East Hall Wood - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
51.34957, 0.76801
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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Reedbeds — bitterns, marsh harriers, bearded tits and reed warblers
Free
Reedbeds priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Reedbeds — emperor dragonfly and rare fen invertebrates
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
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
King Charles III England Coast Path: Iwade to GrainWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Swale Heritage TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
85 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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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
12,544 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
12,544 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Dunnock · Mallard · Little Grebe · Wren +44
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- TealAnas crecca
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CootFulica atra
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Great TitParus major
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects13 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Dotted Bee-fly · Eupeodes · Syrphus · Kidney-spot Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug +8
- Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor
- EupeodesEupeodes
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,544 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Dunnock · Mallard · Little Grebe · Wren +44
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- TealAnas crecca
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CootFulica atra
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Great TitParus major
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects13 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Dotted Bee-fly · Eupeodes · Syrphus · Kidney-spot Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug +8
- Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor
- EupeodesEupeodes
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaRhamphus oxyacanthaeRhamphus oxyacanthae2025Rhamphus oxyacanthaeRhamphus oxyacanthae2025Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025Rambur's Pied ShieldbugTritomegas sexmaculatus2025Rambur's Pied ShieldbugTritomegas sexmaculatus2025Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger202524-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata202524-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025Stictopleurus punctatonervosusStictopleurus punctatonervosus2025Stictopleurus punctatonervosusStictopleurus punctatonervosus2025