Peartree Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.40978, 0.45799
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 km21 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
167 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 13Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 13National 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
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Wildlife to spot
9,939 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,939 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Blue Tit · Great Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Goldfinch +32
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- SwiftApus apus
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummer
2026▾
Hazel Dormouse · Bat · Red Fox · Rabbit · Bats +1
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- BatChiroptera2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- BatsVespertilionidae2025
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
Dock Bug · Speckled Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird · Southern Hawker · Harlequin Ladybird +16
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- 22-spot Ladybird
Dusky Beard-moss · Silky Wall Feather-moss · Dwarf Feather-moss · Beech Feather-moss · Lateral Cryphaea +2
- Dusky Beard-mossDidymodon luridus
- Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum
- Dwarf Feather-mossMicroeurhynchium pumilum
- Beech Feather-mossCirriphyllum crassinervium
- Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla
- Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,939 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Blue Tit · Great Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Goldfinch +32
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- SwiftApus apus
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummer
2026▾
Hazel Dormouse · Bat · Red Fox · Rabbit · Bats +1
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- BatChiroptera2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- BatsVespertilionidae2025
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
Dock Bug · Speckled Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird · Southern Hawker · Harlequin Ladybird +16
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- 22-spot Ladybird
Dusky Beard-moss · Silky Wall Feather-moss · Dwarf Feather-moss · Beech Feather-moss · Lateral Cryphaea +2
- Dusky Beard-mossDidymodon luridus
- Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum
- Dwarf Feather-mossMicroeurhynchium pumilum
- Beech Feather-mossCirriphyllum crassinervium
- Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla
- Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata2024
Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata2024
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorFirebugPyrrhocoris apterus2025FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus2025Zig-zag Elm SawflyAproceros leucopoda2025Zig-zag Elm SawflyAproceros leucopoda2025Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Chrysotoxum cautumChrysotoxum cautum2025Chrysotoxum cautumChrysotoxum cautum2025Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024Common Feather-moss
Common Feather-moss
Kindbergia praelonga
Kindbergia praelonga
