Podlinge Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.18291, 1.02791
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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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
North Downs Way (Eastern)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Stour Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 82.9 kmRegional walking route
Wye National Nature Reserve Nature TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
17 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 18Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network
NCN Regional Route 17 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 17Regional cycle route
Pilgrims Cycle TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
N/ACycling route982 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 982 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.1 km▾
Named routeRef 18Length 2.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
N/ACycling route26 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 26 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
1,680 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
1,680 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
springsummer
2025▾
Blackcap · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Jay · Robin +31
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
Hazel Dormouse · Common Pipistrelle · Yellow-necked Mouse · Pygmy Shrew · Grey Squirrel +3
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
- Yellow-necked MouseApodemus flavicollis2023
- Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2023
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- Bank VoleMyodes glareolus
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Slow-worm · Adder
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- AdderVipera berus2022
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Hairy Shieldbug · Dark Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle +40
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025
- Tipula vernalis
Dilated Scalewort
- Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,680 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
springsummer
2025▾
Blackcap · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Jay · Robin +31
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
Hazel Dormouse · Common Pipistrelle · Yellow-necked Mouse · Pygmy Shrew · Grey Squirrel +3
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
- Yellow-necked MouseApodemus flavicollis2023
- Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2023
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- Bank VoleMyodes glareolus
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Slow-worm · Adder
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- AdderVipera berus2022
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Hairy Shieldbug · Dark Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle +40
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025
- Tipula vernalis
Dilated Scalewort
- Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Brown HareLepus europaeus2024Brown HareLepus europaeus2024Common ShrewSorex araneus2022Common ShrewSorex araneus2022Tipula vernalis2025
Tipula vernalis2025
Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2025Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2025Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor2024Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor2024Xylota segnisXylota segnis2023Xylota segnisXylota segnis2023Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Volucella inflataVolucella inflata2025Volucella inflataVolucella inflata2025Band-eyed Brown HorseflyTabanus bromius2025Band-eyed Brown HorseflyTabanus bromius2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025Phania funestaPhania funesta2025Phania funestaPhania funesta2025Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2025Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2025Ringed TigressAthalia circularis2025Ringed TigressAthalia circularis2025Byturus ochraceusByturus ochraceus2025Byturus ochraceusByturus ochraceus2025Common Red-legged RobberflyDioctria rufipes2025Common Red-legged RobberflyDioctria rufipes2025Pipiza austriacaPipiza austriaca2025Pipiza austriacaPipiza austriaca2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Turnip TigressAthalia rosae2025Turnip TigressAthalia rosae2025Red-horned Cardinal Click BeetleAmpedus rufipennis2025Red-horned Cardinal Click BeetleAmpedus rufipennis2025HornetVespa crabro2024HornetVespa crabro2024Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2024Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2024Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2024Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2024Hedgerow SpinnerPamphilius sylvaticus2024Hedgerow SpinnerPamphilius sylvaticus2024Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2023Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2023Agrypnus murinusAgrypnus murinus2023Agrypnus murinusAgrypnus murinus2023Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2023Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2023Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis2023Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis2023Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2023Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2023Tipula flavolineataTipula flavolineata2023Tipula flavolineataTipula flavolineata2023Raspberry BeetleByturus tomentosus2023Raspberry BeetleByturus tomentosus2023Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2023Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2023Dicranocephalus mediusDicranocephalus medius2023Dicranocephalus mediusDicranocephalus medius2023Broad-barred FusehornArge cyanocrocea2023Broad-barred FusehornArge cyanocrocea2023Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2023Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2023Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2023Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2023Stenocorus meridianusStenocorus meridianus2023Stenocorus meridianusStenocorus meridianus2023Platystomos albinusPlatystomos albinus2023Platystomos albinusPlatystomos albinus2023Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2022Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2022Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2022Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2022