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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
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕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
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +56 more · last seen 2024; Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +56 more · last seen 2024

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown, Large White +74 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Speckled Wood, Meadow Brown, Large White +74 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Bluebell, Eyebright · last seen 2022; Plants — Bluebell, Eyebright · last seen 2022

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 1 public path 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

North Downs Waypublic footpath · 1.6 km

Public pathpublic footpathLength 1.6 kmSurface groundPath type: footway

🚴

Cycling

28 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

River Dour GreenwayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

N/ACycling route262 m

Named routeRef 16Length 262 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

4,304 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,304 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds60 species

spring

2024

Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Wren · Herring Gull +55

BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
RobinErithacus rubecula2022
Great TitParus major2022
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
MagpiePica pica
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2020
Common GullLarus canus2022
BuzzardButeo buteo2022
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
RookCorvus frugilegus2022
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2020
JayGarrulus glandarius2021
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
SwallowHirundo rustica2023
JackdawColoeus monedula2022
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
House SparrowPasser domesticus2021
RavenCorvus corax2016
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
DunnockPrunella modularis2022
RedwingTurdus iliacus
WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2020
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2020
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2016
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2021
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2020
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2020
Barn OwlTyto alba2019
GreenfinchChloris chloris2016
CuckooCuculus canorus2016
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2020
Rock DoveColumba livia2020
LinnetLinaria cannabina2018
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2018
NuthatchSitta europaea2017
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2016
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2016
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2016
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2016
CootFulica atra2016

🦌

Mammals15 species

summer

2025

Rabbit · Red Fox · Badger · Mole · Hedgehog +10

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2020
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
BadgerMeles meles2024
MoleTalpa europaea2019
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus2022
Common ShrewSorex araneus
BatChiroptera2022
Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2022
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2020
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2022
Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus2022
Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.2022
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2022
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2019

🦎

Reptiles2 species

summer

2023

Slow-worm · Common Lizard

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐝

Insects77 species

summer

2025

Speckled Wood · Meadow Brown · Large White · Small White · Comma +72

Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2019
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2016
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019
Brown ArgusAricia agestis2019
PeacockAglais io2019
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2016
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2017
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2023
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2016
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2022
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2020
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2019
White-bellied Mining BeeAndrena gravida2017
Buffish Mining BeeAndrena nigroaenea2017
SyrphusSyrphus
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2024
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2023
Chalk Hill BluePolyommatus coridon2019
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2017
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2017
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2017
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2017
Orange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoa2017
Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2016
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2016
WallLasiommata megera2015
Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris
Thompson’s SawflyTenthredo thompsoni
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus
Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024
Meadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrata2023
Brown-banded Carder BeeBombus humilis2022
Slender-horned LeatherbugCeraleptus lividus2022
Agapanthia carduiAgapanthia cardui2022
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2022
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2022
Woundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimus2022
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2020
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2020
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019
Adonis BluePolyommatus bellargus2019
Silver-spotted SkipperHesperia comma2019
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2019
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2019
Stripe-winged GrasshopperStenobothrus lineatus2018
Great Green Bush-cricketTettigonia viridissima2018
White-tailed BumblebeeBombus lucorum2017
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2017
Cryptocephalus hypochaeridisCryptocephalus hypochaeridis2017
Red-girdled Mining BeeAndrena labiata2017
Fork-jawed Nomad BeeNomada ruficornis2017
Little Nomad BeeNomada flavoguttata2017
Coppice Mining BeeAndrena helvola2017
Marsham's Nomad BeeNomada marshamella2017
Harmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilis2017
Large Garden BumblebeeBombus ruderatus2016
French Red UnderwingCatocala elocata2015
Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2015
HornetVespa crabro2015

🌿

Plants2 species

spring

2022

Bluebell · Eyebright

BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2018
EyebrightEuphrasia

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,304 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds60 species

spring

2024

Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Wren · Herring Gull +55

BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
RobinErithacus rubecula2022
Great TitParus major2022
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
MagpiePica pica
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2020
Common GullLarus canus2022
BuzzardButeo buteo2022
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
RookCorvus frugilegus2022
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2020
JayGarrulus glandarius2021
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
SwallowHirundo rustica2023
JackdawColoeus monedula2022
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
House SparrowPasser domesticus2021
RavenCorvus corax2016
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
DunnockPrunella modularis2022
RedwingTurdus iliacus
WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2020
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2020
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2016
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2021
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2020
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2020
Barn OwlTyto alba2019
GreenfinchChloris chloris2016
CuckooCuculus canorus2016
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2020
Rock DoveColumba livia2020
LinnetLinaria cannabina2018
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2018
NuthatchSitta europaea2017
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2016
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2016
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2016
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2016
CootFulica atra2016

🦌

Mammals15 species

summer

2025

Rabbit · Red Fox · Badger · Mole · Hedgehog +10

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2020
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
BadgerMeles meles2024
MoleTalpa europaea2019
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus2022
Common ShrewSorex araneus
BatChiroptera2022
Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2022
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2020
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2022
Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus2022
Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.2022
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2022
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2019

🦎

Reptiles2 species

summer

2023

Slow-worm · Common Lizard

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐝

Insects77 species

summer

2025

Speckled Wood · Meadow Brown · Large White · Small White · Comma +72

Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2019
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2016
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019
Brown ArgusAricia agestis2019
PeacockAglais io2019
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2016
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2017
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2023
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2016
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2022
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2020
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2019
White-bellied Mining BeeAndrena gravida2017
Buffish Mining BeeAndrena nigroaenea2017
SyrphusSyrphus
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2024
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2023
Chalk Hill BluePolyommatus coridon2019
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2017
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2017
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2017
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2017
Orange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoa2017
Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2016
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2016
WallLasiommata megera2015
Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris
Thompson’s SawflyTenthredo thompsoni
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus
Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024
Meadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrata2023
Brown-banded Carder BeeBombus humilis2022
Slender-horned LeatherbugCeraleptus lividus2022
Agapanthia carduiAgapanthia cardui2022
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2022
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2022
Woundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimus2022
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2020
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2020
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019
Adonis BluePolyommatus bellargus2019
Silver-spotted SkipperHesperia comma2019
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2019
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2019
Stripe-winged GrasshopperStenobothrus lineatus2018
Great Green Bush-cricketTettigonia viridissima2018
White-tailed BumblebeeBombus lucorum2017
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2017
Cryptocephalus hypochaeridisCryptocephalus hypochaeridis2017
Red-girdled Mining BeeAndrena labiata2017
Fork-jawed Nomad BeeNomada ruficornis2017
Little Nomad BeeNomada flavoguttata2017
Coppice Mining BeeAndrena helvola2017
Marsham's Nomad BeeNomada marshamella2017
Harmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilis2017
Large Garden BumblebeeBombus ruderatus2016
French Red UnderwingCatocala elocata2015
Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2015
HornetVespa crabro2015

🌿

Plants2 species

spring

2022

Bluebell · Eyebright

BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2018
EyebrightEuphrasia

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Nick Smith · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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