Highsted Wood - Broadleaved woodland
5 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
51.32527, 0.74056
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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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 230m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 230m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £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
68 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 route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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Cow parsley alongside Highsted Road
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14,741 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
14,741 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds26 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Robin · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Long-tailed Tit · Wren +21
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus · Scathophaga stercoraria · Dotted Bee-fly · Platycheirus albimanus +7
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Epistrophe eligans
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winterautumn
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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
14,741 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds26 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Robin · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Long-tailed Tit · Wren +21
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus · Scathophaga stercoraria · Dotted Bee-fly · Platycheirus albimanus +7
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Epistrophe eligans
🌿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
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