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⛳ Golf🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds
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Places › England › South East › Maidstone Getting here
51.27978, 0.57447
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ⛳ Golf 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
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ⛳ Golf is at its best in summer here 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Magpie +62 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Magpie +62 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Speckled Bush-cricket, Field Grasshopper, Dark Bush-cricket +32 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Speckled Bush-cricket, Field Grasshopper, Dark Bush-cricket +32 more · last seen 2026
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 15 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Augustine Camino Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Oftord to Canterbury Cathedral Walking route ▾
follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Scenic Green Trail Stage 3 Walking route 8.8 km ▾
Named route Ref SGT3 Length 8.8 km Local walking route
Show on map Scenic Green Trail Stage 4 Walking route 12 km ▾
Named route Ref SGT4 Length 12 km Local walking route
Show on map Scenic Green Trail Section 7 Walking route 13.6 km ▾
Named route Ref SGT7 Length 13.6 km Local walking route
Show on map 88 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 177 (Proposed) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 177 National Cycle Network
Show on map NCN National Route 17 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 17 National Cycle Network
Show on map NCN Regional Route 19 (Kent) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 19 Regional cycle route
Show on map NCN Regional Route 12 (Kent) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 12 Regional cycle route
Show on map NCN National Route 178 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 178 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 23 m ▾
Named route Ref 17 Length 23 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map 1 public path nearby
Public paths
Bell Lane bridleway · 141 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 141 m Path type: residential
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Wildlife to spot
8,705 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 8,705 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 38 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Magpie · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Chiffchaff +33
Magpie Pica pica2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Great Tit Parus major Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 🦌 Mammals 11 species
spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse · Badger · Hedgehog +6
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus Badger Meles meles Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2025 Common Shrew Sorex araneus Common Lizard · Slow-worm · Grass Snake
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Grass Snake Natrix helvetica 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2025 ▾
Common Toad
Speckled Bush-cricket · 16-spot Ladybird · Platycheirus · Silver Fish · Field Grasshopper +18
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025 16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata Platycheirus Platycheirus2025 Silver Fish Lepisma saccharinum2025 Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025 24-spot Ladybird Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 8,705 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 38 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Magpie · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Chiffchaff +33
Magpie Pica pica2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Great Tit Parus major Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 🦌 Mammals 11 species
spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse · Badger · Hedgehog +6
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus Badger Meles meles Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2025 Common Shrew Sorex araneus Common Lizard · Slow-worm · Grass Snake
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Grass Snake Natrix helvetica 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2025 ▾
Common Toad
Speckled Bush-cricket · 16-spot Ladybird · Platycheirus · Silver Fish · Field Grasshopper +18
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025 16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata Platycheirus Platycheirus2025 Silver Fish Lepisma saccharinum2025 Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025 24-spot Ladybird Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Yellow-necked Mouse Apodemus flavicollis
Yellow-necked Mouse Apodemus flavicollis
Bat Chiroptera2025
Bat Chiroptera2025
Bank Vole Myodes glareolus2025
Bank Vole Myodes glareolus2025
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2025
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2025
Feral Cat Felis catus2025
Feral Cat Felis catus2025 2025
2025
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2025
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2025
Water Measurer Hydrometra stagnorum2025
Water Measurer Hydrometra stagnorum2025
Cloeon dipterum Cloeon dipterum2025
Cloeon dipterum Cloeon dipterum2025
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025
Iassus lanio Iassus lanio2025
Iassus lanio Iassus lanio2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025
Soronia grisea Soronia grisea2025
Soronia grisea Soronia grisea2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Oak Bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum2025
Oak Bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum2025
Mystacides longicornis Mystacides longicornis2025
Mystacides longicornis Mystacides longicornis2025
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus2025
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus2025
Bicolorous Sawfly Hemichroa australis2025
Bicolorous Sawfly Hemichroa australis2025
Oak Mining Sawfly Profenusa pygmaea2025
Oak Mining Sawfly Profenusa pygmaea2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens2025
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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