Bushey Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.31054, 0.46892
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
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
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
Scenic Green Trail Section 1Walking route6.4 km▾
Named routeRef SGT1Length 6.4 kmLocal walking route
North Downs Way (Eastern)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
KCC Centenary WalkWalking route▾
81 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 177 (Proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 177National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 17Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 17National Cycle Network
NCN Regional Route 19 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 19Regional cycle route
NCN Regional Route 12 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12Regional cycle route
NCN National Route 178Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 178National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route23 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 23 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
35,313 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
35,313 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Coot · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Chiffchaff +45
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- ScaupAythya marila2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Black SwanCygnus atratus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
🦌Mammals2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
rodents · Common Shrew
- rodentsRodentia
- Common ShrewSorex araneus2025
Black-tailed Skimmer · Lesser Emperor · Rhaphigaster nebulosa · Red-eyed Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly +7
- Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
- Lesser EmperorAnax parthenope
- Rhaphigaster nebulosaRhaphigaster nebulosa
- Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Small Red-eyed Damselfly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
35,313 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Coot · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Chiffchaff +45
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- ScaupAythya marila2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Black SwanCygnus atratus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
🦌Mammals2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
rodents · Common Shrew
- rodentsRodentia
- Common ShrewSorex araneus2025
Black-tailed Skimmer · Lesser Emperor · Rhaphigaster nebulosa · Red-eyed Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly +7
- Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
- Lesser EmperorAnax parthenope
- Rhaphigaster nebulosaRhaphigaster nebulosa
- Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Small Red-eyed Damselfly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Erythromma viridulum
Erythromma viridulum
Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridulaSouthern Green ShieldbugNezara viridulaFour-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataFour-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataScarce ChaserLibellula fulvaScarce ChaserLibellula fulvaNorfolk AeshnaAeshna isocelesNorfolk AeshnaAeshna isocelesEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorEmperor DragonflyAnax imperator