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Gill Wood

✦ Ancient woodland5 ha

📷 David Anstiss · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Robin, House Sparrow, Blackbird +59 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Robin, House Sparrow, Blackbird +59 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Bluebell, Hyacinthoides, Even Scalewort · last seen 2018

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Common Carder Bee, Early Bumblebee, Buff-tailed Bumblebee +69 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Carder Bee, Early Bumblebee, Buff-tailed Bumblebee +69 more · last seen 2025

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

3 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

🚴

Cycling

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

NCN National Route 172Cycling route

Named routeRef 172National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route1.4 km

Named routeRef 18Length 1.4 kmNational 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

Wildlife to spot

1,939 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,939 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds66 species

springsummer

2025

Robin · House Sparrow · Blackbird · Great Tit · Magpie +61

RobinErithacus rubecula2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
Great TitParus major
MagpiePica pica2023
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2018
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
JackdawColoeus monedula2023
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
SwallowHirundo rustica2020
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
BuzzardButeo buteo2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
NuthatchSitta europaea2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2018
Rock DoveColumba livia2018
WhitethroatCurruca communis
JayGarrulus glandarius2018
DunnockPrunella modularis2023
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2020
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2020
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2018
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
CuckooCuculus canorus2020
GreenfinchChloris chloris2014
Herring GullLarus argentatus2018
SwiftApus apus2018
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2013
RookCorvus frugilegus2013
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2012
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2018
House MartinDelichon urbicum2018
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2016
RedwingTurdus iliacus2013
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2012
Red KiteMilvus milvus
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
LinnetLinaria cannabina2018
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2018
Stock DoveColumba oenas2013
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2013
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2013
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2012
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
CootFulica atra2023
Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
Greylag GooseAnser anser2020
Little OwlAthene noctua2013
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2013
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2013
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2012
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2012
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2011

🦌

Mammals10 species

springsummerautumn

2024

Hedgehog · Bank Vole · Rabbit · Badger · Field Vole +5

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
Bank VoleMyodes glareolus2021
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
BadgerMeles meles
Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2021
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2019
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2019
Nathusius's PipistrellePipistrellus nathusii2017
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2016
BatChiroptera2015

🦎

Reptiles2 species

springsummer

2020

Grass Snake · Slow-worm

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2019

🐸

Amphibians4 species

springsummer

2021

Great Crested Newt · Common Toad · Smooth Newt · Common Frog

Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2019
Common ToadBufo bufo2018
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Common FrogRana temporaria2018

🐟

Fish1 species

summer

2022

Common Carp

Common CarpCyprinus carpio

🐝

Insects72 species

springsummer

2025

Common Carder Bee · Early Bumblebee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Western Honey Bee · Small Garden Bumblebee +67

Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2024
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2018
White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2018
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2018
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2018
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2018
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2017
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2023
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2018
Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2023
Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2018
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2017
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2018
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2020
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2024
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2024
Vestal Cuckoo BeeBombus vestalis2023
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2018
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2018
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2018
Tachina feraTachina fera
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2019
White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2024
Large Garden BumblebeeBombus ruderatus2023
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2020
Downy EmeraldCordulia aenea2017
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2012
Limnephilus marmoratusLimnephilus marmoratus
Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria
Phasia hemipteraPhasia hemiptera
Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2022
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2022
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2022
Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculata2021
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2021
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2021
Long-horned BeeEucera longicornis2021
Tanbark BorerPhymatodes testaceus2021
Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2021
Ivy BeeColletes hederae2020
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2020
Back-SwimmerNotonecta2020
Little SnipeflyChrysopilus asiliformis2020
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2020
Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2020
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2020
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
PeacockAglais io2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2019
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2019
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2019
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2016
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2016
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2016
Barberry FusehornArge berberidis2015
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2015
CraneflyTipulidae2013
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2012
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2012
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2011
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2011

🌿

Plants3 species

spring

2018

Bluebell · Hyacinthoides · Even Scalewort

BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
HyacinthoidesHyacinthoides2017
Even ScalewortRadula complanata2016

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,939 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds66 species

springsummer

2025

Robin · House Sparrow · Blackbird · Great Tit · Magpie +61

RobinErithacus rubecula2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
Great TitParus major
MagpiePica pica2023
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2018
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
JackdawColoeus monedula2023
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
SwallowHirundo rustica2020
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
BuzzardButeo buteo2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
NuthatchSitta europaea2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2018
Rock DoveColumba livia2018
WhitethroatCurruca communis
JayGarrulus glandarius2018
DunnockPrunella modularis2023
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2020
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2020
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2018
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
CuckooCuculus canorus2020
GreenfinchChloris chloris2014
Herring GullLarus argentatus2018
SwiftApus apus2018
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2013
RookCorvus frugilegus2013
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2012
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2018
House MartinDelichon urbicum2018
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2016
RedwingTurdus iliacus2013
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2012
Red KiteMilvus milvus
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
LinnetLinaria cannabina2018
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2018
Stock DoveColumba oenas2013
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2013
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2013
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2012
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
CootFulica atra2023
Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
Greylag GooseAnser anser2020
Little OwlAthene noctua2013
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2013
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2013
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2012
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2012
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2011

🦌

Mammals10 species

springsummerautumn

2024

Hedgehog · Bank Vole · Rabbit · Badger · Field Vole +5

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
Bank VoleMyodes glareolus2021
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
BadgerMeles meles
Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2021
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2019
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2019
Nathusius's PipistrellePipistrellus nathusii2017
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2016
BatChiroptera2015

🦎

Reptiles2 species

springsummer

2020

Grass Snake · Slow-worm

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2019

🐸

Amphibians4 species

springsummer

2021

Great Crested Newt · Common Toad · Smooth Newt · Common Frog

Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2019
Common ToadBufo bufo2018
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Common FrogRana temporaria2018

🐟

Fish1 species

summer

2022

Common Carp

Common CarpCyprinus carpio

🐝

Insects72 species

springsummer

2025

Common Carder Bee · Early Bumblebee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Western Honey Bee · Small Garden Bumblebee +67

Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2024
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2018
White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2018
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2018
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2018
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2018
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2017
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2023
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2018
Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2023
Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2018
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2017
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2018
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2020
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2024
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2024
Vestal Cuckoo BeeBombus vestalis2023
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2018
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2018
Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2018
Tachina feraTachina fera
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2019
White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2024
Large Garden BumblebeeBombus ruderatus2023
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2020
Downy EmeraldCordulia aenea2017
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2012
Limnephilus marmoratusLimnephilus marmoratus
Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria
Phasia hemipteraPhasia hemiptera
Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2022
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2022
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2022
Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculata2021
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2021
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2021
Long-horned BeeEucera longicornis2021
Tanbark BorerPhymatodes testaceus2021
Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2021
Ivy BeeColletes hederae2020
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2020
Back-SwimmerNotonecta2020
Little SnipeflyChrysopilus asiliformis2020
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2020
Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2020
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2020
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
PeacockAglais io2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2019
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2019
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2019
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2016
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2016
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2016
Barberry FusehornArge berberidis2015
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2015
CraneflyTipulidae2013
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2012
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2012
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2011
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2011

🌿

Plants3 species

spring

2018

Bluebell · Hyacinthoides · Even Scalewort

BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
HyacinthoidesHyacinthoides2017
Even ScalewortRadula complanata2016

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 David Anstiss · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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