Brook Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.16956, 0.60995
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 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Greensand WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef GWRegional walking route
Photos
Water Lane, near Headcorn
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Wildlife to spot
3,822 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,822 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
winterspring
2025▾
Cuckoo · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Jackdaw · Robin +25
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- SwiftApus apus2021
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Great TitParus major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2020
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Rabbit · Brown Rat +1
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2023
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects29 species
springsummer
2026▾
Western Honey Bee · White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers · Common Carder Bee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Glow-worm +24
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024
- White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2024
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2020
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,822 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
winterspring
2025▾
Cuckoo · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Jackdaw · Robin +25
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- SwiftApus apus2021
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Great TitParus major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2020
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Rabbit · Brown Rat +1
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2023
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects29 species
springsummer
2026▾
Western Honey Bee · White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers · Common Carder Bee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Glow-worm +24
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024
- White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2024
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2020
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas