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Cold War Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery lying on land to east of Harty Ferry Road

1 ha

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦90+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shoveler and Black-tailed Godwit
✦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

🐦90+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shoveler and Black-tailed Godwit
✦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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

4 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Shoveler, Black-tailed Godwit, Wigeon +87 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Shoveler, Black-tailed Godwit, Wigeon +87 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Bishop's Mitre, Scaeva pyrastri, Meliscaeva auricollis · last seen 2025; Insects — Bishop's Mitre, Scaeva pyrastri, Meliscaeva auricollis · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

King Charles III England Coast Path: Whitstable to IwadeWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km

Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route

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Cycling

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 1Cycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route199 m

Named routeRef 1Length 199 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route13 m

Named routeRef 1Length 13 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route155 m

Named routeRef 1Length 155 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route89 m

Named routeRef 1Length 89 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route7 m

Named routeRef 1Length 7 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

28,246 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

28,246 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds94 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2026

Shoveler · Black-tailed Godwit · Wigeon · Mediterranean Gull · Spoonbill +89

ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
WigeonMareca penelope
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
PintailAnas acuta
RuffCalidris pugnax2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MerlinFalco columbarius2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
OspreyPandion haliaetus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
TealAnas crecca2025
BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Barn OwlTyto alba
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
Little OwlAthene noctua2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus2025
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Alectoris rufa rufaAlectoris rufa rufa2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Great TitParus major2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025

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Mammals4 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2025

Harbour Seal · Grey Seal · Weasel · Brown Hare

Harbour SealPhoca vitulina
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
WeaselMustela nivalis
Brown HareLepus europaeus

🐝

Insects3 species

summer

2025

Bishop's Mitre · Scaeva pyrastri · Meliscaeva auricollis

Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata
Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

28,246 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds94 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2026

Shoveler · Black-tailed Godwit · Wigeon · Mediterranean Gull · Spoonbill +89

ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
WigeonMareca penelope
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
PintailAnas acuta
RuffCalidris pugnax2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MerlinFalco columbarius2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
OspreyPandion haliaetus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
TealAnas crecca2025
BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Barn OwlTyto alba
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
Little OwlAthene noctua2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus2025
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Alectoris rufa rufaAlectoris rufa rufa2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Great TitParus major2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025

🦌

Mammals4 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2025

Harbour Seal · Grey Seal · Weasel · Brown Hare

Harbour SealPhoca vitulina
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
WeaselMustela nivalis
Brown HareLepus europaeus

🐝

Insects3 species

summer

2025

Bishop's Mitre · Scaeva pyrastri · Meliscaeva auricollis

Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata
Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Penny Mayes · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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