Short birdwatching visit · Whitlingham Charitable Trust
Whitlingham Country Park
- Tier
- Local green space
- Best season
- all year
- Headline birds
- Egyptian Goose · Greylag Goose · Goldcrest
- Parking
- Five pay-and-display visitor car parks serve different areas of the park.
- Hides
- A bird hide is reached from the north side of the Great Broad.
- Step-free
- Not stated by the operator
Trowse, Norwich · NR14 8TR
Whitlingham combines two broads, woodland, meadow and wetland on the edge of Norwich. The wide water and surrounding paths make it an easy place to begin birdwatching close to the city. The operator documents Egyptian and Greylag Geese, Goldcrest and a selection of familiar songbirds, with a wildlife sightings board at the Flint Barn Café. A circular route around the Great Broad gives changing viewpoints across the water, and the bird hide provides another place to pause. The park is free to enter throughout the year.
Birds and seasons
- Egyptian Goose · Headline bird — Typically all year Source for Egyptian Goose
- Greylag Goose · Headline bird — Typically all year Source for Greylag Goose
- Goldcrest · Headline bird — Typically all year Source for Goldcrest
- Song Thrush — Typically all year Source for Song Thrush
Plan your visit
- Hides and viewpoints
- A bird hide is reached from the north side of the Great Broad.
- Paths
- A 2.3-mile circular path surrounds the Great Broad; shorter Little Broad paths are also described.
- Toilets
- Toilets, accessible toilets and a Changing Places facility are provided near Flint Barn.
- Parking
- Five pay-and-display visitor car parks serve different areas of the park.
- Dogs
- Not stated by the operator – check before travelling
- Access notes
- The operator describes level or accessible sloped access from disabled parking to the Great Broad circuit and hide.
- Step-free access
- Not stated by the operator – check before travelling
Getting there: The operator describes a walk from Trowse bus stops or a longer walk from Norwich railway station.
Sources
Social preview: original typographic artwork by Does Your Duck Quack.
Nearby special trips
- Surlingham Church Marsh · 3.3 straight-line miles
- Wheatfen (Ted Ellis Reserve) · 4.5 straight-line miles
- Broadland Country Park · 7.5 straight-line miles
Continue birding nearby
Nearest full guide: RSPB Strumpshaw Fen, 5.4 miles away in a straight line.
- Lion Wood · 0.7 miles in a straight line
- Thorpe Marshes · 0.8 miles in a straight line
- Mousehold Heath · 1.7 miles in a straight line