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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
51.35137, 0.24189
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕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 — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Robin +66 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Mammals — Hazel Dormouse, Eurasian Serotine, Common Pipistrelle +15 more · last seen 2024
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Gatekeeper, Large White +28 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Good match
Historic site with public access
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Darent Valley PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
North Downs Way (Eastern)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Samuel Palmer TrailWalking route▾
Immerse yourself in the life, work and inspiration of Samuel Palmer on an audio-guided journey through Shoreham and surrounding areas.
Named routeLocal walking route
Oftord to Canterbury CathedralWalking route▾
follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees
Named routeRegional walking route
Southwark Cathedral to OtfordWalking route▾
part A of a route from Southwark Cathedral to Canterbury Cathedral
Named routeRegional walking route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Maplescombe Chapel (rems of)
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
4,783 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,783 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springsummer
2025▾
Hobby · Raven · Blackbird · Robin · Chiffchaff +38
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- RavenCorvus corax
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Great TitParus major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata2023
Hazel Dormouse · Grey Squirrel · Eurasian Serotine · Wood Mouse · Soprano Pipistrelle +6
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2023
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2023
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2023
🐝Insects2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Glow-worm · Common Rose Fusehorn
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Common Rose FusehornArge pagana2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,783 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springsummer
2025▾
Hobby · Raven · Blackbird · Robin · Chiffchaff +38
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- RavenCorvus corax
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Great TitParus major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata2023
Hazel Dormouse · Grey Squirrel · Eurasian Serotine · Wood Mouse · Soprano Pipistrelle +6
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2023
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2023
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2023
🐝Insects2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Glow-worm · Common Rose Fusehorn
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Common Rose FusehornArge pagana2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas