Alder Shaw - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
50.87723, 0.63365
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 482m away — 6 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 482m away — 6 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
Named cycling route nearby: National Cycle Route 2 Dover to Hastings
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km▾
Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route
1066 Country Walk - Hastings LinkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
1066 Country WalkWalking route50 km▾
Named routeLength 50 kmRegional walking route
32 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 2 Dover to HastingsCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
National Cycle Route 2 Hastings to BrightonCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route5 km▾
Named routeRef 2Length 5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.8 km▾
Named routeRef 2Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Alternative RouteCycling route598 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 598 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Alternative RouteCycling route30 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 30 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
41,523 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
41,523 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Robin · Jackdaw +40
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- RavenCorvus corax
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
Scathophaga stercoraria
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Daffodil · Gorse · Alexanders · Lesser Celandine · Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage +4
- DaffodilNarcissus pseudonarcissus
- GorseUlex europaeus
- AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
41,523 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Robin · Jackdaw +40
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- RavenCorvus corax
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
- GannetMorus bassanus2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
Scathophaga stercoraria
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Daffodil · Gorse · Alexanders · Lesser Celandine · Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage +4
- DaffodilNarcissus pseudonarcissus
- GorseUlex europaeus
- AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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