Tilmanstone Colliery Welfare Sports Ground
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
51.20357, 1.26359
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦44+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Tawny Owl
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 126m away
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦44+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Tawny Owl
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 126m away
Best for
7 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Tawny Owl, Woodpigeon +41 more · last seen 2025
Birds — Blackbird, Tawny Owl, Woodpigeon +41 more · last seen 2025
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee, Red-tailed Bumblebee +76 more · last seen 2026
Dogs allowed with public access
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Urban park — open green space
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Miner's Way TrailWalking route43.5 km▾
Named routeLength 43.5 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Via Francigena - 01 part Great BritainWalking route▾
Named routeRef VFInternational walking route
North Downs Way (Canterbury loop)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
32 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN Regional Route 16Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 16Regional cycle route
NCN Regional Route 15 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 15Regional cycle route
EuroVelo 5 - Via Romea Francigena - part United KingdomCycling route▾
Named routeRef EV5International cycle route
Skylark TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
N/ACycling route262 m▾
Named routeRef 16Length 262 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route1.4 km▾
Named routeRef 16Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
15 photos from nearby open sources
Part of Woodpecker Court Community Farm
Photos
Part of Woodpecker Court Community Farm
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
1,306 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,306 records · NBN AtlasBlackbird · Tawny Owl · Woodpigeon · Green Woodpecker · Robin
+39 more speciesHide species list
All 44 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- Great TitParus major2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2018
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2018
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
- JackdawColoeus monedula2022
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- MagpiePica pica2020
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2019
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2018
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
- Common GullLarus canus2022
- SwiftApus apus2019
- Barn OwlTyto alba2019
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2018
- DunnockPrunella modularis2018
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2018
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2018
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2018
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2018
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2018
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2018
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2018
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2018
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2017
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2014
🦌Mammals10 species
summerautumn
2025Badger · Hedgehog · Wood Mouse · Hazel Dormouse · Red Fox
+5 more speciesHide species list
All 10 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- BadgerMeles meles
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2024
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2023
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2023
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummerautumn
2025Slow-worm · Grass Snake
🐸Amphibians3 species
spring
2025Great Crested Newt · Common Frog · Frog
Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Speckled Wood · Meadow Brown
+74 more speciesHide species list
All 79 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2020
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2020
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2020
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
Bluebell · Japanese Knotweed
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,306 records · NBN AtlasBlackbird · Tawny Owl · Woodpigeon · Green Woodpecker · Robin
+39 more speciesHide species list
All 44 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- Great TitParus major2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2018
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2018
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
- JackdawColoeus monedula2022
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- MagpiePica pica2020
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2019
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2018
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
- Common GullLarus canus2022
- SwiftApus apus2019
- Barn OwlTyto alba2019
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2018
- DunnockPrunella modularis2018
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2018
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2018
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2018
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2018
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2018
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2018
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2018
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2018
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2017
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2014
🦌Mammals10 species
summerautumn
2025Badger · Hedgehog · Wood Mouse · Hazel Dormouse · Red Fox
+5 more speciesHide species list
All 10 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- BadgerMeles meles
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2024
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2023
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2023
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummerautumn
2025Slow-worm · Grass Snake
🐸Amphibians3 species
spring
2025Great Crested Newt · Common Frog · Frog
Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Speckled Wood · Meadow Brown
+74 more speciesHide species list
All 79 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2020
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2020
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2020
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
Bluebell · Japanese Knotweed
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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