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Birchington-on-Sea Bowls Club

📷 Chris Whippet · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Dogs welcome

Getting here

51.38016, 1.30134

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦103+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black-headed Gull and Herring Gull
🎳Bowling greens 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

🐦103+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black-headed Gull and Herring Gull
🎳Bowling greens is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

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🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Cormorant +100 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Cormorant +100 more · last seen 2026

Free

Bowling greens

Very strong match

Bowling green

Paid

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Box Bug, Swollen-thighed Beetle, Common Darter +8 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Box Bug, Swollen-thighed Beetle, Common Darter +8 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Moderate match

Plants — Bramble · last seen 2025; Plants — Bramble · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

King Charles III England Coast Path: Ramsgate to WhitstableWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

Wantsum WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Coleman Stairspublic footpath · 9 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 9 mPath type: footway

Coleman Stairspublic footpath · 112 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 112 mPath type: footway

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Cycling

27 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN Regional Route 15 (Kent)Cycling route

Named routeRef 15Regional cycle route

N/ACycling route61 m

Named routeRef 15Length 61 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete

N/ACycling route74 m

Named routeRef 15Length 74 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route62 m

Named routeRef 15Length 62 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete

N/ACycling route82 m

Named routeRef 15Length 82 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface cobbles

N/ACycling route149 m

Named routeRef 15Length 149 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

21,168 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

21,168 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

autumnwinter

2026

Black-headed Gull · Herring Gull · Oystercatcher · Cormorant · Great Black-backed Gull +48

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
MagpiePica pica
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca2025
Pomarine SkuaStercorarius pomarinus2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
Great TitParus major2025
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025

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Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Red Fox

Red FoxVulpes vulpes

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

21,168 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

autumnwinter

2026

Black-headed Gull · Herring Gull · Oystercatcher · Cormorant · Great Black-backed Gull +48

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
MagpiePica pica
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca2025
Pomarine SkuaStercorarius pomarinus2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
Great TitParus major2025
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2025

Red Fox

Red FoxVulpes vulpes

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Chris Whippet · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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