Short birdwatching visit · Norfolk Wildlife Trust
Cranberry Rough
- Tier
- Good stop nearby
- Best season
- spring and winter
- Headline birds
- Snipe · Pochard · Shoveler
- Parking
- No parking at Cranberry Rough; use the Great Eastern Pingo Trail car park for a trail walk.
- Hides
- Not stated by the operator
- Step-free
- Not stated by the operator
Near Hockham, viewed from the Great Eastern Pingo Trail · IP24 1SQ
Cranberry Rough is a wet woodland and fen basin that can be watched from the raised Great Eastern Pingo Trail along its western edge. The reserve itself is inaccessible because of treacherous ground, so this is a public-trail viewing stop rather than a walk into the wetland. NWT’s February 2024 guide lists winter Teal, Gadwall, Pochard and Shoveler, with Snipe also described in the current guide. It suits a pause during a Pingo Trail walk. Stay entirely outside the fragile fen and its floating vegetation.
Birds and seasons
- Snipe · Headline bird — Typically spring and winter Source for Snipe
- Pochard · Headline bird — Winter — operator’s February 2024 guide Source for Pochard
- Shoveler · Headline bird — Winter — operator’s February 2024 guide Source for Shoveler
- Gadwall — Winter — operator’s February 2024 guide Source for Gadwall
- Teal — Winter — operator’s February 2024 guide Source for Teal
Plan your visit
- Hides and viewpoints
- Not stated by the operator – check before travelling
- Paths
- Public Pingo Trail viewpoints only; do not enter the inaccessible reserve interior.
- Toilets
- Not stated by the operator – check before travelling
- Parking
- No parking at Cranberry Rough; use the Great Eastern Pingo Trail car park for a trail walk.
- Dogs
- Assistance dogs only on reserve land; remain on the public trail.
- Access notes
- NWT grades the public approach 2; wetland interior is unsafe.
- Step-free access
- Not stated by the operator – check before travelling
Getting there: Reach the public trail on foot from the Great Eastern Pingo Trail car park listed by NWT for Thompson Common.
Sources
Social preview: original typographic artwork by Does Your Duck Quack.
Nearby special trips
- East Wretham Heath · 3.3 straight-line miles
- Lynford Arboretum · 7.3 straight-line miles
- New Buckenham Common · 9.8 straight-line miles
Continue birding nearby
Nearest full guide: Lakenheath Fen, 14.1 miles away in a straight line.
- Thompson Common · 1.9 miles in a straight line
- East Wretham Heath · 3.3 miles in a straight line
- Wayland Wood · 3.9 miles in a straight line