🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.34679, 0.34302
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦51+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- 🌿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
- 🐦51+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- 🌿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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Song Thrush +48 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Song Thrush +48 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Large White, Small Heath +38 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Meadow Brown, Large White, Small Heath +38 more · last seen 2024
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 · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Oftord to Canterbury CathedralWalking route▾
follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees
Named routeRegional walking route
Main Trail, Cobham Mausoleum & WoodsWalking route1.8 km▾
Named routeLength 1.8 kmDuration 00:45Point-to-pointLocal walking route
North Downs Way (Eastern)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
1066 Harold's WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
WealdwayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Photos
Buttercup meadow and Lion Wood
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Wildlife to spot
2,969 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,969 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
springsummer
2025▾
Blackbird · Robin · Blue Tit · Jackdaw · Song Thrush +33
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Great TitParus major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
Hazel Dormouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
Meadow Brown · Small Heath · Gatekeeper · Common Blue · Chalk Hill Blue +7
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus
- Chalk Hill BluePolyommatus coridon
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,969 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
springsummer
2025▾
Blackbird · Robin · Blue Tit · Jackdaw · Song Thrush +33
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Great TitParus major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
Hazel Dormouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
Meadow Brown · Small Heath · Gatekeeper · Common Blue · Chalk Hill Blue +7
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus
- Chalk Hill BluePolyommatus coridon
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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