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📷 Adrian S Pye · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Swift, Woodpigeon, Robin +91 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Swift, Woodpigeon, Robin +91 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Alexanders, Bulrush, Common Sorrel +15 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Bluebell, Alexanders, Cylindric Beard-moss +138 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Bluebell, Alexanders, Cylindric Beard-moss +138 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Common Darter, Western Conifer Seed Bug, Cramp-Ball Fungus Weevil +25 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Darter, Western Conifer Seed Bug, Cramp-Ball Fungus Weevil +25 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Weavers’ WayWalking route98 km

Cromer to Great Yarmouth

Named routeLength 98 kmRegional walking route

Bittern Line Walk 3Walking route6 km

Hoveton and Wroxham

Named routeLength 6 kmRound tripLocal walking route

Briggate/Worstead CircularWalking route5.2 km

Named routeLength 5.2 kmRound tripLocal walking route

East Ruston Circular WalkWalking route6 km

A varied walk alongside the North Walsham & Dilham canal and through farmland, wet woodland and grazing marshes.

Named routeLength 6 kmRound tripLocal walking route

Honing Lock CircularWalking route3.5 km

A walk through grazing meadows, past a gushing canal lock and along the course of a dis-used railway.

Named routeLength 3.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Three Rivers WayCycling route

Named routeRef TRWLocal cycle route

Bure Valley PathCycling route

Named routeRef BVPLocal cycle route

Weavers’ WayCycling route

Named routeRef WWLocal cycle route

Rebellion WayCycling route373 km

Named routeRef RebelLength 373 kmRound tripRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

3,266 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,266 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

springsummer

2025

Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Robin · Jackdaw · Wren +48

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
RobinErithacus rubecula
JackdawColoeus monedula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Great TitParus major
DunnockPrunella modularis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
RookCorvus frugilegus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
SwiftApus apus
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
MagpiePica pica2023
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Carduelis carduelis britannicaCarduelis carduelis britannica
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2023
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2022
GadwallMareca strepera2022
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2022

🦌

Mammals7 species

springsummer

2025

Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Muntjac · Brown Hare · Red Deer +2

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Red DeerCervus elaphus
MoleTalpa europaea2024

🐝

Insects12 species

spring

2025

Chrysolina oricalcia · Cramp-Ball Fungus Weevil · Lime Aphid · Harlequin Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug +7

Chrysolina oricalciaChrysolina oricalcia
Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus
Lime AphidEucallipterus tiliae
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Clay-coloured WeevilOtiorhynchus singularis
Cantharis rustica

🌿

Plants6 species

spring

2026

Bee Orchid · White Bryony · Pellitory-of-the-wall · Alexanders · Common Mallow +1

Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
White BryonyBryonia dioica2025
Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica2025
AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum2025
Common MallowMalva sylvestris2025
Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,266 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

springsummer

2025

Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Robin · Jackdaw · Wren +48

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
RobinErithacus rubecula
JackdawColoeus monedula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Great TitParus major
DunnockPrunella modularis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
RookCorvus frugilegus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
SwiftApus apus
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
MagpiePica pica2023
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Carduelis carduelis britannicaCarduelis carduelis britannica
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2023
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2022
GadwallMareca strepera2022
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2022

🦌

Mammals7 species

springsummer

2025

Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Muntjac · Brown Hare · Red Deer +2

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Brown HareLepus europaeus
Red DeerCervus elaphus
MoleTalpa europaea2024

🐝

Insects12 species

spring

2025

Chrysolina oricalcia · Cramp-Ball Fungus Weevil · Lime Aphid · Harlequin Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug +7

Chrysolina oricalciaChrysolina oricalcia
Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus
Lime AphidEucallipterus tiliae
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Clay-coloured WeevilOtiorhynchus singularis
Cantharis rustica

🌿

Plants6 species

spring

2026

Bee Orchid · White Bryony · Pellitory-of-the-wall · Alexanders · Common Mallow +1

Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
White BryonyBryonia dioica2025
Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica2025
AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum2025
Common MallowMalva sylvestris2025
Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Adrian S Pye · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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