Hare's Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.34909, 1.11432
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 km7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
48 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN Regional Route 15 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 15Regional cycle route
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Crab & Winkle WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
N/ACycling route19 m▾
Named routeRef 15Length 19 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route1.3 km▾
Named routeRef 15Length 1.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface grass
Main RouteCycling route101 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 101 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
3 public paths nearby
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
20,836 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
20,836 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHouse Sparrow · Robin · Starling · Woodpigeon · Herring Gull +26
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
🦌Mammals5 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Red Fox · Bank Vole · Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Hedgehog
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Bank VoleMyodes glareolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Epistrophe eligans · 7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus torvus · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Eupeodes +12
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- EupeodesEupeodes
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,836 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHouse Sparrow · Robin · Starling · Woodpigeon · Herring Gull +26
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
🦌Mammals5 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Red Fox · Bank Vole · Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Hedgehog
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Bank VoleMyodes glareolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Epistrophe eligans · 7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus torvus · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Eupeodes +12
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- EupeodesEupeodes
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxFirebugPyrrhocoris apterusFirebugPyrrhocoris apterusEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxMinotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeusMinotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctataMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaDock BugCoreus marginatusDock BugCoreus marginatusNalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus