Broadleaved woodland near Minster
4 ha
🌿Foraging🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
51.40924, 0.81766
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
King Charles III England Coast Path: Whitstable to IwadeWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Iwade to GrainWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km▾
Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route
48 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 174Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 174National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 174Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.3 km▾
Named routeRef 174Length 1.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route483 m▾
Named routeRef 174Length 483 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route36 m▾
Named routeRef 174Length 36 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route680 m▾
Named routeRef 174Length 680 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Windmill Quay Roadbyway open to all traffic · 2 km▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 2 kmPath type: unclassified
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Wildlife to spot
2,316 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
2,316 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRook · Grey Heron · Pheasant · Woodpigeon · House Sparrow +46
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
- SwiftApus apus2021
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2019
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- CurlewNumenius arquata2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2022
- RedshankTringa totanus2022
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
- Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
- TealAnas crecca2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- CootFulica atra2023
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2022
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2022
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2022
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
- Rock DoveColumba livia2019
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2019
- DunnockPrunella modularis2019
- MagpiePica pica2019
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2019
- Great TitParus major2019
- RobinErithacus rubecula2019
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2019
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2019
- SanderlingCalidris alba2019
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2019
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2019
- Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius2019
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2019
🦌Mammals8 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Rabbit · Coypu · Harvest Mouse · Common Pipistrelle +3
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
- CoypuMyocastor coypus
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2020▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Box Tree Moth · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Gatekeeper · Painted Lady · Large White +28
- Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2021
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,316 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRook · Grey Heron · Pheasant · Woodpigeon · House Sparrow +46
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
- SwiftApus apus2021
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2019
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- CurlewNumenius arquata2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2022
- RedshankTringa totanus2022
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
- Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
- TealAnas crecca2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- CootFulica atra2023
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2022
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2022
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2022
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
- Rock DoveColumba livia2019
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2019
- DunnockPrunella modularis2019
- MagpiePica pica2019
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2019
- Great TitParus major2019
- RobinErithacus rubecula2019
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2019
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2019
- SanderlingCalidris alba2019
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2019
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2019
- Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius2019
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2019
🦌Mammals8 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Rabbit · Coypu · Harvest Mouse · Common Pipistrelle +3
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
- CoypuMyocastor coypus
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2020▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Box Tree Moth · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Gatekeeper · Painted Lady · Large White +28
- Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2021
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Long-eared Bat species
Long-eared Bat species
Plecotus2024
Plecotus2024
Water VoleArvicola amphibius2023Water VoleArvicola amphibius2023Brown RatRattus norvegicus2020Brown RatRattus norvegicus2020Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2024Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20237-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2023Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2023Bruchus lotiBruchus loti2022Bruchus lotiBruchus loti2022Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaSphaerophoriaSphaerophoriaSphaerophoriaSphaerophoriaViolet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2024Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2024Ivy BeeColletes hederae2024Ivy BeeColletes hederae2024Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2024Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2024White-bellied Mining BeeAndrena gravida2024White-bellied Mining BeeAndrena gravida2024Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2023Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2023Microplontus campestrisMicroplontus campestris2023Microplontus campestrisMicroplontus campestris2023Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus2023Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus2023Altica carinthiacaAltica carinthiaca2022Altica carinthiacaAltica carinthiaca2022Cordylepherus viridisCordylepherus viridis2022Cordylepherus viridisCordylepherus viridis2022SyrphusSyrphus2021SyrphusSyrphus202122-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202022-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2020Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2020Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2020Dock BugCoreus marginatus2020Dock BugCoreus marginatus2020Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2020Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2020Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2019Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2019CinnabarTyria jacobaeae2019CinnabarTyria jacobaeae2019PeacockAglais io2019PeacockAglais io2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Events & activities nearby
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