Peartree Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.40761, 0.46279
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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 km19 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
171 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
8,853 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,853 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Great Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Goldfinch +23
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SwiftApus apus
- MagpiePica pica
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
🦌Mammals6 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Hazel Dormouse · Bat · Red Fox · Rabbit · Bats +1
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- BatChiroptera2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- BatsVespertilionidae2025
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
Speckled Bush-cricket · Dock Bug · Clitostethus arcuatus · Southern Hawker · Marmalade Hoverfly +21
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Clitostethus arcuatusClitostethus arcuatus2025
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Harlequin Ladybird
Lateral Cryphaea · Common Striated Feather-moss · Common Feather-moss · Wood Bristle-moss · Dusky Beard-moss +20
- Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla
- Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
- Dusky Beard-mossDidymodon luridus
- Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum
- Dwarf Feather-moss
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,853 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Great Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Goldfinch +23
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SwiftApus apus
- MagpiePica pica
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
🦌Mammals6 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Hazel Dormouse · Bat · Red Fox · Rabbit · Bats +1
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- BatChiroptera2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- BatsVespertilionidae2025
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
Speckled Bush-cricket · Dock Bug · Clitostethus arcuatus · Southern Hawker · Marmalade Hoverfly +21
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Clitostethus arcuatusClitostethus arcuatus2025
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- Harlequin Ladybird
Lateral Cryphaea · Common Striated Feather-moss · Common Feather-moss · Wood Bristle-moss · Dusky Beard-moss +20
- Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla
- Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
- Dusky Beard-mossDidymodon luridus
- Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum
- Dwarf Feather-moss
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Harmonia axyridis2025
Harmonia axyridis2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorFirebugPyrrhocoris apterus2025FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus2025Zig-zag Elm SawflyAproceros leucopoda2025Zig-zag Elm SawflyAproceros leucopoda2025Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Siphoninus phillyreaeSiphoninus phillyreae2025Siphoninus phillyreaeSiphoninus phillyreae2025Large Marsh HorseflyTabanus autumnalis2025Large Marsh HorseflyTabanus autumnalis2025Chrysotoxum cautumChrysotoxum cautum2025Chrysotoxum cautumChrysotoxum cautum2025Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2025Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2025Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2025Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025Rhingia rostrataRhingia rostrata2025Rhingia rostrataRhingia rostrata2025Microeurhynchium pumilum
Microeurhynchium pumilum
Beech Feather-mossCirriphyllum crassinerviumBeech Feather-mossCirriphyllum crassinerviumHypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiformeCommon Cord-mossFunaria hygrometricaCommon Cord-mossFunaria hygrometricaFlat NeckeraNeckera complanataFlat NeckeraNeckera complanataZygodon conoideus var. conoideusZygodon conoideus var. conoideusZygodon conoideus var. conoideusZygodon conoideus var. conoideusRambling Tail-mossAnomodon viticulosusRambling Tail-mossAnomodon viticulosusDidymodon tophaceus subsp. sicculusDidymodon tophaceus subsp. sicculusDidymodon tophaceus subsp. sicculusDidymodon tophaceus subsp. sicculusWall ScalewortPorella platyphyllaWall ScalewortPorella platyphyllaClustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertumClustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertumCapillary Thread-mossBryum capillareCapillary Thread-mossBryum capillarePointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidataPointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidataWhite-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanumWhite-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanumForked VeilwortMetzgeria furcataForked VeilwortMetzgeria furcataRough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulumRough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulumSilver-mossBryum argenteumSilver-mossBryum argenteumLesser Bird's-claw Beard-mossStreblotrichum convolutum var. convolutumLesser Bird's-claw Beard-mossStreblotrichum convolutum var. convolutumFox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurumFox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurumTender Feather-mossRhynchostegiella tenellaTender Feather-mossRhynchostegiella tenella