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Champion Court Plantation

1 ha

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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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Wren, Blackbird +48 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Wren, Blackbird +48 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Roesel's Bush-cricket, Field Grasshopper +73 more · last seen 2025; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Roesel's Bush-cricket, Field Grasshopper +73 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Moderate match

Plants — Crescent-cup Liverwort · last seen 2025; Plants — Crescent-cup Liverwort · last seen 2025

Free

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km

Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route

Augustine CaminoWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Two Creeks Circular WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Whitstable to IwadeWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

Swale Heritage TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

15 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 1Cycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route168 m

Named routeRef 1Length 168 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route288 m

Named routeRef 1Length 288 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route29 m

Named routeRef 1Length 29 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route455 m

Named routeRef 1Length 455 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route613 m

Named routeRef 1Length 613 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

3,358 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,358 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Wren · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Robin +48

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RobinErithacus rubecula
JackdawColoeus monedula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Great TitParus major
BuzzardButeo buteo
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
NuthatchSitta europaea
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2022
House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
SiskinSpinus spinus2021
Common GullLarus canus2021
Red KiteMilvus milvus2020
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2020

🦌

Mammals15 species

winter

2026

Daubenton's Bat · Brown Long-eared Bat · Natterer's Bat · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel +10

Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2024
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2024
Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri2024
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2023
Myotis Bat speciesMyotis2024
Whiskered/Brandt's BatMyotis mystacinus/brandtii2024
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2021
BatChiroptera2021
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
MoleTalpa europaea
BadgerMeles meles2025
Whiskered BatMyotis mystacinus2022

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2021

Slow-worm

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis

🐝

Insects75 species

summerautumn

2025

7-spot Ladybird · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Field Grasshopper · Harlequin Ladybird · Meadow Grasshopper +70

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2024
Oak Mining BeeAndrena ferox2024
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2020
Stripe-winged GrasshopperStenobothrus lineatus
Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus
Portevinia maculataPortevinia maculata
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024
Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2024
Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2022
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2021
Lunar UnderwingAnchoscelis lunosa2019
Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2019
Flounced RusticLuperina testacea2019
Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2019
Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2019
SyrphusSyrphus
Graphomya maculataGraphomya maculata
Issus coleoptratusIssus coleoptratus
Black ClockPterostichus madidus
Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Bibio johannisBibio johannis
Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella2024
Parent BugElasmucha grisea2024
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2024
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2024
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2024
Coriomeris denticulatusCoriomeris denticulatus2024
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2024
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2024
Pilophorus perplexusPilophorus perplexus2024
Megaloceroea recticornisMegaloceroea recticornis2024
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2024
Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2024
Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens2024
Iassus lanioIassus lanio2024
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
Tipula vernalisTipula vernalis2024
Acorn WeevilCurculio glandium2023
Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata2023
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2022
Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2022
Rambur's Pied ShieldbugTritomegas sexmaculatus2022
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2022
Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2022
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2022
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2021
Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum2021
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2021
Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2021
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2020
Black RusticAporophyla nigra2019
Brown-Spot PinionAnchoscelis litura2019
SatelliteEupsilia transversa2019
Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta2019
ChestnutConistra vaccinii2019
SnoutHypena proboscidalis2019
Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua fimbriata2019
Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2019
White-pointMythimna albipuncta2019
Mouse MothAmphipyra tragopoginis2019
Common WainscotMythimna pallens2019
Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria2019
Vine's RusticHoplodrina ambigua2019
Feathered RanunculusPolymixis lichenea2019

🌿

Plants1 species

spring

2025

Crescent-cup Liverwort

Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,358 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Wren · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Robin +48

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RobinErithacus rubecula
JackdawColoeus monedula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Great TitParus major
BuzzardButeo buteo
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
NuthatchSitta europaea
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2022
House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
SiskinSpinus spinus2021
Common GullLarus canus2021
Red KiteMilvus milvus2020
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2020

🦌

Mammals15 species

winter

2026

Daubenton's Bat · Brown Long-eared Bat · Natterer's Bat · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel +10

Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2024
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2024
Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri2024
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2023
Myotis Bat speciesMyotis2024
Whiskered/Brandt's BatMyotis mystacinus/brandtii2024
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2021
BatChiroptera2021
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
MoleTalpa europaea
BadgerMeles meles2025
Whiskered BatMyotis mystacinus2022

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2021

Slow-worm

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis

🐝

Insects75 species

summerautumn

2025

7-spot Ladybird · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Field Grasshopper · Harlequin Ladybird · Meadow Grasshopper +70

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2024
Oak Mining BeeAndrena ferox2024
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2020
Stripe-winged GrasshopperStenobothrus lineatus
Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus
Portevinia maculataPortevinia maculata
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024
Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2024
Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2022
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2021
Lunar UnderwingAnchoscelis lunosa2019
Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2019
Flounced RusticLuperina testacea2019
Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2019
Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2019
SyrphusSyrphus
Graphomya maculataGraphomya maculata
Issus coleoptratusIssus coleoptratus
Black ClockPterostichus madidus
Athous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalis
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Bibio johannisBibio johannis
Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella2024
Parent BugElasmucha grisea2024
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2024
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2024
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2024
Coriomeris denticulatusCoriomeris denticulatus2024
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2024
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2024
Pilophorus perplexusPilophorus perplexus2024
Megaloceroea recticornisMegaloceroea recticornis2024
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2024
Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2024
Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens2024
Iassus lanioIassus lanio2024
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
Tipula vernalisTipula vernalis2024
Acorn WeevilCurculio glandium2023
Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata2023
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2022
Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2022
Rambur's Pied ShieldbugTritomegas sexmaculatus2022
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2022
Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2022
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2022
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2021
Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum2021
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2021
Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2021
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2020
Black RusticAporophyla nigra2019
Brown-Spot PinionAnchoscelis litura2019
SatelliteEupsilia transversa2019
Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta2019
ChestnutConistra vaccinii2019
SnoutHypena proboscidalis2019
Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua fimbriata2019
Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2019
White-pointMythimna albipuncta2019
Mouse MothAmphipyra tragopoginis2019
Common WainscotMythimna pallens2019
Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria2019
Vine's RusticHoplodrina ambigua2019
Feathered RanunculusPolymixis lichenea2019

🌿

Plants1 species

spring

2025

Crescent-cup Liverwort

Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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