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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.07332, 0.71641
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackcap and House Sparrow
- 🐕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
- 🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackcap and House Sparrow
- 🐕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 — Blackcap, House Sparrow, Starling +67 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Blackcap, House Sparrow, Starling +67 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Dock Bug, Beautiful Demoiselle, 7-spot Ladybird +216 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Welted Thistle, Broad-leaved Dock, Common Nettle +50 more · last seen 2021
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km▾
Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route
European walking route E9, Rye to DoverWalking route▾
Named routeRef E9International walking route
High Weald Landscape TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef HWLTListed length 145kmRegional walking route
17 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 18Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network
NCN Regional Route 11 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 11Regional cycle route
N/ACycling route622 m▾
Named routeRef 11Length 622 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route280 m▾
Named routeRef 11Length 280 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route5 km▾
Named routeRef 18Length 5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route47 m▾
Named routeRef 18Length 47 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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The Oast House, Woodchurch Road, Tenterden, Kent
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Wildlife to spot
12,672 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,672 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds19 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Starling · Blue Tit · House Martin · House Sparrow · Robin +14
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Field Vole · Badger · Soprano Pipistrelle · Brown Long-eared Bat · Common Pipistrelle
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
- BadgerMeles meles2024
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2024
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2024
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians4 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt · Common Frog · Palmate Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus2024
🐝Insects53 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Dock Bug · Batman Hoverfly · Vine Weevil · 7-spot Ladybird · Speckled Bush-cricket +48
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,672 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds19 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Starling · Blue Tit · House Martin · House Sparrow · Robin +14
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Field Vole · Badger · Soprano Pipistrelle · Brown Long-eared Bat · Common Pipistrelle
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
- BadgerMeles meles2024
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2024
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2024
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians4 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt · Common Frog · Palmate Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus2024
🐝Insects53 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Dock Bug · Batman Hoverfly · Vine Weevil · 7-spot Ladybird · Speckled Bush-cricket +48
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus2025Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus2025Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2025Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2024Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2024OcysOcysOcysOcysViolet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2025Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2025Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatusPantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus2025Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatusPantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis2025Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis2025Slender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata2025Slender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata2025Otiorhynchus crataegiOtiorhynchus crataegi2025Otiorhynchus crataegiOtiorhynchus crataegi2025Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2025Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2025Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2025Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2025Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2025Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Iris WeevilMononychus punctumalbum2025Iris WeevilMononychus punctumalbum2025HornetVespa crabro2025HornetVespa crabro2025ParhelophilusParhelophilus2025ParhelophilusParhelophilus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2025Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2025Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025Carabus nemoralisCarabus nemoralis2025Carabus nemoralisCarabus nemoralis2025Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025Helops caeruleusHelops caeruleus2024Helops caeruleusHelops caeruleus2024Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2024Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2024Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis2024Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis2024Stictoleptura scutellataStictoleptura scutellata2024Stictoleptura scutellataStictoleptura scutellata2024Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2024Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2024Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024Agapanthia villosoviridescensAgapanthia villosoviridescens2024Agapanthia villosoviridescensAgapanthia villosoviridescens2024Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024Common Rose FusehornArge pagana2024Common Rose FusehornArge pagana2024Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024