May's Wood - Conifer woodland
✦ Ancient woodland6 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
51.17340, 0.28736
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Tunbridge Wells Circular Walk (Speldhurst Link)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Eden Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Medway Valley WalkWalking route45 km▾
Named routeLength 45 kmRegional walking route
High Weald Landscape TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef HWLTListed length 145kmRegional walking route
Tunbridge Wells Circular WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
57 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 18Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network
NCN Regional Route 12 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12Regional cycle route
NCN National Route 178Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 178National Cycle Network
N/ACycling route138 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 138 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route90 m▾
Named routeLength 90 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route49 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 49 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Field to the east of the Tunbridge Wells Circular Path, Quarry Wood
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22,002 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
22,002 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Redwing · Magpie · Song Thrush · Blue Tit · Blackbird +40
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MagpiePica pica
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RavenCorvus corax
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Common GullLarus canus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
Roe Deer · Red Fox · Fallow Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Fallow DeerDama dama
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
🐝Insects8 species
winterspring
2026▾
Marmalade Hoverfly · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Green Shieldbug · Red Wood Ant · Carabus nemoralis +3
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Red Wood AntFormica rufa
- Carabus nemoralisCarabus nemoralis
- Diaperis boletiDiaperis boleti
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
22,002 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Redwing · Magpie · Song Thrush · Blue Tit · Blackbird +40
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MagpiePica pica
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RavenCorvus corax
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Common GullLarus canus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
Roe Deer · Red Fox · Fallow Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Fallow DeerDama dama
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
🐝Insects8 species
winterspring
2026▾
Marmalade Hoverfly · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Green Shieldbug · Red Wood Ant · Carabus nemoralis +3
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Red Wood AntFormica rufa
- Carabus nemoralisCarabus nemoralis
- Diaperis boletiDiaperis boleti
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
7-spot Ladybird
7-spot Ladybird
Coccinella septempunctata
Coccinella septempunctata
Theroscopus hemipteronTheroscopus hemipteron2025Theroscopus hemipteronTheroscopus hemipteron2025