Little Farningham Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland7 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
51.09103, 0.57027
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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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
High Weald Landscape TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef HWLTListed length 145kmRegional walking route
12 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 18Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route5 km▾
Named routeRef 18Length 5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 18Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route714 m▾
Named routeRef 18Length 714 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route431 m▾
Named routeRef 18Length 431 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route628 m▾
Named routeRef 18Length 628 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
4,447 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,447 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
springautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Goldcrest · Blue Tit · Robin · Carrion Crow +36
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MagpiePica pica2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspringautumn
2024▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Common Darter · Sericomyia silentis · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Green Shieldbug · Migrant Hawker +3
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2023
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2024
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2023
- Rhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahi
🌿Plants8 species
springautumn
2024▾
Field Forklet-moss · Crenulated Flapwort · River Feather-moss · Water Earwort · Dented Silk-moss +3
- Field Forklet-mossDicranella staphylina
- Crenulated FlapwortSolenostoma gracillimum
- River Feather-mossBrachythecium rivulare
- Water EarwortScapania undulata
- Dented Silk-mossPlagiothecium denticulatum
- Waved Silk-mossPlagiothecium undulatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,447 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
springautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Goldcrest · Blue Tit · Robin · Carrion Crow +36
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MagpiePica pica2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspringautumn
2024▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Common Darter · Sericomyia silentis · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Green Shieldbug · Migrant Hawker +3
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2023
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2024
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2023
- Rhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahi
🌿Plants8 species
springautumn
2024▾
Field Forklet-moss · Crenulated Flapwort · River Feather-moss · Water Earwort · Dented Silk-moss +3
- Field Forklet-mossDicranella staphylina
- Crenulated FlapwortSolenostoma gracillimum
- River Feather-mossBrachythecium rivulare
- Water EarwortScapania undulata
- Dented Silk-mossPlagiothecium denticulatum
- Waved Silk-mossPlagiothecium undulatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
2023
Leucopis glyphinivoraLeucopis glyphinivora2023Leucopis glyphinivoraLeucopis glyphinivora2023Rhingia rostrataRhingia rostrata2023Rhingia rostrataRhingia rostrata2023Pellucid Four-tooth MossTetraphis pellucidaPellucid Four-tooth MossTetraphis pellucidaEven ScalewortRadula complanataEven ScalewortRadula complanata