Watatunga Wildlife Reserve
186 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🐄Farms🦉Wildlife
Public accessPaid entryDogs welcome186 ha
Getting here
52.67274, 0.41096
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦90+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Woodpigeon
- 🐄Summer visits here combine well with a walk along nearby trails — the animals are most active in the morning.
- 🐾Watatunga Wildlife Reserve on site — a good way to combine wildlife and an animal visit in the same trip
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦90+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Woodpigeon
- 🐄Summer visits here combine well with a walk along nearby trails — the animals are most active in the morning.
- 🐾Watatunga Wildlife Reserve on site — a good way to combine wildlife and an animal visit in the same trip
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mallard, Woodpigeon, Wren +87 more · last seen 2025; Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
🐄Farm visits
Very strong match
Zoo or animal collection
Varies
Birds — Mallard, Woodpigeon, Wren +87 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Azure Damselfly, Common Darter +49 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Sycamore, Alder, Holly +22 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Nar Valley WayWalking route54 km▾
Kings Lynn to Gressenhall
Named routeLength 54 kmRegional walking route
Cross-Norfolk TrailWalking route96 km▾
King’s Lynn to Great Yarmouth
Named routeLength 96 kmPoint-to-pointRhn
Ouse Valley Way 4 (Brandon Creek to King’s Lynn)Walking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Pentney and Shouldham Warren via Pentney AbbeyWalking route10.5 km▾
Named routeLength 10.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route
32 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Two Rivers Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 30Regional cycle route
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
King's Lynn-SwaffhamCycling route▾
Named routeRef Gold (5)Local cycle route
Route 1Cycling route▾
NCN 1 King's Lynn to Boston
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Regional Cycle Route 30Cycling route373 km▾
Named routeRef 30Length 373 kmRound tripRegional cycle route
NCN National Route 11Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 11National Cycle Network
Photos
New gravel pit by Watlington Road
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
8,919 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,919 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreylag Goose · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Canada Goose · Mallard +35
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- CootFulica atra
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great TitParus major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
Common Blue Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Common Darter · Small Red-eyed Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly +22
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
- Ruddy Darter
Sycamore · Common Reed · Holly · Common Fleabane · Alder +11
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025
- Common ReedPhragmites australis2025
- HollyIlex aquifolium2025
- Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025
- AlderAlnus glutinosa
- Silver BirchBetula pendula
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,919 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreylag Goose · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Canada Goose · Mallard +35
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- CootFulica atra
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great TitParus major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
Common Blue Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Common Darter · Small Red-eyed Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly +22
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
- Ruddy Darter
Sycamore · Common Reed · Holly · Common Fleabane · Alder +11
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025
- Common ReedPhragmites australis2025
- HollyIlex aquifolium2025
- Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025
- AlderAlnus glutinosa
- Silver BirchBetula pendula
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Sympetrum sanguineum
Sympetrum sanguineum
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataFour-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataMigrant HawkerAeshna mixtaMigrant HawkerAeshna mixtaBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorScarce ChaserLibellula fulvaScarce ChaserLibellula fulvaBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaRed-eyed DamselflyErythromma najasRed-eyed DamselflyErythromma najasDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaBodilopsis rufaBodilopsis rufaBodilopsis rufaBodilopsis rufaBrown HawkerAeshna grandisBrown HawkerAeshna grandisRed-veined DarterSympetrum fonscolombiiRed-veined DarterSympetrum fonscolombiiWillow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridisWillow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridisKeeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescensKeeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescensHairy DragonflyBrachytron pratenseHairy DragonflyBrachytron pratenseRed-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornisRed-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornisViolet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceusViolet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceusRosemary BeetleChrysolina americanaRosemary BeetleChrysolina americanaHorse-chestnut
Horse-chestnut
Aesculus hippocastanum2025
Aesculus hippocastanum2025
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Italian AlderAlnus cordata2025Italian AlderAlnus cordata2025Wild CarrotDaucus carota2025Wild CarrotDaucus carota2025GypsywortLycopus europaeus2025GypsywortLycopus europaeus2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025GorseUlex europaeus2025GorseUlex europaeus2025Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens2025Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens2025Events & activities nearby
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