Highsted Wood - Broadleaved woodland
11 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome11 ha
Getting here
51.32209, 0.73125
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 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km▾
Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route
Augustine CaminoWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Whitstable to IwadeWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
66 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 174Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 174National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route17 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 17 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route233 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 233 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
15,677 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
15,677 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds27 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Robin · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Wren · Green Woodpecker +22
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
🦌Mammals1 species
springautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus · Scathophaga stercoraria · Platycheirus albimanus · Dark-edged Bee-fly +5
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Batman Hoverfly
🌿Plants3 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Bank Haircap · Swan's-neck Thyme-moss · Common Feather-moss
- Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
- Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,677 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds27 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Robin · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Wren · Green Woodpecker +22
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
🦌Mammals1 species
springautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus · Scathophaga stercoraria · Platycheirus albimanus · Dark-edged Bee-fly +5
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Batman Hoverfly
🌿Plants3 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Bank Haircap · Swan's-neck Thyme-moss · Common Feather-moss
- Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
- Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Myathropa florea
Myathropa florea
Dock BugCoreus marginatusDock BugCoreus marginatusMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisOedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis2025Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis2025