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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Coot
✦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

🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Coot
✦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

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mallard, Coot, Woodpigeon +76 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mallard, Coot, Woodpigeon +76 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Green Shieldbug, Hairy Shieldbug, Gorse Shieldbug +45 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Green Shieldbug, Hairy Shieldbug, Gorse Shieldbug +45 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Juniper Haircap, Giant Hogweed · last seen 2023; Plants — Juniper Haircap, Giant Hogweed · last seen 2023

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

10 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Stour Valley WalkWalking route

Named routeListed length 82.9 kmRegional walking route

North Downs Way (Canterbury loop)Walking route

Named routeNational walking route

Beech Walk & SculpturesWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Oftord to Canterbury CathedralWalking route

follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees

Named routeRegional walking route

North Downs Way (Eastern)Walking route

Named routeNational walking route

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Cycling

78 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 18Cycling route

Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network

Comma TrailCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Orange Tip TrailCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Peacock TrailCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

NCN National Route 177 (Proposed)Cycling route

Named routeRef 177National Cycle Network

Proposed NCN National Route 18Cycling route

Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

2,667 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,667 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds81 species

wintersummerautumn

2026

Coot · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Moorhen · Blackbird +76

CootFulica atra
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
JackdawColoeus monedula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Great TitParus major2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
BuzzardButeo buteo
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
SwiftApus apus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2024
RavenCorvus corax2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Red-crested PochardNetta rufina2024
European White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons albifrons2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2023
Black TernChlidonias niger2023
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2023
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2023
TealAnas crecca2023
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2022

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Mammals3 species

winterspringsummer

2025

Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Hedgehog

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024

🐝

Insects48 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Green Shieldbug · Hairy Shieldbug · Gorse Shieldbug · Dock Bug · Juniper Shieldbug +43

Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025
Rambur's Pied ShieldbugTritomegas sexmaculatus2025
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025
Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2025
Woundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimus2025
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2025
Zig-zag Elm SawflyAproceros leucopoda2025
Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus2023
Hollyhock WeevilRhopalapion longirostre
Pied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolor
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
EupeodesEupeodes
Phaonia validaPhaonia valida2025
FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus2025
Meadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrata2025
Orsillus depressusOrsillus depressus2025
Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2025
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2024
Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2024
Turnip TigressAthalia rosae2024
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2024
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2024
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Parent BugElasmucha grisea2024
Forget-me-not ShieldbugSehirus luctuosus2024
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2024
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2023
Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2023
Vernal ShieldbugPeribalus strictus2023
Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus2023

🌿

Plants2 species

wintersummer

2023

Juniper Haircap · Giant Hogweed

Juniper HaircapPolytrichum juniperinum
Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,667 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds81 species

wintersummerautumn

2026

Coot · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Moorhen · Blackbird +76

CootFulica atra
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
JackdawColoeus monedula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Great TitParus major2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
BuzzardButeo buteo
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
SwiftApus apus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2024
RavenCorvus corax2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Red-crested PochardNetta rufina2024
European White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons albifrons2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2023
Black TernChlidonias niger2023
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2023
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2023
TealAnas crecca2023
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2022

🦌

Mammals3 species

winterspringsummer

2025

Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Hedgehog

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024

🐝

Insects48 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Green Shieldbug · Hairy Shieldbug · Gorse Shieldbug · Dock Bug · Juniper Shieldbug +43

Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025
Rambur's Pied ShieldbugTritomegas sexmaculatus2025
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025
Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2025
Woundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimus2025
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2025
Zig-zag Elm SawflyAproceros leucopoda2025
Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus2023
Hollyhock WeevilRhopalapion longirostre
Pied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolor
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
EupeodesEupeodes
Phaonia validaPhaonia valida2025
FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus2025
Meadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrata2025
Orsillus depressusOrsillus depressus2025
Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2025
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2024
Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2024
Turnip TigressAthalia rosae2024
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2024
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2024
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Parent BugElasmucha grisea2024
Forget-me-not ShieldbugSehirus luctuosus2024
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2024
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2023
Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2023
Vernal ShieldbugPeribalus strictus2023
Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus2023

🌿

Plants2 species

wintersummer

2023

Juniper Haircap · Giant Hogweed

Juniper HaircapPolytrichum juniperinum
Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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