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🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.30852, 0.38426
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Oftord to Canterbury CathedralWalking route▾
follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees
Named routeRegional walking route
Scenic Green Trail Section 1Walking route6.4 km▾
Named routeRef SGT1Length 6.4 kmLocal walking route
North Downs Way (Eastern)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Medway Valley WalkWalking route45 km▾
Named routeLength 45 kmRegional walking route
WealdwayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
14,675 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
14,675 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Pochard · Shoveler · Woodpigeon · Wren · Robin +29
- PochardAythya ferina
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MerlinFalco columbarius2024
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Squirrel · Brown Long-eared Bat · Common Pipistrelle
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- SquirrelSciurus
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
Large White · Speckled Wood · Meadow Brown · Southern Green Shieldbug · Red Admiral +22
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus
Wood Bristle-moss · Streblotrichum convolutum · Straw Bristle-moss · Supine Plait-moss · Swartz's Feather-moss +3
- Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
- Streblotrichum convolutumStreblotrichum convolutum
- Straw Bristle-mossOrthotrichum stramineum
- Supine Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatum
- Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians
- Marble Screw-mossSyntrichia papillosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
14,675 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Pochard · Shoveler · Woodpigeon · Wren · Robin +29
- PochardAythya ferina
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MerlinFalco columbarius2024
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Squirrel · Brown Long-eared Bat · Common Pipistrelle
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- SquirrelSciurus
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
Large White · Speckled Wood · Meadow Brown · Southern Green Shieldbug · Red Admiral +22
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus
Wood Bristle-moss · Streblotrichum convolutum · Straw Bristle-moss · Supine Plait-moss · Swartz's Feather-moss +3
- Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
- Streblotrichum convolutumStreblotrichum convolutum
- Straw Bristle-mossOrthotrichum stramineum
- Supine Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatum
- Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians
- Marble Screw-mossSyntrichia papillosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Snail HunterCychrus caraboidesSnail HunterCychrus caraboidesRhyzobius lophanthaeRhyzobius lophanthaeRhyzobius lophanthaeRhyzobius lophanthaeRambur's Pied ShieldbugTritomegas sexmaculatusRambur's Pied ShieldbugTritomegas sexmaculatusSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaScymnus interruptusScymnus interruptusScymnus interruptusScymnus interruptusLong-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscusLong-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscusHeather LadybirdChilocorus bipustulatusHeather LadybirdChilocorus bipustulatusDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraLiparus coronatusLiparus coronatusLiparus coronatusLiparus coronatusVolucella bombylansVolucella bombylansVolucella bombylansVolucella bombylansCommon CockchaferMelolontha melolonthaCommon CockchaferMelolontha melolontha16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctataMecinus pascuorumMecinus pascuorumMecinus pascuorumMecinus pascuorumPogonocherus hispidusPogonocherus hispidusPogonocherus hispidusPogonocherus hispidusGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusLuciliaLucilia2024LuciliaLucilia2024Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2024Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024Drilus flavescensDrilus flavescens2024Drilus flavescensDrilus flavescens2024GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024Whitish Feather-moss
Whitish Feather-moss
Brachythecium albicans
Brachythecium albicans
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidataPointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata