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Garrison Point Fort

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📷 Stefan Czapski · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Rock Dove and Starling
✦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

🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Rock Dove and Starling
✦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

Best for

4 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Rock Dove, Starling, Herring Gull +71 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Rock Dove, Starling, Herring Gull +71 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Bumblebee, Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee +34 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Bumblebee, Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee +34 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

King Charles III England Coast Path: Iwade to GrainWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km

Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Grain to WoolwichWalking route76 km

Named routeRef ECPLength 76 kmNational walking route

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Cycling

49 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 174Cycling route

Named routeRef 174National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route4 m

Named routeRef 174Length 4 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.1 km

Named routeRef 174Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route483 m

Named routeRef 174Length 483 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route36 m

Named routeRef 174Length 36 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route680 m

Named routeRef 174Length 680 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete

Wildlife to spot

5,850 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,850 records · National Biodiversity Network

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Birds54 species

winterspring

2025

Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Starling · Carrion Crow +49

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Rock DoveColumba livia
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RedshankTringa totanus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
JackdawColoeus monedula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
SwallowHirundo rustica
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
DunnockPrunella modularis
SanderlingCalidris alba
Brent GooseBranta bernicla
Great TitParus major
JayGarrulus glandarius
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Common GullLarus canus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
RavenCorvus corax
House MartinDelichon urbicum
CuckooCuculus canorus
SwiftApus apus
WhitethroatCurruca communis
RookCorvus frugilegus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
CootFulica atra2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024

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Insects22 species

summerautumn

2025

Shrill Carder Bee · Dark Bush-cricket · Long-winged Cone-head · Cordicollis instabilis · Myrmica schencki +17

Shrill Carder BeeBombus sylvarum
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2024
Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2024
Cordicollis instabilisCordicollis instabilis2024
Myrmica schenckiMyrmica schencki
Moss Carder BeeBombus muscorum
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Badister bullatusBadister bullatus
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024
Myrmica sabuletiMyrmica sabuleti2024
Anthicus antherinusAnthicus antherinus2024
Small Striped Flea BeetlePhyllotreta undulata2024
Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes2024
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2024
Vestal Cuckoo BeeBombus vestalis2024
Liparus coronatusLiparus coronatus2024
Brown-banded Carder BeeBombus humilis2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,850 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

winterspring

2025

Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Starling · Carrion Crow +49

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Rock DoveColumba livia
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RedshankTringa totanus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
JackdawColoeus monedula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
SwallowHirundo rustica
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
DunnockPrunella modularis
SanderlingCalidris alba
Brent GooseBranta bernicla
Great TitParus major
JayGarrulus glandarius
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Common GullLarus canus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
RavenCorvus corax
House MartinDelichon urbicum
CuckooCuculus canorus
SwiftApus apus
WhitethroatCurruca communis
RookCorvus frugilegus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
CootFulica atra2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024

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Insects22 species

summerautumn

2025

Shrill Carder Bee · Dark Bush-cricket · Long-winged Cone-head · Cordicollis instabilis · Myrmica schencki +17

Shrill Carder BeeBombus sylvarum
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2024
Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2024
Cordicollis instabilisCordicollis instabilis2024
Myrmica schenckiMyrmica schencki
Moss Carder BeeBombus muscorum
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Badister bullatusBadister bullatus
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2024
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024
Myrmica sabuletiMyrmica sabuleti2024
Anthicus antherinusAnthicus antherinus2024
Small Striped Flea BeetlePhyllotreta undulata2024
Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipes2024
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2024
Vestal Cuckoo BeeBombus vestalis2024
Liparus coronatusLiparus coronatus2024
Brown-banded Carder BeeBombus humilis2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Stefan Czapski · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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