Broadleaved woodland near Marden Beech
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.17614, 0.47904
Open directionsv
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
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 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Scenic Green Trail Stage 3Walking route8.8 km▾
Named routeRef SGT3Length 8.8 kmLocal walking route
Greensand WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef GWRegional walking route
Medway Valley WalkWalking route45 km▾
Named routeLength 45 kmRegional walking route
High Weald Landscape TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef HWLTListed length 145kmRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 178Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 178National Cycle Network
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31,665 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
31,665 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Turtle Dove · Hobby · Collared Dove · Blue Tit · House Sparrow +47
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- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- SwallowHirundo rustica
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Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Brown Hawker · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly +12
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
31,665 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Turtle Dove · Hobby · Collared Dove · Blue Tit · House Sparrow +47
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- SwallowHirundo rustica
🐝Insects17 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Brown Hawker · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly +12
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula
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