Bell Wood - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.46635, 0.60534
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 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
Curlews, Convicts & ContrabandWalking route▾
Hoo Peninsula PathWalking route▾
King Charles III England Coast Path: Grain to WoolwichWalking route76 km▾
Named routeRef ECPLength 76 kmNational walking route
21 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Heron TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 179National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route490 m▾
Named routeRef 179Length 490 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route11 m▾
Named routeRef 179Length 11 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route373 m▾
Named routeRef 179Length 373 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route649 m▾
Named routeRef 179Length 649 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route41 m▾
Named routeRef 179Length 41 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
1,779 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,779 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds117 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Robin · Swallow · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit +112
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Badger · Rabbit · Wood Mouse · Brown Hare
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2022
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2018
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Palmate Newt · Marsh Frog
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus2022
- Marsh FrogPelophylax ridibundus
European Eel
- European EelAnguilla anguilla
7-spot Ladybird · Small White · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Dock Bug · Green-veined White +75
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
- Jet AntLasius fuliginosus
Catenella caespitosa · Bostrychia scorpioides · Percursaria percursa · Porphyra linearis
- Catenella caespitosaCatenella caespitosa
- Bostrychia scorpioidesBostrychia scorpioides
- Percursaria percursaPercursaria percursa
- Porphyra linearisPorphyra linearis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,779 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds117 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Robin · Swallow · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit +112
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Badger · Rabbit · Wood Mouse · Brown Hare
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2022
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2018
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Palmate Newt · Marsh Frog
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus2022
- Marsh FrogPelophylax ridibundus
European Eel
- European EelAnguilla anguilla
7-spot Ladybird · Small White · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Dock Bug · Green-veined White +75
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
- Jet AntLasius fuliginosus
Catenella caespitosa · Bostrychia scorpioides · Percursaria percursa · Porphyra linearis
- Catenella caespitosaCatenella caespitosa
- Bostrychia scorpioidesBostrychia scorpioides
- Percursaria percursaPercursaria percursa
- Porphyra linearisPorphyra linearis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025LuciliaLucilia2024LuciliaLucilia2024BumblebeeBombus2023BumblebeeBombus2023Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2025Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Nephrotoma quadrifariaNephrotoma quadrifaria2025Nephrotoma quadrifariaNephrotoma quadrifaria2025Parent BugElasmucha grisea2024Parent BugElasmucha grisea2024Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2024Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2024Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2024Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2024Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2023Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2023Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2023Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2023Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2019Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Poplar KnucklehornCladius grandis2025Poplar KnucklehornCladius grandis2025Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2025Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2025Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum2025Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum2025PlatycheirusPlatycheirus2025PlatycheirusPlatycheirus2025Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2025Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus2025FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus2025FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025Coenosia tigrinaCoenosia tigrina2025Coenosia tigrinaCoenosia tigrina2025Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2025Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Leistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbis2025Leistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbis2025Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2025Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2025Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2025Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025Pterocomma salicisPterocomma salicis2025Pterocomma salicisPterocomma salicis2025Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025Rhaphigaster nebulosaRhaphigaster nebulosa2024Rhaphigaster nebulosaRhaphigaster nebulosa2024Tipula paludosaTipula paludosa2024Tipula paludosaTipula paludosa2024Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024Short-winged Cone-headConocephalus dorsalis2024Short-winged Cone-headConocephalus dorsalis2024Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024MelanostomaMelanostoma2024MelanostomaMelanostoma2024SyrphusSyrphus2024SyrphusSyrphus202422-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202322-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2023Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2023Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2023Slender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata2022Slender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata2022Gastrophysa polygoniGastrophysa polygoni2022Gastrophysa polygoniGastrophysa polygoni2022Social Pear SpinnerNeurotoma saltuum2022Social Pear SpinnerNeurotoma saltuum2022Stenolophus teutonusStenolophus teutonus2022Stenolophus teutonusStenolophus teutonus2022Otiorhynchus armadilloOtiorhynchus armadillo2022Otiorhynchus armadilloOtiorhynchus armadillo2022Water MeasurerHydrometra stagnorum2022Water MeasurerHydrometra stagnorum2022Nephrotoma flavipalpisNephrotoma flavipalpis2022Nephrotoma flavipalpisNephrotoma flavipalpis2022Common Water-BoatmanNotonecta (Notonecta) glauca2022Common Water-BoatmanNotonecta (Notonecta) glauca2022Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes2022Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes2022Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2022Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2022Small Black AntLasius niger2022Small Black AntLasius niger2022Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2022Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2022Spotted Regal-sawflyNematus septentrionalis2021Spotted Regal-sawflyNematus septentrionalis2021Large WhitePieris brassicae2019Large WhitePieris brassicae2019Clouded YellowColias croceus2019Clouded YellowColias croceus2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019PeacockAglais io2019PeacockAglais io2019Red Wood AntFormica rufa2019Red Wood AntFormica rufa2019Liparus coronatusLiparus coronatus2018Liparus coronatusLiparus coronatus2018Devil's Coach-horseOcypus olens2012Devil's Coach-horseOcypus olens2012Events & activities nearby
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