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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
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Getting here
52.56964, 1.10807
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Abbeyscheduled monumentc. 1101
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Blackbird
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Lemon Tree Café Bar — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Blackbird
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Lemon Tree Café Bar — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Robin +61 more · last seen 2026
Free
Historic site with public access; Grade I listed building nearby: ABBEY CHURCH OF ST MARY AND ST THOMAS OF CANTERBURY
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Robin +61 more · last seen 2026; Good quality semi-improved grassland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Field Grasshopper, Swollen-thighed Beetle +120 more · last seen 2026; Semi-improved grassland — butterflies and wildflowers
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 21 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Kett's Country WalkWalking route18 km▾
Wymondham to Norwich
Named routeLength 18 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Wreningham’s Ghost Commons TrailWalking route1.9 km▾
Named routeLength 1.9 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Wymondham’s Abbey TrailWalking route1.1 km▾
Named routeLength 1.1 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Chain Entrypublic footpath · 3 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 3 mPath type: footway
Chain Entrypublic footpath · 5 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 5 mPath type: footway
Chain Entrypublic footpath · 51 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 51 mPath type: footway
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Blue PedalwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef BluePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
Blue PedalwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef BluePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
23,358 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
23,358 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Dunnock · Blackbird +41
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
🐝Insects12 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Platycheirus albimanus · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Trichopsocus brincki · Cartodere bifasciata · 7-spot Ladybird +7
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Trichopsocus brinckiTrichopsocus brincki
- Cartodere bifasciataCartodere bifasciata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Common Fleabane · Broom · Greater Stitchwort · Greater Periwinkle · Shepherd's-purse +72
- Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025
- BroomCytisus scoparius
- Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
- Greater PeriwinkleVinca major
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Treacle-mustardErysimum cheiranthoides
- Black Horehound
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
23,358 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Dunnock · Blackbird +41
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
🐝Insects12 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Platycheirus albimanus · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Trichopsocus brincki · Cartodere bifasciata · 7-spot Ladybird +7
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Trichopsocus brinckiTrichopsocus brincki
- Cartodere bifasciataCartodere bifasciata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Common Fleabane · Broom · Greater Stitchwort · Greater Periwinkle · Shepherd's-purse +72
- Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025
- BroomCytisus scoparius
- Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
- Greater PeriwinkleVinca major
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Treacle-mustardErysimum cheiranthoides
- Black Horehound
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pine Ladybird
Pine Ladybird
Exochomus quadripustulatus
Exochomus quadripustulatus
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttataCream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctataHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hollyhock WeevilRhopalapion longirostre2025Hollyhock WeevilRhopalapion longirostre2025Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2025Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2025Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025Ballota nigra2025
Ballota nigra2025
RadishRaphanus raphanistrum2025RadishRaphanus raphanistrum2025Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis2025Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis2025Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2025Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2025White CampionSilene latifolia2025White CampionSilene latifolia2025Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre2025Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre2025Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2025Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2025Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata2025Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025White WillowSalix alba2025White WillowSalix alba2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Hedge BedstrawGalium album2025Hedge BedstrawGalium album2025OsierSalix viminalis2025OsierSalix viminalis2025Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025Crack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilis2025Crack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilis2025Lesser BurdockArctium minus2025Lesser BurdockArctium minus2025Clustered DockRumex conglomeratus2025Clustered DockRumex conglomeratus2025HazelCorylus avellana2025HazelCorylus avellana2025Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025Yellow Oat-grassTrisetum flavescens2025Yellow Oat-grassTrisetum flavescens2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Amphibious BistortPersicaria amphibia2025Amphibious BistortPersicaria amphibia2025Marsh HorsetailEquisetum palustre2025Marsh HorsetailEquisetum palustre2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2025Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025Common SallowSalix cinerea2025Common SallowSalix cinerea2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2025Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2025HemlockConium maculatum2025HemlockConium maculatum2025Dame's-violetHesperis matronalis2025Dame's-violetHesperis matronalis2025Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2025Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2025Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2025Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2025Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2025Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2025Common CouchElymus repens2025Common CouchElymus repens2025Common SorrelRumex acetosa2025Common SorrelRumex acetosa2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2025Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2025Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum2025Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum2025Almond WillowSalix triandra2025Almond WillowSalix triandra2025Field MapleAcer campestre2025Field MapleAcer campestre2025Water MintMentha aquatica2025Water MintMentha aquatica2025Red FescueFestuca rubra2025Red FescueFestuca rubra2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025Fen BedstrawGalium uliginosum2025Fen BedstrawGalium uliginosum2025Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2025Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2025CleaversGalium aparine2025CleaversGalium aparine2025HopHumulus lupulus2025HopHumulus lupulus2025Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025DogwoodCornus sanguinea2025DogwoodCornus sanguinea2025Hybrid Balsam-poplarPopulus balsamifera x trichocarpa = P. x hastata2025Hybrid Balsam-poplarPopulus balsamifera x trichocarpa = P. x hastata2025MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2025Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum2025Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2025Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2025Wild CherryPrunus avium2025Wild CherryPrunus avium2025Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025Water-StarwortCallitriche2025Water-StarwortCallitriche2025Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2025Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2025Water HorsetailEquisetum fluviatile2025Water HorsetailEquisetum fluviatile2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025Events & activities nearby
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