Potters Corner Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.17362, 0.84633
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 km10 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Stour Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 82.9 kmRegional walking route
North Downs Way (Canterbury loop)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Beech Walk & SculpturesWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Oftord to Canterbury CathedralWalking route▾
follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees
Named routeRegional walking route
North Downs Way (Eastern)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
112 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 18Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network
Brimstone TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Comma TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Orange Tip TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Peacock TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN National Route 177 (Proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 177National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
9,997 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,997 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blackbird · Magpie · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon +45
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects12 species
springautumn
2026▾
Gorse Shieldbug · Bicolorous Sawfly · Alder Disc-miner · Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird +7
- Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus
- Bicolorous SawflyHemichroa australis2025
- Alder Disc-minerHeterarthrus vagans2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Cheilosia grossa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,997 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blackbird · Magpie · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon +45
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects12 species
springautumn
2026▾
Gorse Shieldbug · Bicolorous Sawfly · Alder Disc-miner · Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird +7
- Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus
- Bicolorous SawflyHemichroa australis2025
- Alder Disc-minerHeterarthrus vagans2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Cheilosia grossa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Cheilosia grossa
Cheilosia grossa
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatusPine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatusAbax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedusTriplax aeneaTriplax aeneaTriplax aeneaTriplax aeneaUleiota planatusUleiota planatusUleiota planatusUleiota planatusRhamphus pulicariusRhamphus pulicarius2025Rhamphus pulicariusRhamphus pulicarius2025Dorhn’s Alder Mining SawflyFenusa dohrnii2025Dorhn’s Alder Mining SawflyFenusa dohrnii2025Events & activities nearby
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