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Saint Peter

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📷 Evelyn Simak · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦103+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shoveler and Mallard
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦103+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shoveler and Mallard
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Campsite

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Shoveler, Mallard, Carrion Crow +100 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Shoveler, Mallard, Carrion Crow +100 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Azure Damselfly, Hairy Dragonfly, Norfolk Aeshna +17 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Azure Damselfly, Hairy Dragonfly, Norfolk Aeshna +17 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Mugwort, Tansy, Creeping Thistle · last seen 2025; Plants — Mugwort, Tansy, Creeping Thistle · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

9 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

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: Lowestoft to Sea PallingWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

Potter Heigham CircularWalking route5.8 km

Named routeLength 5.8 kmRound tripLocal walking route

Thurne CircularWalking route3.3 km

Weavers’ Way - Walk 9

Named routeLength 3.3 kmRound tripLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Two Rivers Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef 30Regional cycle route

Regional Cycle Route 30Cycling route373 km

Named routeRef 30Length 373 kmRound tripRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

46,943 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

46,943 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds59 species

autumnwinter

2026

Shoveler · Wigeon · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow +54

ShovelerSpatula clypeata
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great TitParus major2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BitternBotaurus stellaris
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
MerlinFalco columbarius2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

autumnwinter

2025

Grey Seal · Chinese Water Deer

Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Chinese Water DeerHydropotes inermis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

46,943 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds59 species

autumnwinter

2026

Shoveler · Wigeon · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow +54

ShovelerSpatula clypeata
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great TitParus major2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BitternBotaurus stellaris
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
MerlinFalco columbarius2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

autumnwinter

2025

Grey Seal · Chinese Water Deer

Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Chinese Water DeerHydropotes inermis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Evelyn Simak · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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