Short birdwatching visit · Woodgate Nursery
Woodgate Nursery and public footpaths
- Tier
- Local green space
- Best season
- all year
- Headline birds
- Blue Tit · Great Tit · Chaffinch
- Parking
- The nursery has its own visitor car park.
- Hides
- Not stated by the operator
- Step-free
- Not stated by the operator
Aylsham
Woodgate Nursery is an unusual birding stop on the edge of Aylsham, with public nursery areas, a feeding station near the shop and a café. The wider setting includes unimproved farmland, wet meadows, woodland and overgrown hedgerows, crossed by public footpaths. The bird club identifies Blue Tit, Great Tit and Chaffinch as frequent visitors, with Coal Tit especially recorded from summer into early spring. It suits a modest birdwatching visit alongside a nursery or café stop. Access is confined to the nursery’s public areas and public rights of way; the surrounding farmland is not generally open for wandering.
Birds and seasons
- Blue Tit · Headline bird — Typically all year Source for Blue Tit
- Great Tit · Headline bird — Typically all year Source for Great Tit
- Chaffinch · Headline bird — Typically all year Source for Chaffinch
- Coal Tit — July–March in club records Source for Coal Tit
Plan your visit
- Hides and viewpoints
- Not stated by the operator – check before travelling
- Paths
- Use the public nursery areas and the public footpaths across the surrounding countryside. Keep to those routes where they cross farmland.
- Toilets
- Not stated by the operator – check before travelling
- Parking
- The nursery has its own visitor car park.
- Dogs
- Not stated by the operator – check before travelling
- Access notes
- Not stated by the operator – check before travelling
- Step-free access
- Not stated by the operator – check before travelling
Getting there: Use Woodgate Nursery’s visitor parking, reached from the B1145 west of Aylsham; check nursery opening information before travelling.
Sources
Social preview: original typographic artwork by Does Your Duck Quack.
Nearby special trips
- Marsham and Cawston Heaths · 2.0 straight-line miles
- Buxton Heath · 3.2 straight-line miles
- Broadland Country Park · 5.5 straight-line miles
Continue birding nearby
Nearest full guide: NWT Cley and Salthouse Marshes, 13.6 miles away in a straight line.
- Blickling Park · 1.5 miles in a straight line
- Marsham and Cawston Heaths · 2.0 miles in a straight line
- River Bure public paths: Burgh to Buxton · 2.3 miles in a straight line