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Saint Mary's Church

📷 Richard Humphrey · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦112+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦112+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Wren +109 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Wren +109 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Sand dunes — natterjack toad, sand lizard and dune invertebrates; Insects — Southern Hawker, Migrant Hawker, Macrosiphum (Macrosiphum) albifrons +10 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Bee Orchid, Thrift, Pink-sorrel +6 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Bee Orchid, Thrift, Pink-sorrel +6 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

10 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Norfolk Coast PathWalking route191.7 km

Named routeRef NCPLength 191.7 kmNational walking route

Weavers’ WayWalking route98 km

Cromer to Great Yarmouth

Named routeLength 98 kmRegional walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Sea Palling to WeybourneWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Lowestoft to Sea PallingWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

Happisburgh Village TrailWalking route1.8 km

Named routeRef HVTLength 1.8 kmLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Two Rivers Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef 30Regional cycle route

Weavers’ WayCycling route

Named routeRef WWLocal cycle route

Regional Cycle Route 30Cycling route373 km

Named routeRef 30Length 373 kmRound tripRegional cycle route

🐴

Horse riding

4 public paths nearby

Public paths

Beach Roadbyway open to all traffic · 103 m

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 103 mPath type: residential

Beach Roadbyway open to all traffic · 54 m

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 54 mPath type: residential

Sand Hillsbyway open to all traffic · 127 m

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 127 mSurface groundPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

32,580 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

32,580 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds74 species

autumn

2026

Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Kestrel · Woodpigeon · Magpie +69

BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Little TernSternula albifrons2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2025
Little OwlAthene noctua2025
Great TitParus major2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025

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Mammals6 species

autumnwinter

2025

Chinese Water Deer · Roe Deer · Grey Seal · Muntjac · Brown Hare +1

Chinese Water DeerHydropotes inermis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Brown HareLepus europaeus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

🐝

Insects2 species

summer

2025

Migrant Hawker · Southern Hawker

Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

32,580 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds74 species

autumn

2026

Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Kestrel · Woodpigeon · Magpie +69

BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Little TernSternula albifrons2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2025
Little OwlAthene noctua2025
Great TitParus major2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025

🦌

Mammals6 species

autumnwinter

2025

Chinese Water Deer · Roe Deer · Grey Seal · Muntjac · Brown Hare +1

Chinese Water DeerHydropotes inermis
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Brown HareLepus europaeus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

🐝

Insects2 species

summer

2025

Migrant Hawker · Southern Hawker

Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Richard Humphrey · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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🌱East Ruston Old Vicarage GardensUrban park4.7 km→✦HAPPISBURGH MANORHistoric site3.9 km→⛪All Saints' ChurchReligious grounds2.2 km→⛪St Mary's ChurchReligious grounds4.2 km→🐄Boundary Farm ShopVisitor farm2.3 km→⛪St Margaret's ChurchReligious grounds2.6 km→

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