Birchington (War Memorial) Recreation Ground
6 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
51.37114, 1.31217
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🐾Quex Barn Farm Shop and Restaurant on site — a good way to combine wildlife and an animal visit in the same trip
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🐾Quex Barn Farm Shop and Restaurant on site — a good way to combine wildlife and an animal visit in the same trip
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking🛝Playground🐄Farm visit
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Herring Gull, Woodpigeon, Magpie +77 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Herring Gull, Woodpigeon, Magpie +77 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Limnephilus marmoratus, Firebug +37 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 13 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Turner & Dickens WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef T&DLocal walking route
Augustine CaminoWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Folkestone to RamsgateWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Ramsgate to WhitstableWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Wantsum WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
East End Villaspublic footpath · 33 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 33 mPath type: residential
Ferndale Courtpublic footpath · 30 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 30 mPath type: residential
38 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN Regional Route 15 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 15Regional cycle route
N/ACycling route170 m▾
Named routeRef 15Length 170 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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
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Park Road recreation ground
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
15,452 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
15,452 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHerring Gull · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · House Sparrow · Magpie +43
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
🦌Mammals2 species
springwinter
2025▾
Stoat · Red Fox
- StoatMustela erminea
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Firebug · 7-spot Ladybird · Batman Hoverfly · Box Bug · Common Darter +10
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Bramble
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,452 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHerring Gull · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · House Sparrow · Magpie +43
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
🦌Mammals2 species
springwinter
2025▾
Stoat · Red Fox
- StoatMustela erminea
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Firebug · 7-spot Ladybird · Batman Hoverfly · Box Bug · Common Darter +10
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Bramble
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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