Common Field-speedwell · Gorse +24
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
- GorseUlex europaeus
- Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica
- Drooping Star-of-BethlehemOrnithogalum nutans
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
38,351 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Black-headed Gull +30
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Gorse Weevil · Trioza urticae
- Gorse WeevilExapion ulicis
- Trioza urticaeTrioza urticae
Lesser Celandine · Groundsel · Daisy · Common Field-speedwell · Gorse +24
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
- GorseUlex europaeus
- Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica
- Drooping Star-of-BethlehemOrnithogalum nutans
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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