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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessDogs welcome
Getting here
52.62086, 1.35797
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black-headed Gull and Tufted Duck
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black-headed Gull and Tufted Duck
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
🅿️Parking· Paid🧺Picnic spot
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Black-headed Gull, Tufted Duck, Robin +68 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Black-headed Gull, Tufted Duck, Robin +68 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Lesser Celandine, Alexanders, Cleavers +18 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km17 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Wherryman's WayWalking route56 km▾
Norwich to Great Yarmouth
Named routeLength 56 kmRegional walking route
Boudicca WayWalking route60 km▾
Norwich to Diss
Named routeLength 60 kmRegional walking route
Olympic Torch Relay (Norwich)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Bittern Line Walk 1Walking route3 km▾
Norwich
Named routeLength 3 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Marriott's WayWalking route42 km▾
Norwich to Aylsham via Reepham on disused railway
Named routeRef MWLength 42 kmRegional walking route
Bungalow Lanepublic footpath · 155 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 155 mSurface gravelPath type: track
Bungalow Lanepublic footpath · 19 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 19 mSurface asphaltPath type: track
Bungalow Lanepublic footpath · 114 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 114 mSurface gravelPath type: track
82 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
Edith Cavell PilgrimageCycling route22.5 km▾
Named routeRef ECPLength 22.5 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Pink PedalwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef PinkPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
7 public paths nearby
Public paths
Whitlingham Lanebridleway · 111 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 111 mSurface gravelPath type: unclassified
Whitlingham Lanebyway open to all traffic · 174 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 174 mSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified
Whitlingham Lanebridleway · 238 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 238 mPath type: unclassified
Whitlingham Lanebridleway · 63 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 63 mSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified
Whitlingham Lanebridleway · 235 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 235 mSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified
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Whitlingham St Andrew's ruined church
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
57,183 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
57,183 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlack-headed Gull · Tufted Duck · Gadwall · Mallard · Coot +30
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GadwallMareca strepera
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Great TitParus major
- TealAnas crecca
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Blue Shieldbug
- Blue ShieldbugZicrona caerulea
Lesser Celandine · Alexanders · Common Nettle · Cleavers · Viola odorata var. odorata +16
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Viola odorata var. odorataViola odorata var. odorata
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
57,183 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlack-headed Gull · Tufted Duck · Gadwall · Mallard · Coot +30
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GadwallMareca strepera
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Great TitParus major
- TealAnas crecca
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Blue Shieldbug
- Blue ShieldbugZicrona caerulea
Lesser Celandine · Alexanders · Common Nettle · Cleavers · Viola odorata var. odorata +16
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Viola odorata var. odorataViola odorata var. odorata
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
RamsonsAllium ursinumRamsonsAllium ursinumFew-flowered GarlicAllium paradoxumFew-flowered GarlicAllium paradoxumGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumItalian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicumItalian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicumRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumDaisyBellis perennisDaisyBellis perennisGorseUlex europaeusGorseUlex europaeusDandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumCuckooflowerCardamine pratensisCuckooflowerCardamine pratensisJapanese KnotweedReynoutria japonicaJapanese KnotweedReynoutria japonicaColtsfootTussilago farfaraColtsfootTussilago farfaraCommon Field-speedwellVeronica persicaCommon Field-speedwellVeronica persicaDog's MercuryMercurialis perennisDog's MercuryMercurialis perennisEvents & activities nearby
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