Shottendane Copse - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.35235, 1.34306
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
- 🛝Playground 287m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 287m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £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 km9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km▾
Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route
Turner & Dickens WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef T&DLocal walking route
Pegwell Bay Country Park Long Nature TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Pegwell Bay Country Park Short Nature TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Stonelees TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
62 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN Regional Route 15 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 15Regional cycle route
N/ACycling route170 m▾
Named routeRef 15Length 170 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route131 m▾
Named routeRef 15Length 131 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route61 m▾
Named routeRef 15Length 61 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete
N/ACycling route74 m▾
Named routeRef 15Length 74 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route62 m▾
Named routeRef 15Length 62 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete
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Wildlife to spot
1,683 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,683 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
winterspring
2025▾
Herring Gull · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Kestrel · Magpie +39
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Great TitParus major2020
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2020
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2020
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2020
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummer
2025▾
Hedgehog · Brown Hare · Rabbit · Red Fox · Badger
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
- BadgerMeles meles2021
Box Tree Moth · Sphaerophoria scripta · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Ivy Bee · Wool Carder Bee +4
- Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Ivy BeeColletes hederae2022
- Wool Carder BeeAnthidium manicatum2021
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana
Japanese Knotweed
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,683 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
winterspring
2025▾
Herring Gull · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Kestrel · Magpie +39
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Great TitParus major2020
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2020
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2020
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2020
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummer
2025▾
Hedgehog · Brown Hare · Rabbit · Red Fox · Badger
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
- BadgerMeles meles2021
Box Tree Moth · Sphaerophoria scripta · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Ivy Bee · Wool Carder Bee +4
- Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Ivy BeeColletes hederae2022
- Wool Carder BeeAnthidium manicatum2021
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana
Japanese Knotweed
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2021
2021
HornetVespa crabro2020HornetVespa crabro2020Large Garden BumblebeeBombus ruderatus2020Large Garden BumblebeeBombus ruderatus2020Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2020Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2020Events & activities nearby
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