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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.62816, 0.75490
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦87+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Blackcap
- ✦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
- 🐦87+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Blackcap
- ✦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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Blackcap, Woodpigeon +84 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Blackcap, Woodpigeon +84 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Burnished Brass, Harlequin Ladybird, Agonum viduum +82 more · last seen 2022
Free
Grade II* listed building: CHURCH OF ST ANDREW; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Fleabane, Groundsel, Scentless Mayweed +149 more · last seen 2025
Free
Named hiking route nearby: Peddars Way; Named hiking route nearby: Peddars Way
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Swaefas WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Pickenhams Circular WalkWalking route6.5 km▾
Named routeLength 6.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Peddars WayWalking route74 km▾
Named routeLength 74 kmNational walking route
London to Walsingham - stage 08Walking route▾
Named routeRef LW08Local walking route
7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Blue PedalwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef BluePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
King's Lynn-SwaffhamCycling route▾
Named routeRef Gold (5)Local cycle route
Brecks Cycling Discovery RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Rebellion WayCycling route373 km▾
Named routeRef RebelLength 373 kmRound tripRegional cycle route
Route 13Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route8.1 km▾
Named routeRef 13Length 8.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Peddars Way Cycle RouteMountain bike route83.6 km▾
The Peddars Way with suggested detours to avoid footpath-only sections.
Named routeLength 83.6 kmNational Cycle Network
Photos
St Andrew's Church, North Pickenham, Norfolk - Wall monument
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
3,079 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,079 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Stock Dove · Robin · Blackbird · Wren · Blackcap +44
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great TitParus major
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RavenCorvus corax
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- MagpiePica pica
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Muntjac
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
White Dead-nettle · Prickly Sow-thistle · Scentless Mayweed · Hazel · Shepherd's-purse +55
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
- Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,079 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Stock Dove · Robin · Blackbird · Wren · Blackcap +44
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great TitParus major
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RavenCorvus corax
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- MagpiePica pica
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Muntjac
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
White Dead-nettle · Prickly Sow-thistle · Scentless Mayweed · Hazel · Shepherd's-purse +55
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
- Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas