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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
🐕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
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

4 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Herring Gull +61 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Herring Gull +61 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Box Bug, Hornet Hoverfly, Swollen-thighed Beetle +42 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Box Bug, Hornet Hoverfly, Swollen-thighed Beetle +42 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Dune Thread-moss, Grey-cushioned Grimmia, Wall Screw-moss +2 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Dune Thread-moss, Grey-cushioned Grimmia, Wall Screw-moss +2 more · last seen 2024

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

8 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Stour Valley WalkWalking route

Named routeListed length 82.9 kmRegional walking route

Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km

Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route

European walking route E9, Rye to DoverWalking route

Named routeRef E9International walking route

Greensand WayWalking route

Named routeRef GWRegional walking route

Fens & Dragonflys WalkWalking route

Named route

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Cycling

91 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 18Cycling route

Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network

Brimstone TrailCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

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

Wildlife to spot

5,455 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,455 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds66 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Magpie · Woodpigeon · Herring Gull · Jackdaw · Robin +61

MagpiePica pica2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Great TitParus major2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
CootFulica atra2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2024
Water RailRallus aquaticus2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
SwiftApus apus2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
Tyto alba albaTyto alba alba2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2023

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Mammals14 species

summerautumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Noctule +9

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
NoctuleNyctalus noctula2025
Nathusius's PipistrellePipistrellus nathusii2025
Feral CatFelis catus2025
Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
Myotis Bat speciesMyotis2025
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2025
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2024
VoleArvicolinae2024

🦎

Reptiles2 species

autumn

2025

Common Lizard · Slow-worm

Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2024

🐸

Amphibians2 species

autumn

2024

Common Frog · Palmate Newt

Common FrogRana temporaria
Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus

🐝

Insects45 species

springsummer

2026

Box Bug · Hornet Hoverfly · Swollen-thighed Beetle · 2-spot Ladybird · Banded Demoiselle +40

Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
Curved Birch Mining SawflyScolioneura betuleti2025
Dorhn’s Alder Mining SawflyFenusa dohrnii2024
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024
Shielded Sloe-cutterPareophora pruni2024
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025
Willow Disc-minerHeterarthrus microcephalus2025
Poecilus cupreusPoecilus cupreus2025
Tipula paludosaTipula paludosa2025
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025
Scaptomyza flavaScaptomyza flava2025
Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2025
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025
Small Raspberry Mining SawflyMetallus pumilus2025
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
Orthotrichia costalisOrthotrichia costalis2025
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025
Marginal Sycamore Disc-minerHeterarthrus fiora2025
Leopoldius calceatusLeopoldius calceatus2024
Zig-zag Elm SawflyAproceros leucopoda2024
Stenagostus rhombeusStenagostus rhombeus2024
Ledra auritaLedra aurita2024
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
Small Birch Mining SawflyFenusa pumila2024
Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2024
Willow Bean-gallerEuura proxima2024
Rambur's Pied ShieldbugTritomegas sexmaculatus2024
Medial Sycamore Disc-minerHeterarthrus cuneifrons2024
Nephrotoma quadrifariaNephrotoma quadrifaria2024
Plagiodera versicoloraPlagiodera versicolora2024
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
Acericerus heydeniiAcericerus heydenii2023
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2023

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Plants5 species

winter

2024

Dune Thread-moss · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Crescent-cup Liverwort · Wall Screw-moss · Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis

Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum
Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata
Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalisMarchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,455 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds66 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Magpie · Woodpigeon · Herring Gull · Jackdaw · Robin +61

MagpiePica pica2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Great TitParus major2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
CootFulica atra2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2024
Water RailRallus aquaticus2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
SwiftApus apus2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
Tyto alba albaTyto alba alba2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2023

🦌

Mammals14 species

summerautumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Noctule +9

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
NoctuleNyctalus noctula2025
Nathusius's PipistrellePipistrellus nathusii2025
Feral CatFelis catus2025
Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
Myotis Bat speciesMyotis2025
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2025
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2024
VoleArvicolinae2024

🦎

Reptiles2 species

autumn

2025

Common Lizard · Slow-worm

Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2024

🐸

Amphibians2 species

autumn

2024

Common Frog · Palmate Newt

Common FrogRana temporaria
Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus

🐝

Insects45 species

springsummer

2026

Box Bug · Hornet Hoverfly · Swollen-thighed Beetle · 2-spot Ladybird · Banded Demoiselle +40

Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
Curved Birch Mining SawflyScolioneura betuleti2025
Dorhn’s Alder Mining SawflyFenusa dohrnii2024
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024
Shielded Sloe-cutterPareophora pruni2024
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025
Willow Disc-minerHeterarthrus microcephalus2025
Poecilus cupreusPoecilus cupreus2025
Tipula paludosaTipula paludosa2025
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025
Scaptomyza flavaScaptomyza flava2025
Parent BugElasmucha grisea2025
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2025
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025
Small Raspberry Mining SawflyMetallus pumilus2025
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
Orthotrichia costalisOrthotrichia costalis2025
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025
Marginal Sycamore Disc-minerHeterarthrus fiora2025
Leopoldius calceatusLeopoldius calceatus2024
Zig-zag Elm SawflyAproceros leucopoda2024
Stenagostus rhombeusStenagostus rhombeus2024
Ledra auritaLedra aurita2024
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
Small Birch Mining SawflyFenusa pumila2024
Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2024
Willow Bean-gallerEuura proxima2024
Rambur's Pied ShieldbugTritomegas sexmaculatus2024
Medial Sycamore Disc-minerHeterarthrus cuneifrons2024
Nephrotoma quadrifariaNephrotoma quadrifaria2024
Plagiodera versicoloraPlagiodera versicolora2024
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024
Acericerus heydeniiAcericerus heydenii2023
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2023

🌿

Plants5 species

winter

2024

Dune Thread-moss · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Crescent-cup Liverwort · Wall Screw-moss · Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis

Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum
Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata
Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalisMarchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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