Bursted Wood - Conifer woodland
✦ Ancient woodland1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.21559, 1.09272
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
🦅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 · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Elham Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 40kmRegional walking route
Stour Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 82.9 kmRegional 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
34 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 18Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network
NCN Regional Route 17 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 17Regional cycle route
Great Stour WayCycling route▾
Named routeNational Cycle Network
Pilgrims Cycle TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRegional 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
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Wildlife to spot
2,737 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
2,737 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
springsummer
2025▾
Pheasant · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Robin +27
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BitternBotaurus stellaris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
Hazel Dormouse · Common Pipistrelle · Brown Long-eared Bat · Eurasian Serotine · Small Mouse +8
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2024
- Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus2024
- Small MouseMuridae2023
- Bank VoleMyodes glareolus
Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Large White · Green-veined White · Red Admiral +17
- 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
2,737 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
springsummer
2025▾
Pheasant · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Robin +27
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BitternBotaurus stellaris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
Hazel Dormouse · Common Pipistrelle · Brown Long-eared Bat · Eurasian Serotine · Small Mouse +8
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2024
- Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus2024
- Small MouseMuridae2023
- Bank VoleMyodes glareolus
Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Large White · Green-veined White · Red Admiral +17
- 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
NoctuleNyctalus noctula2024NoctuleNyctalus noctula2024Myotis Bat speciesMyotis2024Myotis Bat speciesMyotis2024Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2024Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2024Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri2024Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri2024BatChiroptera2024BatChiroptera2024RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023Brown HareLepus europaeus2023Brown HareLepus europaeus20232024
2024
PeacockAglais io2024PeacockAglais io2024Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2024Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024Brown ArgusAricia agestis2023Brown ArgusAricia agestis2023Small WhitePieris rapae2023Small WhitePieris rapae2023Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2023Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2023Glow-wormLampyris noctilucaGlow-wormLampyris noctilucaEssex SkipperThymelicus lineola2024Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2024Volucella inflataVolucella inflata2024Volucella inflataVolucella inflata2024Common Rose FusehornArge paganaCommon Rose FusehornArge paganaLarge Scabious Mining BeeAndrena hattorfiana2024Large Scabious Mining BeeAndrena hattorfiana2024White AdmiralLimenitis camilla2024White AdmiralLimenitis camilla2024Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2023Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2023BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2023BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2023Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2023Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2023Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2023Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2023Events & activities nearby
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