Beacon Wood - Broadleaved woodland 3 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
Free entry Dogs welcome 3 ha
Places › England › South East › Dartford Getting here
51.43250, 0.28369
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 welcomeDeciduous 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 km 7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Circular Walk from Darent Valley Path D Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Darent Valley Path Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Cray Riverway Walking route 16 km ▾
Named route Length 16 km Local walking route
Show on map London LOOP (Section 1) Walking route ▾
"an easy walk along section one of the London LOOP route, next to the river Thames, Darent and Cray." Sights: * Waterside Gardens * Bear and Ragged Staff associated with the Earldom of Warwick * Hall Place
Named route Ref LOOP Regional walking route
Show on map Thames Estuary Path Walking route 46.6 km ▾
Named route Length 46.6 km National walking route
Show on map 152 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 125 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 125 Point-to-point National Cycle Network
Show on map Dartford Crossing Shuttle (North) Cycling route ▾
Dartford Crossing Shuttle (South) Cycling route ▾
NCN 1 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 1 National Cycle Network
Show on map NCN National Route 177 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 177 National Cycle Network
Show on map Dartford Crossing Shuttle (North) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Shuttle Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
3,803 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 3,803 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 46 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Magpie · Canada Goose · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Blackbird +41
Magpie Pica pica Canada Goose Branta canadensis Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Blackbird Turdus merula Coot Fulica atra Mute Swan Cygnus olor Robin Erithacus rubecula Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Rock Dove Columba livia Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Great Tit Parus major Carrion Crow Corvus corone Herring Gull Larus argentatus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Stock Dove Columba oenas Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus Greylag Goose Anser anser Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Starling Sturnus vulgaris Sand Martin Riparia riparia2024 Common Gull Larus canus Siskin Spinus spinus Jay Garrulus glandarius Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Dunnock Prunella modularis Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula House Sparrow Passer domesticus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2024 Swift Apus apus2024 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2024 🦌 Mammals 4 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Hazel Dormouse · Red Fox · Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter
2025 ▾
Common Toad · Palmate Newt · Smooth Newt
Common Toad Bufo bufo Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Hairy Shieldbug · Lesser Stag Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird · Firebug · Common Blue Damselfly +25
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025 Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2025 Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea Big Shaggy-moss · Broom Fork-moss · Common Tamarisk-moss · Swan's-neck Thyme-moss
Big Shaggy-moss Hylocomiadelphus triquetrus Broom Fork-moss Dicranum scoparium Common Tamarisk-moss Thuidium tamariscinum Swan's-neck Thyme-moss Mnium hornum2024 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 3,803 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 46 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Magpie · Canada Goose · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Blackbird +41
Magpie Pica pica Canada Goose Branta canadensis Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Blackbird Turdus merula Coot Fulica atra Mute Swan Cygnus olor Robin Erithacus rubecula Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Rock Dove Columba livia Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Great Tit Parus major Carrion Crow Corvus corone Herring Gull Larus argentatus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Stock Dove Columba oenas Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus Greylag Goose Anser anser Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Starling Sturnus vulgaris Sand Martin Riparia riparia2024 Common Gull Larus canus Siskin Spinus spinus Jay Garrulus glandarius Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Dunnock Prunella modularis Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula House Sparrow Passer domesticus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2024 Swift Apus apus2024 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2024 🦌 Mammals 4 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Hazel Dormouse · Red Fox · Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter
2025 ▾
Common Toad · Palmate Newt · Smooth Newt
Common Toad Bufo bufo Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Hairy Shieldbug · Lesser Stag Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird · Firebug · Common Blue Damselfly +25
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025 Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2025 Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea Big Shaggy-moss · Broom Fork-moss · Common Tamarisk-moss · Swan's-neck Thyme-moss
Big Shaggy-moss Hylocomiadelphus triquetrus Broom Fork-moss Dicranum scoparium Common Tamarisk-moss Thuidium tamariscinum Swan's-neck Thyme-moss Mnium hornum2024 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Malachite Beetle Malachius bipustulatus2025
Malachite Beetle Malachius bipustulatus2025
Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni2025
Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni2025
Notiophilus Notiophilus2025
Notiophilus Notiophilus2025
Coremacera marginata Coremacera marginata2024
Coremacera marginata Coremacera marginata2024
Strawberry Seed Beetle Harpalus rufipes2024
Strawberry Seed Beetle Harpalus rufipes2024
Rambur's Pied Shieldbug Tritomegas sexmaculatus2024
Rambur's Pied Shieldbug Tritomegas sexmaculatus2024
Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus fuscus2024
Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus fuscus2024
Cabbage Bug Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2024
Cabbage Bug Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2024
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata2024
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata2024
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2024
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2024
Sphaerophoria scripta Sphaerophoria scripta2024
Sphaerophoria scripta Sphaerophoria scripta2024
Conops quadrifasciatus Conops quadrifasciatus2024
Conops quadrifasciatus Conops quadrifasciatus2024
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2024
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2024
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2024
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2024
Tiger Cranefly Nephrotoma flavescens2024
Tiger Cranefly Nephrotoma flavescens2024
Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci2024
Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci2024
Mintho rufiventris Mintho rufiventris2024
Mintho rufiventris Mintho rufiventris2024
Bishop's Mitre Aelia acuminata2024
Bishop's Mitre Aelia acuminata2024
Cinquefoil Strider Macrophya annulata2024
Cinquefoil Strider Macrophya annulata2024
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami2024
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami2024
Eupeodes corollae Eupeodes corollae2024
Eupeodes corollae Eupeodes corollae2024
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2024
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2024
Megoura viciae Megoura viciae2024
Megoura viciae Megoura viciae2024
Wild Rose Fusehorn Arge ochropus2024
Wild Rose Fusehorn Arge ochropus2024 