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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.85755, 0.66592
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Oystercatcher and Tawny Owl
- 🍄Mushroom 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
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Oystercatcher and Tawny Owl
- 🍄Mushroom 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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Oystercatcher, Tawny Owl, Blackbird +65 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Oystercatcher, Tawny Owl, Blackbird +65 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Diploicia canescens, Common Orange Lichen, Phaeophyscia orbicularis +48 more · last seen 2014
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Green-veined White, Ringlet, Gatekeeper +123 more · last seen 2021
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
⛪Churchyard walks
Good match
Churchyard or religious grounds — wildlife sanctuary and quiet reflection
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Houghton CircularWalking route4.5 km▾
This route circles one of Norfolk's most important Bronze Age landscapes.
Named routeLength 4.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Peddars WayWalking route74 km▾
Named routeLength 74 kmNational walking route
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
King's Lynn - FakenhamCycling route▾
Named routeRef Green (2)Local cycle route
Ringstead Explorer LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Bircham Cycle RouteCycling route10.5 km▾
Named routeLength 10.5 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
Ringstead Cycle RouteCycling route27.3 km▾
Named routeLength 27.3 kmRound tripLocal cycle 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
St Mary's church in Bagthorpe
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
1,501 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,501 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
springsummerwinter
2025▾
Oystercatcher · Yellowhammer · Tawny Owl · Black-headed Gull · Blackbird +44
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2018
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- Common GullLarus canus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- SwiftApus apus2022
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2022
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2020
- Doves, pigeonsColumbidae2019
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2018
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2018
🦌Mammals3 species
springautumnwinter
2023▾
Chinese Water Deer · Mole · Brown Hare
- Chinese Water DeerHydropotes inermis
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2022
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2021▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Asiraca clavicornis · Limonius poneli · Panagaeus bipustulatus · Large Skipper · Strawberry Seed Beetle +54
- Asiraca clavicornisAsiraca clavicornis
- Limonius poneliLimonius poneli
- Panagaeus bipustulatusPanagaeus bipustulatus
- Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2018
- Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes
- Dilophus femoratusDilophus femoratus
Red Campion
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,501 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
springsummerwinter
2025▾
Oystercatcher · Yellowhammer · Tawny Owl · Black-headed Gull · Blackbird +44
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2018
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- Common GullLarus canus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- SwiftApus apus2022
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2022
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2020
- Doves, pigeonsColumbidae2019
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2018
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2018
🦌Mammals3 species
springautumnwinter
2023▾
Chinese Water Deer · Mole · Brown Hare
- Chinese Water DeerHydropotes inermis
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2022
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2021▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Asiraca clavicornis · Limonius poneli · Panagaeus bipustulatus · Large Skipper · Strawberry Seed Beetle +54
- Asiraca clavicornisAsiraca clavicornis
- Limonius poneliLimonius poneli
- Panagaeus bipustulatusPanagaeus bipustulatus
- Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2018
- Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes
- Dilophus femoratusDilophus femoratus
Red Campion
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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Bibio johannis
Bibio johannis
Bibio johannis
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