Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.18847, 1.06893
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦46+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Woodpigeon
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦46+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Woodpigeon
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Chaffinch, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +43 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Chaffinch, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +43 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Common Red Soldier Beetle, 7-spot Ladybird +46 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 14 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Elham Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 40kmRegional walking route
North Downs Way (Eastern)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Canterbury Outer Ring WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
21 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN Regional Route 17 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 17Regional cycle route
Pilgrims Cycle TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
N/ACycling route982 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 982 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route26 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 26 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route41 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 41 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route140 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 140 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
Kissing gates in Stelling Minnis Common
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
3,805 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,805 records · National Biodiversity NetworkChaffinch · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Great Tit +41
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- JayGarrulus glandarius2021
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
- HoopoeUpupa epops2021
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2022
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2021
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2021
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2021
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
- SwallowHirundo rustica2021
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2021
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2020
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Stoat · Brown Hare · Hedgehog
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- StoatMustela erminea2024
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2022
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
Slow-worm
🐝Insects49 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Large White · Common Red Soldier Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird · Red Admiral · Small White +44
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
🌿Plants2 species
springsummerautumn
2023▾
Himalayan Balsam · Dilated Scalewort
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2021
- Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,805 records · National Biodiversity NetworkChaffinch · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Great Tit +41
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- JayGarrulus glandarius2021
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
- HoopoeUpupa epops2021
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2022
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2021
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2021
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2021
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
- SwallowHirundo rustica2021
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2021
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2020
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Stoat · Brown Hare · Hedgehog
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- StoatMustela erminea2024
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2022
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
Slow-worm
🐝Insects49 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Large White · Common Red Soldier Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird · Red Admiral · Small White +44
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
🌿Plants2 species
springsummerautumn
2023▾
Himalayan Balsam · Dilated Scalewort
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2021
- Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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