Alders Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.18523, 0.30122
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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
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 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Tunbridge Wells Circular Walk (Speldhurst Link)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Eden Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal 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
Tunbridge Wells Circular WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
59 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 18Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network
NCN Regional Route 12 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12Regional cycle route
NCN National Route 178Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 178National Cycle Network
N/ACycling route138 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 138 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route90 m▾
Named routeLength 90 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route49 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 49 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
15,997 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
15,997 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
springsummer
2025▾
Blue Tit · Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Robin · Magpie +47
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SwiftApus apus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Common GullLarus canus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
🦎Reptiles2 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects38 species
springsummer
2026▾
Cotesia glomerata · Nacerdes carniolica · Marmalade Hoverfly · Green Shieldbug · Common Red Soldier Beetle +33
- Cotesia glomerataCotesia glomerata2025
- Nacerdes carniolicaNacerdes carniolica2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
- Cheilosia illustrata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,997 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
springsummer
2025▾
Blue Tit · Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Robin · Magpie +47
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SwiftApus apus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Common GullLarus canus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
🦎Reptiles2 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects38 species
springsummer
2026▾
Cotesia glomerata · Nacerdes carniolica · Marmalade Hoverfly · Green Shieldbug · Common Red Soldier Beetle +33
- Cotesia glomerataCotesia glomerata2025
- Nacerdes carniolicaNacerdes carniolica2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
- Cheilosia illustrata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Cheilosia illustrata2025
Cheilosia illustrata2025
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