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St Andrew's Church

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Woodpigeon
🐕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

🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Woodpigeon
🐕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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blue Tit, Woodpigeon, Robin +72 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Woodpigeon, Robin +72 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Speckled Wood, Green-veined White, Meadow Brown +17 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Speckled Wood, Green-veined White, Meadow Brown +17 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Polypodium vulgare, Honesty, Wall-rue +2 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Polypodium vulgare, Honesty, Wall-rue +2 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Moderate match

Religious grounds — local heritage

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 13 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Countryside TrailWalking route

Norfolk County Council Circular Walks; Length: 180m

Named route

Walsingham WayWalking route61 km

Named routeLength 61 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route

Ash Lanepublic footpath · 397 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 397 mSurface groundPath type: track

Ash Lanepublic footpath · 36 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 36 mSurface asphaltPath type: track

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Blue PedalwayCycling route

Named routeRef BluePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

8,146 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

8,146 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds78 species

winterspringsummer

2026

Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Wren +73

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
JackdawColoeus monedula
Great TitParus major2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
MagpiePica pica2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
BuzzardButeo buteo
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Common GullLarus canus2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
SwiftApus apus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2023
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Common TernSterna hirundo2023
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2022
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2023
TealAnas crecca2023
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2023
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2022
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
Rock DoveColumba livia2022
CuckooCuculus canorus2022
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2022

🦌

Mammals6 species

springsummerautumn

2024

Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Rabbit · Roe Deer · Indet. Deer +1

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown HareLepus europaeus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2023
Indet. DeerCervidae2022
Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2022

🐝

Insects20 species

springsummer

2025

Speckled Wood · Green-veined White · Meadow Brown · Orange-tip · Small White +15

Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2022
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2022
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2022
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2022
Small WhitePieris rapae2022
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2022
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Brachypera zoilusBrachypera zoilus
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2023
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2023
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2022
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2022
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2022
PeacockAglais io2022

🌿

Plants5 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Polypodium vulgare · Honesty · Wall-rue · Pale Toadflax · Field Bindweed

Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare
HonestyLunaria annua
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2024
Pale ToadflaxLinaria repens2022
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

8,146 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds78 species

winterspringsummer

2026

Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Wren +73

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
JackdawColoeus monedula
Great TitParus major2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
MagpiePica pica2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
BuzzardButeo buteo
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Common GullLarus canus2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
SwiftApus apus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2023
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Common TernSterna hirundo2023
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2022
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2023
TealAnas crecca2023
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2023
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2022
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
Rock DoveColumba livia2022
CuckooCuculus canorus2022
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2022

🦌

Mammals6 species

springsummerautumn

2024

Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Rabbit · Roe Deer · Indet. Deer +1

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown HareLepus europaeus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2023
Indet. DeerCervidae2022
Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2022

🐝

Insects20 species

springsummer

2025

Speckled Wood · Green-veined White · Meadow Brown · Orange-tip · Small White +15

Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2022
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2022
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2022
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2022
Small WhitePieris rapae2022
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2022
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Brachypera zoilusBrachypera zoilus
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2023
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2023
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2022
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2022
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2022
PeacockAglais io2022

🌿

Plants5 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Polypodium vulgare · Honesty · Wall-rue · Pale Toadflax · Field Bindweed

Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare
HonestyLunaria annua
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2024
Pale ToadflaxLinaria repens2022
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Evelyn Simak · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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