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Bexleyheath Golf Course

1 ha

📷 David Anstiss · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Magpie
🐕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

🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Magpie
🐕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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Carrion Crow, Magpie, Robin +56 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Carrion Crow, Magpie, Robin +56 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Forest walks

Good match

Public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Suillia · last seen 2025; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Suillia · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Moderate match

Plants — Crescent-cup Liverwort · last seen 2025; Plants — Crescent-cup Liverwort · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

46 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

link to Falconwood stationWalking route

Signposts link from Falconwood station to the Green Chain Walk

Named routeRef G-CRegional walking route

Capital Ring link to Falconwood stationWalking route

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LOOP link to Slade Green stationWalking route

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LOOP link to Crayford stationWalking route

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link to Abbey Wood stationWalking route

Signed link from Abbey Wood station to the Green Chain Walk

Named routeRef G-CRegional walking route

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Cycling

102 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

LCN 25 (via Woolwich Ferry)Cycling route

Named routeRef 25Local cycle route

LCNCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

LCNCycling route

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LCNCycling route

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LCN 68Cycling route

Named routeRef 68Local cycle route

Cycleway 14Cycling route

Named routeRef C14Regional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

113,597 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

113,597 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds46 species

winter

2026

Magpie · Common Gull · Moorhen · Carrion Crow · Robin +41

MagpiePica pica2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Great TitParus major2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
TealAnas crecca2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
NuthatchSitta europaea
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025

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Mammals3 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Red Fox

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

113,597 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds46 species

winter

2026

Magpie · Common Gull · Moorhen · Carrion Crow · Robin +41

MagpiePica pica2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Great TitParus major2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
TealAnas crecca2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
NuthatchSitta europaea
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Red Fox

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 David Anstiss · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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