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🦅 Birds🦉 Wildlife🦋 Insects
Free entry Dogs welcome 2 ha
Getting here
52.67806, 0.86691
Open directionsv Wendling Abbey was monastic house in Norfolk, England.
The Abbey once stood on marshy ground near a small rivulet which runs to the south. The abbey and outbuildings covered approximately two acres of ground, it stood on ten acres of land and was founded by one of Henry III judges called William de Wendling in the year 1265.
Read more on Wikipedia → Abbey scheduled monument
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 32+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pheasant and Woodpigeon ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦 32+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pheasant and Woodpigeon ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting 🐕 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 — Pheasant, Woodpigeon, Jay +29 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Pheasant, Woodpigeon, Jay +29 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper +95 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Feather-moss, Wood Bristle-moss, Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme +203 more · last seen 2024
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 7 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Nar Valley Way Walking route 54 km ▾
Kings Lynn to Gressenhall
Named route Length 54 km Regional walking route
Show on map Wensum Way Walking route 19 km ▾
Named route Length 19 km Local walking route
Show on map Gressenhall/Beetley Circular Walking route 4.5 km ▾
Named route Length 4.5 km Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Cross-Norfolk Trail Walking route 96 km ▾
King’s Lynn to Great Yarmouth
Named route Length 96 km Point-to-point Rhn
Show on map Hoe via Hoe Rough Circular Walk Walking route 3.5 km ▾
Named route Length 3.5 km Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Grange Road public footpath · 208 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 208 m Path type: service
Show on map 24 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Blue Pedalway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Blue Point-to-point Local cycle route
Show on map NCN National Route 13 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref (13) National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 13 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 13 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 8.1 km ▾
Named route Ref 13 Length 8.1 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 59 m ▾
Named route Ref 13 Length 59 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 459 m ▾
Named route Ref 13 Length 459 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
1,349 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 1,349 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Pheasant · Mallard · Starling · Blue Tit +14
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2021 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2023 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Starling Sturnus vulgaris2022 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2020 Blackbird Turdus merula2020 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2020 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2020 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2020 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2020 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2020 Magpie Pica pica2020 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2020 Robin Erithacus rubecula2020 Jay Garrulus glandarius2020 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2020 Rook Corvus frugilegus2020 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2020 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2020 🦌 Mammals 6 species
winter summer autumn
2023 ▾
Badger · Roe Deer · Hedgehog · Muntjac · Otter +1
Badger Meles meles2022 Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2021 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2020 Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi2022 Otter Lutra lutra 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring summer
2022 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria Small White · Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Orange-tip · Red Admiral +23
Small White Pieris rapae2023 Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2023 Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2023 Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines2023 Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2023 Large White Pieris brassicae Water Mint · Hairy-brome · Creeping-Jenny · Marsh Cudweed · Chicory +6
Water Mint Mentha aquatica Hairy-brome Bromopsis ramosa Creeping-Jenny Lysimachia nummularia Marsh Cudweed Gnaphalium uliginosum Chicory Cichorium intybus Zigzag Clover Trifolium medium Common Twayblade Neottia ovata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 1,349 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Pheasant · Mallard · Starling · Blue Tit +14
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2021 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2023 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Starling Sturnus vulgaris2022 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2020 Blackbird Turdus merula2020 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2020 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2020 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2020 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2020 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2020 Magpie Pica pica2020 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2020 Robin Erithacus rubecula2020 Jay Garrulus glandarius2020 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2020 Rook Corvus frugilegus2020 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2020 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2020 🦌 Mammals 6 species
winter summer autumn
2023 ▾
Badger · Roe Deer · Hedgehog · Muntjac · Otter +1
Badger Meles meles2022 Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2021 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2020 Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi2022 Otter Lutra lutra 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring summer
2022 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria Small White · Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Orange-tip · Red Admiral +23
Small White Pieris rapae2023 Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2023 Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2023 Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines2023 Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2023 Large White Pieris brassicae Water Mint · Hairy-brome · Creeping-Jenny · Marsh Cudweed · Chicory +6
Water Mint Mentha aquatica Hairy-brome Bromopsis ramosa Creeping-Jenny Lysimachia nummularia Marsh Cudweed Gnaphalium uliginosum Chicory Cichorium intybus Zigzag Clover Trifolium medium Common Twayblade Neottia ovata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis2021
Sciurus carolinensis2021
2023
2023
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2023
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2023
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus2023
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus2023
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae2022
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae2022
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca
Peacock Aglais io2023
Peacock Aglais io2023
Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus2023
Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus2023
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2022
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2022
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2022
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2022
Stictopleurus punctatonervosus Stictopleurus punctatonervosus2022
Stictopleurus punctatonervosus Stictopleurus punctatonervosus2022
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2022
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2022
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2022
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2022
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius2022
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius2022
Kidney-spot Ladybird Chilocorus renipustulatus2022
Kidney-spot Ladybird Chilocorus renipustulatus2022
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2022
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2022
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2022
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2022
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2022
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2022
Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni2022
Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni2022
Ormosia hederae Ormosia hederae2021
Ormosia hederae Ormosia hederae2021
Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius2021
Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius2021
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major2021
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major2021
Green-veined White Pieris napi2020
Green-veined White Pieris napi2020
Comma Polygonia c-album2020
Comma Polygonia c-album2020
Crested Cow-wheat Melampyrum cristatum
Crested Cow-wheat Melampyrum cristatum
Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme2020
Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme2020
Big Shaggy-moss Hylocomiadelphus triquetrus2020
Big Shaggy-moss Hylocomiadelphus triquetrus2020
Neat Feather-moss Pseudoscleropodium purum2020
Neat Feather-moss Pseudoscleropodium purum2020 