Broadleaved woodland near Plucks Gutter
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.33151, 1.25694
Open directionsv
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
- 🐕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 km5 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Stour Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 82.9 kmRegional walking route
Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km▾
Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route
Augustine CaminoWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Ramsgate to WhitstableWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Wantsum WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Abbot's Wallpublic footpath · 1.7 km▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 1.7 kmPath type: footway
30 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN Regional Route 15 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 15Regional cycle route
NCN National Route 1 Dover to CanterburyCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route561 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 561 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.3 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 1.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route147 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 147 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route372 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 372 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
2,219 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
2,219 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Stock Dove · Great Tit · Blackbird · Kestrel +40
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Great TitParus major2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2021
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2020
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
- CootFulica atra2021
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2021
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2020
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2021
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2021
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2020
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2020
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2020
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2020
- RookCorvus frugilegus2020
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2020
- GadwallMareca strepera2020
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2020
🦌Mammals7 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Beaver · Hedgehog · Water Vole · Rabbit · Brown Rat +2
- BeaverCastor fiber
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius2021
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
🦎Reptiles3 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Grass Snake · Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2024
🐸Amphibians3 species
springsummer
2024▾
Great Crested Newt · Common Toad · Marsh Frog
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Common ToadBufo bufo2020
- Marsh FrogPelophylax ridibundus2020
🐝Insects23 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Dock Bug · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Tiger Cranefly · Hairy Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird +18
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2024
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
- Tiger CraneflyNephrotoma flavescens2024
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common Cockchafer
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,219 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Stock Dove · Great Tit · Blackbird · Kestrel +40
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Great TitParus major2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2021
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2020
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
- CootFulica atra2021
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2021
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2020
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2021
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2021
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2020
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2020
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2020
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2020
- RookCorvus frugilegus2020
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2020
- GadwallMareca strepera2020
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2020
🦌Mammals7 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Beaver · Hedgehog · Water Vole · Rabbit · Brown Rat +2
- BeaverCastor fiber
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius2021
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
🦎Reptiles3 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Grass Snake · Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara2024
🐸Amphibians3 species
springsummer
2024▾
Great Crested Newt · Common Toad · Marsh Frog
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Common ToadBufo bufo2020
- Marsh FrogPelophylax ridibundus2020
🐝Insects23 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Dock Bug · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Tiger Cranefly · Hairy Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird +18
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2024
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
- Tiger CraneflyNephrotoma flavescens2024
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common Cockchafer
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Badger
Badger
Meles meles2021
Meles meles2021
SquirrelSciurus2020SquirrelSciurus2020Melolontha melolontha
Melolontha melolontha
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatusBox BugGonocerus acuteangulatusBibio hortulanusBibio hortulanusBibio hortulanusBibio hortulanusSlender Ground-hopperTetrix subulataSlender Ground-hopperTetrix subulataDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2024Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2024Rambur's Pied ShieldbugTritomegas sexmaculatus2024Rambur's Pied ShieldbugTritomegas sexmaculatus2024Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis2024Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis2024Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2024Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2024Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2023Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2023Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2023Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2023Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2021Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2021Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2020Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2020Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2020Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2020Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2020Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2020Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2020Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2020Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2020Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2020Events & activities nearby
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