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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 35 ha
Places › England › Eastern › Great Yarmouth Getting here
52.56145, 1.64399
Open directionsv 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 £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Robin +75 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Robin +75 more · last seen 2026
Free
Plants — Wild Onion, Procumbent Yellow-sorrel, Henbit Dead-nettle +14 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies; Insects — Common Darter, Emperor Dragonfly, Norfolk Aeshna +17 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bracken, Wild Onion, Procumbent Yellow-sorrel +117 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Bracken, Wild Onion, Procumbent Yellow-sorrel +117 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 12 signed routes nearby · 17 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Wherryman's Way Walking route 56 km ▾
Norwich to Great Yarmouth
Named route Length 56 km Regional walking route
Show on map Angles Way Walking route 150 km ▾
Named route Length 150 km Regional walking route
Show on map Weavers’ Way Walking route 98 km ▾
Cromer to Great Yarmouth
Named route Length 98 km Regional walking route
Show on map Wherry Lines Walk 4 Walking route 4 km ▾
Reedham
Named route Length 4 km Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Wherry Lines Walk 5 Walking route 9 km ▾
Haddiscoe
Named route Length 9 km Round trip Local walking route
Show on map River Way public footpath · 383 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 383 m Path type: track
Show on map Marsh Lane public footpath · 51 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 51 m Path type: service
Show on map John Jacks Loke public footpath · 624 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 624 m Path type: track
Show on map 3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 517 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 517 National Cycle Network
Show on map Regional Cycle Route 30 Cycling route 373 km ▾
Named route Ref 30 Length 373 km Round trip Regional cycle route
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 1.4 km ▾
Named route Ref 517 Length 1.4 km National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map 2 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
14,783 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 14,783 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 49 species
winter spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Mallard · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Mute Swan +44
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Barn Owl Tyto alba2025 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2024 Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 Rock Dove Columba livia2024 Redwing Turdus iliacus2024 🦌 Mammals 6 species
spring autumn
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Chinese Water Deer · Feral Cat · Mole +1
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Chinese Water Deer Hydropotes inermis Feral Cat Felis catus Mole Talpa europaea Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi2024 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 13 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Hairy Dragonfly · Azure Damselfly · Willow Emerald Damselfly +8
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta Hairy Dragonfly Brachytron pratense Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis Four-spotted Chaser 🌿 Plants 7 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Greater Periwinkle · Red Dead-nettle · Sun Spurge · Shaggy Soldier · Rowan +2
Greater Periwinkle Vinca major Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum Sun Spurge Euphorbia helioscopia2025 Shaggy Soldier Galinsoga quadriradiata2024 Rowan Sorbus aucuparia2024 Sweet Chestnut Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 14,783 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 49 species
winter spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Mallard · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Mute Swan +44
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Barn Owl Tyto alba2025 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2024 Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 Rock Dove Columba livia2024 Redwing Turdus iliacus2024 🦌 Mammals 6 species
spring autumn
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Chinese Water Deer · Feral Cat · Mole +1
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Chinese Water Deer Hydropotes inermis Feral Cat Felis catus Mole Talpa europaea Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi2024 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 13 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Hairy Dragonfly · Azure Damselfly · Willow Emerald Damselfly +8
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta Hairy Dragonfly Brachytron pratense Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis Four-spotted Chaser 🌿 Plants 7 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Greater Periwinkle · Red Dead-nettle · Sun Spurge · Shaggy Soldier · Rowan +2
Greater Periwinkle Vinca major Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum Sun Spurge Euphorbia helioscopia2025 Shaggy Soldier Galinsoga quadriradiata2024 Rowan Sorbus aucuparia2024 Sweet Chestnut Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Libellula quadrimaculata
Libellula quadrimaculata
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Norfolk Aeshna Aeshna isoceles
Norfolk Aeshna Aeshna isoceles
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus2024
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus2024
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2024
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2024
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2024
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2024 Castanea sativa2024
Castanea sativa2024
Bracken Pteridium aquilinum2024
Bracken Pteridium aquilinum2024 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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