Linces Wood - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
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🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
51.26467, 1.15657
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕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
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Named hiking route nearby: Canterbury Outer Ring Walk
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 13 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Elham Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 40kmRegional walking route
Stour Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 82.9 kmRegional walking route
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
89 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN Regional Route 17 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 17Regional cycle route
NCN Regional Route 16Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 16Regional cycle route
NCN National Route 1 Dover to CanterburyCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 5 - Via Romea Francigena - part United KingdomCycling route▾
Named routeRef EV5International cycle route
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route300 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 300 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
5 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
5,454 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
5,454 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springsummer
2026▾
Mallard · Moorhen · Coot · Grey Heron · Robin +37
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
🦌Mammals10 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Hedgehog · Beaver · Mole +5
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- BeaverCastor fiber
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
🦎Reptiles1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects28 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Common Red Soldier Beetle · Orange Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Batman Hoverfly · Stag Beetle +23
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,454 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springsummer
2026▾
Mallard · Moorhen · Coot · Grey Heron · Robin +37
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
🦌Mammals10 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Hedgehog · Beaver · Mole +5
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- BeaverCastor fiber
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
🦎Reptiles1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects28 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Common Red Soldier Beetle · Orange Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Batman Hoverfly · Stag Beetle +23
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Badger
Badger
Meles meles2025
Meles meles2025
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2025Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2025Bank VoleMyodes glareolus2025Bank VoleMyodes glareolus2025Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2025Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus20252025
2025
Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2025Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttataCream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttataBicolorous SawflyHemichroa australis2025Bicolorous SawflyHemichroa australis2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2025Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea2025Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025Malvapion malvaeMalvapion malvae2025Malvapion malvaeMalvapion malvae2025Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2024Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2024Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2024Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2024Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024Face FlyMusca autumnalis2024Face FlyMusca autumnalis202410-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata202410-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2024Events & activities nearby
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