Pigeonhouse Wood - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.09306, 1.13211
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Free
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 km11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Elham Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 40kmRegional walking route
Corridors to the countrysideWalking route▾
Follow the kestrel to the DownsWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Camber to FolkestoneWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
European walking route E9, Rye to DoverWalking route▾
Named routeRef E9International walking route
87 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Canal PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cinque Ports CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN Regional Route 17 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 17Regional cycle route
SeafrontCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
to Folkestone WestCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Route 2 Dover to HastingsCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
1 public path nearby
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
20,005 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
20,005 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Goldfinch · Robin · Blackbird · Firecrest · Woodpigeon +40
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- White StorkCiconia ciconia2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Field Grasshopper · Harlequin Ladybird · Speckled Bush-cricket · Meadow Grasshopper · Blue-winged Grasshopper +52
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025
- Blue-winged GrasshopperOedipoda caerulescens2025
Forked Veilwort · Minute Pouncewort
- Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata
- Minute PouncewortMyriocoleopsis minutissima
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,005 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Goldfinch · Robin · Blackbird · Firecrest · Woodpigeon +40
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- White StorkCiconia ciconia2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Field Grasshopper · Harlequin Ladybird · Speckled Bush-cricket · Meadow Grasshopper · Blue-winged Grasshopper +52
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025
- Blue-winged GrasshopperOedipoda caerulescens2025
Forked Veilwort · Minute Pouncewort
- Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata
- Minute PouncewortMyriocoleopsis minutissima
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Green Shieldbug
Green Shieldbug
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