Shottendane Copse - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.36778, 1.32601
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🛝Playground 271m 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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🛝Playground 271m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
playground
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km▾
Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route
Turner & Dickens WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef T&DLocal walking route
Augustine CaminoWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Folkestone to RamsgateWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Ramsgate to WhitstableWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
55 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
1 public path nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
12,999 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,999 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Fulmar · Jackdaw +43
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla2024
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
🦌Mammals2 species
springwinter
2025▾
Stoat · Red Fox
- StoatMustela erminea
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Firebug · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Batman Hoverfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Southern Hawker +7
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Issus coleoptratusIssus coleoptratus
- 2-spot Ladybird
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,999 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Fulmar · Jackdaw +43
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla2024
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
🦌Mammals2 species
springwinter
2025▾
Stoat · Red Fox
- StoatMustela erminea
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Firebug · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Batman Hoverfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Southern Hawker +7
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Issus coleoptratusIssus coleoptratus
- 2-spot Ladybird
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Adalia bipunctata
Adalia bipunctata
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleRibautiana tenerrimaRibautiana tenerrimaRibautiana tenerrimaRibautiana tenerrimaPhilaenusPhilaenusPhilaenusPhilaenusParthenolecaniumParthenolecaniumParthenolecaniumParthenolecaniumDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorEvents & activities nearby
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