Bursted Wood - Conifer woodland
✦ Ancient woodland5 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
51.21092, 1.09503
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public 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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Elham Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 40kmRegional walking route
Via Francigena - 01 part Great BritainWalking route▾
Named routeRef VFInternational walking route
North Downs Way (Canterbury loop)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Canterbury Outer Ring WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
28 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN Regional Route 17 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 17Regional cycle route
NCN Regional Route 16Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 16Regional cycle route
EuroVelo 5 - Via Romea Francigena - part United KingdomCycling route▾
Named routeRef EV5International cycle route
N/ACycling route283 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 283 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route182 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 182 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route982 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 982 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
2 public paths nearby
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
3,534 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
3,534 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds28 species
springsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Wren · Robin · Carrion Crow +23
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BitternBotaurus stellaris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2023
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2022
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2022
🦌Mammals13 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Common Pipistrelle · Eurasian Serotine · Pygmy Shrew · Natterer's Bat +8
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
- Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus2024
- Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2024
- Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri2024
Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Large White · Green-veined White · Red Admiral +24
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,534 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds28 species
springsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Wren · Robin · Carrion Crow +23
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BitternBotaurus stellaris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2023
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2022
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2022
🦌Mammals13 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Common Pipistrelle · Eurasian Serotine · Pygmy Shrew · Natterer's Bat +8
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
- Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus2024
- Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2024
- Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri2024
Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Large White · Green-veined White · Red Admiral +24
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Small Mouse
Small Mouse
Muridae2023
Muridae2023
Bank VoleMyodes glareolusBank VoleMyodes glareolusBrown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2024Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2024NoctuleNyctalus noctula2024NoctuleNyctalus noctula2024Myotis Bat speciesMyotis2024Myotis Bat speciesMyotis2024BatChiroptera2024BatChiroptera2024Yellow-necked MouseApodemus flavicollis2022Yellow-necked MouseApodemus flavicollis2022Red DeerCervus elaphus2022Red DeerCervus elaphus20222024
2024
Brown ArgusAricia agestis2023Brown ArgusAricia agestis2023PeacockAglais io2024PeacockAglais io2024Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2024Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024Small WhitePieris rapae2023Small WhitePieris rapae2023Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2023Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2023Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2024Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2024Volucella inflataVolucella inflata2024Volucella inflataVolucella inflata2024Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2023Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2023Snail HunterCychrus caraboidesSnail HunterCychrus caraboidesRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Platycis minutusPlatycis minutus2024Platycis minutusPlatycis minutus2024Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024Large Scabious Mining BeeAndrena hattorfiana2024Large Scabious Mining BeeAndrena hattorfiana2024White AdmiralLimenitis camilla2024White AdmiralLimenitis camilla2024Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2024Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2024Red Wood AntFormica rufa2024Red Wood AntFormica rufa2024Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2023Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2023BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2023BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2023Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2023Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2023Common BluePolyommatus icarus2022Common BluePolyommatus icarus2022WallLasiommata megera2022WallLasiommata megera2022