Darenth Wood - Broadleaved woodland 1 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
Free entry Dogs welcome 1 ha
Places › England › South East › Dartford Getting here
51.43286, 0.28101
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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 6 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 King Charles III England Coast Path: Grain to Woolwich Walking route 76 km ▾
Named route Ref ECP Length 76 km National walking route
Show on map 146 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
Show on map 1 public path nearby
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Wildlife to spot
6,045 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 6,045 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 47 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Canada Goose · Blue Tit · Blackbird +42
Magpie Pica pica2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Sand Martin Riparia riparia2024 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta Common Gull Larus canus2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 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 · Harlequin Ladybird · Lesser Stag Beetle · Firebug · Common Blue Damselfly +21
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025 Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2025 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 6,045 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 47 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Canada Goose · Blue Tit · Blackbird +42
Magpie Pica pica2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Sand Martin Riparia riparia2024 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta Common Gull Larus canus2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 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 · Harlequin Ladybird · Lesser Stag Beetle · Firebug · Common Blue Damselfly +21
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025 Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2025 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
Rutpela maculata Rutpela maculata2025
Rutpela maculata Rutpela maculata2025
Malachite Beetle Malachius bipustulatus2025
Malachite Beetle Malachius bipustulatus2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
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
Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci2024
Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci2024
Tiger Cranefly Nephrotoma flavescens2024
Tiger Cranefly Nephrotoma flavescens2024
Mintho rufiventris Mintho rufiventris2024
Mintho rufiventris Mintho rufiventris2024
Bishop's Mitre Aelia acuminata2024
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