Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.69777, 0.77191
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦51+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 270m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦51+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 270m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Wren +48 more · last seen 2024
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ST ANDREW; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Wren +48 more · last seen 2024
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Orange-tip, Red Admiral +50 more · last seen 2023
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — False-brome, Greater Stitchwort, Male-fern +359 more · last seen 2017
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Swaefas WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Nar Valley WayWalking route54 km▾
Kings Lynn to Gressenhall
Named routeLength 54 kmRegional walking route
Peddars WayWalking route74 km▾
Named routeLength 74 kmNational walking route
Cross-Norfolk TrailWalking route96 km▾
King’s Lynn to Great Yarmouth
Named routeLength 96 kmPoint-to-pointRhn
East Lexham Circular WalkWalking route4 km▾
Named routeLength 4 kmRound tripLocal walking route
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
Great Dunham St Andrew's church
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
4,210 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,210 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Swift · Woodpigeon · Chaffinch · Tawny Owl · Blackbird +35
- SwiftApus apus2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
- JackdawColoeus monedula2022
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2017
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2020
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2020
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2018
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2022
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2022
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2020
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2020
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2018
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2017
- DunnockPrunella modularis2016
- SwallowHirundo rustica2016
- Great TitParus major2016
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2016
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumn
2022▾
American Mink · Hedgehog · Long-eared Bat species
- American MinkNeovison vison
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2019
- Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus2018
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Small White · Ringlet · Red Admiral · Meadow Brown · Banded Demoiselle +12
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2022
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi
Wavy Beard-moss · Red Beard-moss · Silky Wall Feather-moss · Intermediate Screw-moss · Supine Plait-moss +13
- Wavy Beard-mossDidymodon sinuosus
- Red Beard-mossBryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum
- Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum
- Intermediate Screw-mossSyntrichia montana
- Supine Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatum
- Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,210 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Swift · Woodpigeon · Chaffinch · Tawny Owl · Blackbird +35
- SwiftApus apus2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
- JackdawColoeus monedula2022
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2017
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2020
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2020
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2018
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2022
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2022
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2020
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2020
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2018
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2017
- DunnockPrunella modularis2016
- SwallowHirundo rustica2016
- Great TitParus major2016
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2016
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumn
2022▾
American Mink · Hedgehog · Long-eared Bat species
- American MinkNeovison vison
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2019
- Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus2018
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Small White · Ringlet · Red Admiral · Meadow Brown · Banded Demoiselle +12
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2022
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi
Wavy Beard-moss · Red Beard-moss · Silky Wall Feather-moss · Intermediate Screw-moss · Supine Plait-moss +13
- Wavy Beard-mossDidymodon sinuosus
- Red Beard-mossBryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum
- Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum
- Intermediate Screw-mossSyntrichia montana
- Supine Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatum
- Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2019
2019
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2018Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2018Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesBronze ShieldbugTroilus luridusBronze ShieldbugTroilus luridusRhombic LeatherbugSyromastus rhombeusRhombic LeatherbugSyromastus rhombeusOrange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2018GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2018Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2018Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2018Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2018Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2018Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2017Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2017Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2017Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2017Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2016Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2016Variable-leaved Crestwort
Variable-leaved Crestwort
Lophocolea heterophylla
Lophocolea heterophylla
Cylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanusCylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanusCapillary Thread-mossBryum capillareCapillary Thread-mossBryum capillareLesser Bird's-claw Beard-mossStreblotrichum convolutum var. convolutumLesser Bird's-claw Beard-mossStreblotrichum convolutum var. convolutumBlueish VeilwortMetzgeria violaceaBlueish VeilwortMetzgeria violaceaPointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidataPointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidataSwan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornumSwan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornumSpringy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosusSpringy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosusRiver Feather-mossBrachythecium rivulareRiver Feather-mossBrachythecium rivulareSoft-tufted Beard-mossDidymodon vinealisSoft-tufted Beard-mossDidymodon vinealisGreen Yoke-mossZygodon viridissimusGreen Yoke-mossZygodon viridissimusCommon Feather-mossKindbergia praelongaCommon Feather-mossKindbergia praelongaEvents & activities nearby
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