Shadows Hill Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.11509, 1.18762
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 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
85 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
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Wildlife to spot
9,320 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,320 records · National Biodiversity NetworkDunnock · Blackcap · Magpie · Wren · Goldfinch +45
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Common Pipistrelle · Red Fox · Soprano Pipistrelle
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2024
🐝Insects11 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Bloody-nosed Beetle · Anommatus · Speckled Bush-cricket · Long-winged Cone-head · Roesel's Bush-cricket +6
- Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa2025
- AnommatusAnommatus
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,320 records · National Biodiversity NetworkDunnock · Blackcap · Magpie · Wren · Goldfinch +45
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Common Pipistrelle · Red Fox · Soprano Pipistrelle
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2024
🐝Insects11 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Bloody-nosed Beetle · Anommatus · Speckled Bush-cricket · Long-winged Cone-head · Roesel's Bush-cricket +6
- Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa2025
- AnommatusAnommatus
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Rhagonycha lignosaRhagonycha lignosa2025Rhagonycha lignosaRhagonycha lignosa2025Cychramus luteusCychramus luteus2025Cychramus luteusCychramus luteus2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Nut Leaf WeevilStrophosoma melanogrammum2025Nut Leaf WeevilStrophosoma melanogrammum2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2024Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2024Gymnosoma rotundatumGymnosoma rotundatum2024Gymnosoma rotundatumGymnosoma rotundatum2024Events & activities nearby
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