Cats Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.41611, 0.42856
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
- 🅿️Parking 173m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Parking 173m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £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
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km18 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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
Butchers Hillpublic footpath · 87 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 87 mPath type: footway
Muggins Lanepublic footpath · 1.1 km▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 1.1 kmPath type: footway
135 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 177 (Proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 177National 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
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Wildlife to spot
19,107 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
19,107 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds54 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Robin · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blackbird +49
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- CootFulica atra
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SwiftApus apus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great TitParus major
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
🦌Mammals2 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Hazel Dormouse · Grey Squirrel
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
🐝Insects23 species
springsummer
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Dock Bug · Harlequin Ladybird · Rambur's Pied Shieldbug · Green Shieldbug +18
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Rambur's Pied ShieldbugTritomegas sexmaculatus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Zig-zag Elm SawflyAproceros leucopoda
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
19,107 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds54 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Robin · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blackbird +49
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- CootFulica atra
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SwiftApus apus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great TitParus major
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
🦌Mammals2 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Hazel Dormouse · Grey Squirrel
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
🐝Insects23 species
springsummer
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Dock Bug · Harlequin Ladybird · Rambur's Pied Shieldbug · Green Shieldbug +18
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Rambur's Pied ShieldbugTritomegas sexmaculatus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Zig-zag Elm SawflyAproceros leucopoda
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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