The Oaks - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
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🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
51.33345, 1.00827
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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
- 🐕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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Red TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Black TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Whitstable to IwadeWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km▾
Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route
Augustine CaminoWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
105 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Crab & Winkle WayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Crab & Winkle Way extensionCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN National Route 183Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 183National Cycle Network
NCN Regional Route 15 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 15Regional cycle route
Crab & Winkle WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Crab & Winkle LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
1 public path nearby
Public paths
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
16,346 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
16,346 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
springsummer
2026▾
Blackbird · Magpie · Blackcap · Carrion Crow · Wren +36
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
🦌Mammals5 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Hedgehog · Red Fox · Badger · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- BadgerMeles meles
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
🦎Reptiles1 species
springsummer
2026▾
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Eristalis tenax · Marmalade Hoverfly · Eupeodes luniger · Meadow Grasshopper · Batman Hoverfly +24
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,346 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
springsummer
2026▾
Blackbird · Magpie · Blackcap · Carrion Crow · Wren +36
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
🦌Mammals5 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Hedgehog · Red Fox · Badger · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- BadgerMeles meles
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
🦎Reptiles1 species
springsummer
2026▾
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Eristalis tenax · Marmalade Hoverfly · Eupeodes luniger · Meadow Grasshopper · Batman Hoverfly +24
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Xanthandrus comtusXanthandrus comtus2025Xanthandrus comtusXanthandrus comtus2025Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesiiLiophloeus tessulatusLiophloeus tessulatusLiophloeus tessulatusLiophloeus tessulatusEpistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligansMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisEupeodesEupeodesEupeodesEupeodesCommon DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Shrill Carder BeeBombus sylvarum2025Shrill Carder BeeBombus sylvarum2025Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025Rambur's Pied ShieldbugTritomegas sexmaculatus2025Rambur's Pied ShieldbugTritomegas sexmaculatus2025Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025Sphaerophoria rueppelliiSphaerophoria rueppellii2025Sphaerophoria rueppelliiSphaerophoria rueppellii2025ThecophoraThecophora2025ThecophoraThecophora2025Variimorda villosaVariimorda villosa2025Variimorda villosaVariimorda villosa2025Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus2025Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2025Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2025Picture-winged FlyDorycera graminum2025Picture-winged FlyDorycera graminum2025