Five Acre Wood - Broadleaved woodland
0 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
50.90920, 0.60588
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
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Semi-improved grassland — butterflies and wildflowers
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 1 public path 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
9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 2 Dover to HastingsCycling 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
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 2Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route684 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 684 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1 km▾
Named routeRef 2Length 1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
13,595 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,595 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds54 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Nuthatch · Hobby · Redwing · Goldfinch · Peregrine +49
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- GarganeySpatula querquedula2025
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- WoodlarkLullula arborea2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Falco subbuteo subbuteoFalco subbuteo subbuteo2025
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2025
🦌Mammals5 species
springwinter
2026▾
Bat · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Pine Marten · Hazel Dormouse
- BatChiroptera
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
- Pine MartenMartes martes2025
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Willow Emerald Damselfly · Grammotaulius nigropunctatus · Stenophylax permistus · Minotaur Beetle · Glow-worm +7
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
- Grammotaulius nigropunctatusGrammotaulius nigropunctatus
- Stenophylax permistusStenophylax permistus
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,595 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds54 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Nuthatch · Hobby · Redwing · Goldfinch · Peregrine +49
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- GarganeySpatula querquedula2025
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- WoodlarkLullula arborea2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Falco subbuteo subbuteoFalco subbuteo subbuteo2025
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2025
🦌Mammals5 species
springwinter
2026▾
Bat · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Pine Marten · Hazel Dormouse
- BatChiroptera
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
- Pine MartenMartes martes2025
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Willow Emerald Damselfly · Grammotaulius nigropunctatus · Stenophylax permistus · Minotaur Beetle · Glow-worm +7
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
- Grammotaulius nigropunctatusGrammotaulius nigropunctatus
- Stenophylax permistusStenophylax permistus
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Southern Migrant HawkerAeshna affinis2025Southern Migrant HawkerAeshna affinis2025Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Events & activities nearby
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