Windinghill Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland3 ha
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
51.25552, 0.79295
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
- 🌿Foraging 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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Stour Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 82.9 kmRegional walking route
Augustine CaminoWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Oftord to Canterbury CathedralWalking route▾
follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees
Named routeRegional walking route
North Downs Way (Eastern)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
21 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 17Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 17National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route477 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 477 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route130 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 130 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route8 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 8 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route525 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 525 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route320 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 320 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
4,684 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,684 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
springsummer
2025▾
Firecrest · Raven · Nightingale · Chaffinch · Pheasant +27
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- RavenCorvus corax
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Great TitParus major
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2024
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor2024
Common Pipistrelle · Brown Hare · Badger
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
- BadgerMeles meles2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2025▾
Frog
🐝Insects94 species
springsummer
2026▾
Green Shieldbug · Red-legged Shieldbug · Epistrophe eligans · Large Red Damselfly · Eristalis pertinax +89
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2025
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
Common Striated Feather-moss · White-tipped Bristle-moss · Bank Haircap · Even Scalewort · Nicholson's Beard-moss +5
- Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum
- White-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanum
- Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
- Even ScalewortRadula complanata
- Nicholson's Beard-mossDidymodon nicholsonii
- Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,684 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
springsummer
2025▾
Firecrest · Raven · Nightingale · Chaffinch · Pheasant +27
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- RavenCorvus corax
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Great TitParus major
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2024
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor2024
Common Pipistrelle · Brown Hare · Badger
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
- BadgerMeles meles2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2025▾
Frog
🐝Insects94 species
springsummer
2026▾
Green Shieldbug · Red-legged Shieldbug · Epistrophe eligans · Large Red Damselfly · Eristalis pertinax +89
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2025
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
Common Striated Feather-moss · White-tipped Bristle-moss · Bank Haircap · Even Scalewort · Nicholson's Beard-moss +5
- Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum
- White-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanum
- Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
- Even ScalewortRadula complanata
- Nicholson's Beard-mossDidymodon nicholsonii
- Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Elegant Silk-moss
Elegant Silk-moss
Pseudotaxiphyllum elegans
Pseudotaxiphyllum elegans
Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillareCapillary Thread-mossBryum capillareSilky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromallaSilky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromallaClustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertumClustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertumEvents & activities nearby
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