Coldrum Megalithic Tomb, Trottiscliffe
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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
51.32153, 0.37276
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦52+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- ✦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
- 🐦52+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- ✦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 — Blackbird, Robin, Blue Tit +49 more · last seen 2026
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Blue Tit +49 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Small White, Small Heath +89 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named hiking route nearby: Wealdway; Named hiking route nearby: Wealdway
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Oftord to Canterbury CathedralWalking route▾
follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees
Named routeRegional walking route
Scenic Green Trail Section 1Walking route6.4 km▾
Named routeRef SGT1Length 6.4 kmLocal walking route
North Downs Way (Eastern)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
WealdwayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Coldrum Lanepublic footpath · 139 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 139 mPath type: track
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
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Coldrum Long Barrow, National Trust, Trottiscliffe
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Wildlife to spot
7,803 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,803 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Blackbird · Robin · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Wren +36
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
🦌Mammals9 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Hazel Dormouse · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Brown Long-eared Bat · Common Shrew +4
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2025
- Common ShrewSorex araneus2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria2024
Rufous Grasshopper · Red-legged Shieldbug · Glow-worm · Oak Bush-cricket · Sallow Pea-galler +31
- Rufous GrasshopperGomphocerippus rufus
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2024
- Sallow Pea-gallerEuura pedunculi
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
🌿Plants8 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Forked Veilwort · Bank Haircap · Cypress-leaved Plait-moss · Rubus vestitus · Rough-stalked Feather-moss +3
- Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata
- Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
- Cypress-leaved Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme
- Rubus vestitusRubus vestitus
- Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
- Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,803 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Blackbird · Robin · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Wren +36
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
🦌Mammals9 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Hazel Dormouse · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Brown Long-eared Bat · Common Shrew +4
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2025
- Common ShrewSorex araneus2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria2024
Rufous Grasshopper · Red-legged Shieldbug · Glow-worm · Oak Bush-cricket · Sallow Pea-galler +31
- Rufous GrasshopperGomphocerippus rufus
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2024
- Sallow Pea-gallerEuura pedunculi
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
🌿Plants8 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Forked Veilwort · Bank Haircap · Cypress-leaved Plait-moss · Rubus vestitus · Rough-stalked Feather-moss +3
- Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata
- Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
- Cypress-leaved Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme
- Rubus vestitusRubus vestitus
- Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
- Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Snail Hunter
Snail Hunter
Cychrus caraboides
Cychrus caraboides
Rhyzobius lophanthaeRhyzobius lophanthaeRhyzobius lophanthaeRhyzobius lophanthaeRambur's Pied ShieldbugTritomegas sexmaculatusRambur's Pied ShieldbugTritomegas sexmaculatusSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaScymnus interruptusScymnus interruptusScymnus interruptusScymnus interruptusLong-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscusLong-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscusHeather LadybirdChilocorus bipustulatusHeather LadybirdChilocorus bipustulatusDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumTurtle BugPodops inunctaTurtle BugPodops inunctaOnthophagus joannaeOnthophagus joannaeOnthophagus joannaeOnthophagus joannaeBrown ChaferSerica brunneaBrown ChaferSerica brunneaAphodius fimetariusAphodius fimetariusAphodius fimetariusAphodius fimetariusCommon Ground-hopperTetrix undulataCommon Ground-hopperTetrix undulataAphodiusAphodiusAphodiusAphodiusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusSiphoninus phillyreaeSiphoninus phillyreaeSiphoninus phillyreaeSiphoninus phillyreaePsococerastis gibbosaPsococerastis gibbosaPsococerastis gibbosaPsococerastis gibbosaAvens Mining SawflyMetallus lanceolatusAvens Mining SawflyMetallus lanceolatusPhaonia subventaPhaonia subventaPhaonia subventaPhaonia subventaCommon Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulusCommon Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulusLiparus coronatusLiparus coronatusLiparus coronatusLiparus coronatusIvy Boring BeetleOchina ptinoidesIvy Boring BeetleOchina ptinoidesGreen Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceusGreen Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceusCantharis nigricansCantharis nigricansCantharis nigricansCantharis nigricansOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2024Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2024Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024Small Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha goettingensis2024Small Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha goettingensis2024Rhaphigaster nebulosaRhaphigaster nebulosa2024Rhaphigaster nebulosaRhaphigaster nebulosa2024Pogonocherus hispidulusPogonocherus hispidulus2024Pogonocherus hispidulusPogonocherus hispidulus2024Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatataDilated ScalewortFrullania dilatataRubus leptadenesRubus leptadenesRubus leptadenesRubus leptadenes