Head Barn Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.39432, 0.46710
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
- 🐕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 km17 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
1066 Harold's WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Purple Circular WalkWalking route▾
Red Circular WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound trip
Medway Valley WalkWalking route45 km▾
Named routeLength 45 kmRegional walking route
Strood Community TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
175 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Heron TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 179National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 17Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 17National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 177Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 177National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route125 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 125 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface blocks
Main RouteCycling route19 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 19 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface blocks
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Wildlife to spot
9,683 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,683 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · House Sparrow · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Rock Dove +34
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
Hazel Dormouse · Bat · Red Fox · Fallow Deer · Bats +2
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- BatChiroptera
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- BatsVespertilionidae
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐝Insects45 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Dock Bug · Common Earwig · Green Shieldbug · Speckled Bush-cricket · Southern Hawker +40
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,683 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · House Sparrow · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Rock Dove +34
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
Hazel Dormouse · Bat · Red Fox · Fallow Deer · Bats +2
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- BatChiroptera
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- BatsVespertilionidae
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐝Insects45 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Dock Bug · Common Earwig · Green Shieldbug · Speckled Bush-cricket · Southern Hawker +40
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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