Artillery castle at Deal
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.21944, 1.40358
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Starling and Blackbird
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Starling and Blackbird
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Paid🧺Picnic spot🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Starling, Blackbird, House Sparrow +73 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Starling, Blackbird, House Sparrow +73 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Swollen-thighed Beetle, Adonis' Ladybird +41 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Moderate match
Plants — Wall Screw-moss, Common Liverwort · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km▾
Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route
Miner's Way TrailWalking route43.5 km▾
Named routeLength 43.5 kmRound tripRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Folkestone to RamsgateWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
31 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN Regional Route 15 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 15Regional cycle route
NCN National Route 1 Dover to CanterburyCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Skylark TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.6 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 1.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.7 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 1.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route85 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 85 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Blue TrailMountain bike route▾
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
12,581 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,581 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Herring Gull · Blackbird · Starling · Turnstone · Carrion Crow +44
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus2024
- Apus apus apusApus apus apus2024
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Water Vole · Red Fox · Badger
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- BadgerMeles meles2024
22-spot Ladybird · St Marks Fly · Syrphus torvus · Eristalis pertinax · Southern Hawker +24
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
- St Marks FlyBibio marci2025
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
🌿Plants2 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Wall Screw-moss · Common Liverwort
- Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
- Common LiverwortMarchantia polymorpha2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,581 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Herring Gull · Blackbird · Starling · Turnstone · Carrion Crow +44
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus2024
- Apus apus apusApus apus apus2024
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Water Vole · Red Fox · Badger
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- BadgerMeles meles2024
22-spot Ladybird · St Marks Fly · Syrphus torvus · Eristalis pertinax · Southern Hawker +24
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
- St Marks FlyBibio marci2025
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
🌿Plants2 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Wall Screw-moss · Common Liverwort
- Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
- Common LiverwortMarchantia polymorpha2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Great Green Bush-cricketTettigonia viridissima2025Great Green Bush-cricketTettigonia viridissima2025Wool Carder BeeAnthidium manicatum2025Wool Carder BeeAnthidium manicatum202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025Poecilobothrus nobilitatusPoecilobothrus nobilitatus2025Poecilobothrus nobilitatusPoecilobothrus nobilitatus2025Red-veined DarterSympetrum fonscolombii2025Red-veined DarterSympetrum fonscolombii2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025AphidAphididae2025AphidAphididae2025Turnip TigressAthalia rosae2025Turnip TigressAthalia rosae2025PegomyaPegomya2025PegomyaPegomya2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Woundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimus2025Woundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimus2025EristalisEristalis2025EristalisEristalis2025Black ClockPterostichus madidus2025Black ClockPterostichus madidus2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024Halobrecta algaeHalobrecta algae2024Halobrecta algaeHalobrecta algae2024Cercyon littoralisCercyon littoralis2024Cercyon littoralisCercyon littoralis2024House CricketAcheta domesticus2024House CricketAcheta domesticus2024Summer ChaferAmphimallon solstitiale2024Summer ChaferAmphimallon solstitiale2024