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Gabrielspring Wood

✦ Ancient woodland6 ha

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Free entryDogs welcome6 ha

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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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Swallow, Hobby, Blackbird +75 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Swallow, Hobby, Blackbird +75 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Bluebell, Spanish Bluebell, Common Tamarisk-moss +31 more · last seen 2018

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Small White, Large White, Gatekeeper +32 more · last seen 2021; Insects — Small White, Large White, Gatekeeper +32 more · last seen 2021

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Heritage

Good match

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Circular Walk from Darent Valley Path DWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Darent Valley PathWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Samuel Palmer TrailWalking route

Immerse yourself in the life, work and inspiration of Samuel Palmer on an audio-guided journey through Shoreham and surrounding areas.

Named routeLocal walking route

Southwark Cathedral to OtfordWalking route

part A of a route from Southwark Cathedral to Canterbury Cathedral

Named routeRegional walking route

Wildlife to spot

3,573 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,573 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds41 species

winterspring

2025

Raven · Blackbird · Hobby · Blue Tit · Magpie +36

RavenCorvus corax
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
HobbyFalco subbuteo
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
MagpiePica pica2023
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
RobinErithacus rubecula
JayGarrulus glandarius
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
Great TitParus major2023
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
JackdawColoeus monedula
PeregrineFalco peregrinus
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
Rock DoveColumba livia
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
Dartford WarblerCurruca undata2023
Falco subbuteo subbuteoFalco subbuteo subbuteo2023
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2023
Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
Common GullLarus canus2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
Little OwlAthene noctua2023
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
RedwingTurdus iliacus2023

🦌

Mammals8 species

summer

2024

Soprano Pipistrelle · Noctule · Common Pipistrelle · Hazel Dormouse · Bat +3

Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2023
NoctuleNyctalus noctula2023
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2023
Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
BatChiroptera
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
BadgerMeles meles2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,573 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds41 species

winterspring

2025

Raven · Blackbird · Hobby · Blue Tit · Magpie +36

RavenCorvus corax
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
HobbyFalco subbuteo
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
MagpiePica pica2023
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
RobinErithacus rubecula
JayGarrulus glandarius
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
Great TitParus major2023
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
JackdawColoeus monedula
PeregrineFalco peregrinus
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
Rock DoveColumba livia
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
Dartford WarblerCurruca undata2023
Falco subbuteo subbuteoFalco subbuteo subbuteo2023
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2023
Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
Common GullLarus canus2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
Little OwlAthene noctua2023
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
RedwingTurdus iliacus2023

🦌

Mammals8 species

summer

2024

Soprano Pipistrelle · Noctule · Common Pipistrelle · Hazel Dormouse · Bat +3

Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2023
NoctuleNyctalus noctula2023
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2023
Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
BatChiroptera
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
BadgerMeles meles2023

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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✦FRANKS HALLHistoric site2.2 km→✦Roman granary 250yds (230m) W of St Mary's ChurchHistoric site2.9 km→🌱Scudders HillUrban park3.4 km→🦉FARNINGHAM WOODNature reserve3.7 km→✦LULLINGSTONE CASTLEHistoric site5 km→✦Farningham Roman villa IHistoric site2.3 km→

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