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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.56123, 1.27171
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦48+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Blue Tit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦48+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Blue Tit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Swift, Blue Tit, Blackbird +45 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Swift, Blue Tit, Blackbird +45 more · last seen 2025
Free
Grade II* listed building: CHURCH OF ST PETER; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, picnic area
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Boudicca WayWalking route60 km▾
Norwich to Diss
Named routeLength 60 kmRegional walking route
Kett's Country WalkWalking route18 km▾
Wymondham to Norwich
Named routeLength 18 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Tas Valley WayWalking route42 km▾
Norwich to Attleborough
Named routeLength 42 kmRegional walking route
Edith Cavell PilgrimageWalking route11 km▾
Named routeLength 11 kmLocal walking route
Daisy WalkWalking route▾
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Purple PedalwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef PurpleRound tripLocal cycle route
Blue PedalwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef BluePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
Edith Cavell PilgrimageCycling route22.5 km▾
Named routeRef ECPLength 22.5 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
Rebellion WayCycling route373 km▾
Named routeRef RebelLength 373 kmRound tripRegional cycle route
Yellow PedalwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef YellowPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
Briar Lanebridleway · 485 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 485 mPath type: service
Photos
Swainsthorpe St Peter's church
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
20,360 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
20,360 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
springsummer
2025▾
Swift · Blue Tit · Blackbird · House Sparrow · Robin +43
- SwiftApus apus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Great TitParus major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Common GullLarus canus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- RavenCorvus corax
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Muntjac
🐝Insects10 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Emperor Dragonfly · Banded Demoiselle · Broad-bodied Chaser +5
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025
Holly · Red Dead-nettle · Cow Parsley · Common Nettle · Ground-ivy +10
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus
- Red CampionSilene dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,360 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
springsummer
2025▾
Swift · Blue Tit · Blackbird · House Sparrow · Robin +43
- SwiftApus apus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Great TitParus major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Common GullLarus canus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- RavenCorvus corax
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Muntjac
🐝Insects10 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Emperor Dragonfly · Banded Demoiselle · Broad-bodied Chaser +5
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025
Holly · Red Dead-nettle · Cow Parsley · Common Nettle · Ground-ivy +10
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus
- Red CampionSilene dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Dark-edged Bee-fly
Dark-edged Bee-fly
Bombylius major
Bombylius major
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