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Dymchurch Redoubt

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦113+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Green Sandpiper and Canada Goose
✦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

🐦113+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Green Sandpiper and Canada Goose
✦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

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Green Sandpiper, Canada Goose, Gadwall +110 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Green Sandpiper, Canada Goose, Gadwall +110 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Waterside walks

Good match

Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Early Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee +13 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Early Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee +13 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Elham Valley WayWalking route

Named routeListed length 40kmRegional walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Camber to FolkestoneWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

European walking route E9, Rye to DoverWalking route

Named routeRef E9International walking route

Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km

Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route

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Cycling

22 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 1Cycling route

Named routeRef 1Local cycle route

NCN National Route 172Cycling route

Named routeRef 172National Cycle Network

Canal PathCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Cinque Ports CyclewayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

National Cycle Route 2 Dover to HastingsCycling route

Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route1 km

Named routeRef 2Length 1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Wildlife to spot

13,676 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

13,676 records · National Biodiversity Network

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Birds59 species

winterspringautumn

2025

Green Sandpiper · Canada Goose · Chiffchaff · Gadwall · Little Egret +54

Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
GadwallMareca strepera
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
LapwingVanellus vanellus
CurlewNumenius arquata
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Brent GooseBranta bernicla
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
SwallowHirundo rustica
CootFulica atra
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
GoosanderMergus merganser
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
TealAnas crecca
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
CuckooCuculus canorus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
RedshankTringa totanus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Water RailRallus aquaticus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
WhitethroatCurruca communis
JackdawColoeus monedula
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
RedwingTurdus iliacus
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
SwiftApus apus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
RookCorvus frugilegus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
DunlinCalidris alpina
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Barn OwlTyto alba

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Mammals1 species

spring

2025

Common Pipistrelle

Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus

🐝

Insects7 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Tipula paludosa · Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Cabbage Bug · Grey Bush-cricket · Mogulones geographicus +2

Tipula paludosaTipula paludosa
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea
Grey Bush-cricketPlatycleis albopunctata
Mogulones geographicusMogulones geographicus
Mystacides longicornis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

13,676 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds59 species

winterspringautumn

2025

Green Sandpiper · Canada Goose · Chiffchaff · Gadwall · Little Egret +54

Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
GadwallMareca strepera
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
LapwingVanellus vanellus
CurlewNumenius arquata
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Brent GooseBranta bernicla
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
SwallowHirundo rustica
CootFulica atra
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
GoosanderMergus merganser
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
TealAnas crecca
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
CuckooCuculus canorus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
RedshankTringa totanus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Water RailRallus aquaticus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
WhitethroatCurruca communis
JackdawColoeus monedula
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
RedwingTurdus iliacus
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
SwiftApus apus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
RookCorvus frugilegus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
DunlinCalidris alpina
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Barn OwlTyto alba

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2025

Common Pipistrelle

Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus

🐝

Insects7 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Tipula paludosa · Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Cabbage Bug · Grey Bush-cricket · Mogulones geographicus +2

Tipula paludosaTipula paludosa
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea
Grey Bush-cricketPlatycleis albopunctata
Mogulones geographicusMogulones geographicus
Mystacides longicornis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 N Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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