Dargets Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.34576, 0.53779
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 km10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km▾
Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route
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
King Charles III England Coast Path: Iwade to GrainWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Rochester Riverside WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
123 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 177 (Proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 177National Cycle Network
(A2)<>(NCN1)Cycling route▾
NCN National Route 17Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 17National Cycle Network
Gillingham<>Rainham Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Alternative RouteCycling route▾
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Capstone Mountain bike trailMountain bike route▾
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Wildlife to spot
13,099 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,099 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blackbird · Black-headed Gull +32
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Brown Rat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects21 species
springsummer
2025▾
Pill Beetle · Juniper Shieldbug · Red-legged Shieldbug · Hairy Shieldbug · Southern Green Shieldbug +16
- Pill BeetleByrrhus pilula
- Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula
- Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,099 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blackbird · Black-headed Gull +32
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Brown Rat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects21 species
springsummer
2025▾
Pill Beetle · Juniper Shieldbug · Red-legged Shieldbug · Hairy Shieldbug · Southern Green Shieldbug +16
- Pill BeetleByrrhus pilula
- Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula
- Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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