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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.24960, 0.87926
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Robin
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Robin
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Great Tit +52 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Great Tit +52 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Verrucaria nigrescens, Psilolechia lucida, Common Orange Lichen +81 more · last seen 2013
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Swollen-thighed Beetle, Eristalis tenax, Marmalade Hoverfly +93 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Cypress-leaved Plait-moss, Capillary Thread-moss, Common Pincushion +62 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
North Downs Way (Canterbury loop)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Augustine CaminoWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Beech Walk & SculpturesWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Oftord to Canterbury CathedralWalking route▾
follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees
Named routeRegional walking route
North Downs Way (Eastern)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 17Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 17National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route39 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 39 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 17Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route136 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 136 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete
Main RouteCycling route1 km▾
Named routeRef 17Length 1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
6 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Photos
Millennium Torch on Badlesmere Lees
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Wildlife to spot
2,064 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,064 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Great Tit · Chaffinch · Robin · Long-tailed Tit +10
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
🦌Mammals3 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Badger
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Swollen-thighed Beetle · Syrphus · Marmalade Hoverfly · Sphaerophoria · Sphaerophoria scripta +16
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
Tender Feather-moss · Silky Wall Feather-moss · Cypress-leaved Plait-moss · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Bird's-claw Beard-moss +16
- Tender Feather-mossRhynchostegiella tenella
- Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum
- Cypress-leaved Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
- Bird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculata
- Narrow-leaved Pocket-mossFissidens gracilifolius
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,064 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Great Tit · Chaffinch · Robin · Long-tailed Tit +10
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
🦌Mammals3 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Badger
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Swollen-thighed Beetle · Syrphus · Marmalade Hoverfly · Sphaerophoria · Sphaerophoria scripta +16
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
Tender Feather-moss · Silky Wall Feather-moss · Cypress-leaved Plait-moss · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Bird's-claw Beard-moss +16
- Tender Feather-mossRhynchostegiella tenella
- Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum
- Cypress-leaved Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
- Bird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculata
- Narrow-leaved Pocket-mossFissidens gracilifolius
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wood Bristle-moss
Wood Bristle-moss
Lewinskya affinis
Lewinskya affinis
Clustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertumClustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertumDilated ScalewortFrullania dilatataDilated ScalewortFrullania dilatataCreeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpensCreeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpensRough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulumRough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulumCapillary Thread-mossBryum capillareCapillary Thread-mossBryum capillareCommon Feather-mossKindbergia praelongaCommon Feather-mossKindbergia praelongaWall Screw-mossTortula muralisWall Screw-mossTortula muralisNeat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purumNeat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purumSlender Bristle-mossOrthotrichum tenellumSlender Bristle-mossOrthotrichum tenellumIntermediate Screw-mossSyntrichia montanaIntermediate Screw-mossSyntrichia montanaSoft-tufted Beard-mossDidymodon vinealisSoft-tufted Beard-mossDidymodon vinealisDune Thread-mossBryum dichotomumDune Thread-mossBryum dichotomumCommon PincushionDicranoweisia cirrataCommon PincushionDicranoweisia cirrataStreaky Feather-mossBrachythecium glareosumStreaky Feather-mossBrachythecium glareosum