Coxett Wood - Conifer woodland
✦ Ancient woodland2 ha
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.30778, 0.84877
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌞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 km5 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km▾
Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route
Augustine CaminoWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Two Creeks Circular WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Whitstable to IwadeWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Swale Heritage TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
53 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route27 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 27 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route34 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 34 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete
Main RouteCycling route48 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 48 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
7,628 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,628 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Woodpigeon · Robin · House Sparrow · Chaffinch +37
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- SwiftApus apus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- CootFulica atra2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2023
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2023
- Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Hazel Dormouse · Red Fox · Badger · Hedgehog
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- BadgerMeles meles
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
Slow-worm · Wall Lizard · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Wall LizardPodarcis muralis2024
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects37 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Stag Beetle · Culicoides maritimus · 7-spot Ladybird · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Long-winged Cone-head +32
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2023
- Culicoides maritimusCulicoides maritimus2024
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus
Crescent-cup Liverwort
- Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,628 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Woodpigeon · Robin · House Sparrow · Chaffinch +37
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- SwiftApus apus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- CootFulica atra2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2023
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2023
- Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Hazel Dormouse · Red Fox · Badger · Hedgehog
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- BadgerMeles meles
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
Slow-worm · Wall Lizard · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Wall LizardPodarcis muralis2024
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects37 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Stag Beetle · Culicoides maritimus · 7-spot Ladybird · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Long-winged Cone-head +32
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2023
- Culicoides maritimusCulicoides maritimus2024
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus
Crescent-cup Liverwort
- Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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