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🦅 Birds🦉 Wildlife✦ Heritage
Public access Dogs welcome 113 ha
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51.24409, 1.22849
Open directionsv Goodnestone Park is a stately home and gardens in the southern part of the village of Goodnestone, Dover, Kent. It is approximately 7 miles (11 km) from Canterbury. The Palladian house was built in 1704 by Brook Bridges, 1st Baronet.
Read more on Wikipedia → Botanical garden Grade II* listed building c. 1704
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Hobby and Nightingale ✦ 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
🐦 75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Hobby and Nightingale ✦ 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 🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Hobby, Nightingale, Turtle Dove +72 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Hobby, Nightingale, Turtle Dove +72 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Azure Damselfly, Emperor Dragonfly, Norfolk Aeshna +111 more · last seen 2025; Semi-improved grassland — butterflies and wildflowers
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Cypress-leaved Plait-moss, Wall Screw-moss, Wavy Beard-moss +14 more · last seen 2024
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 5 signed routes nearby · 15 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Miner's Way Trail Walking route 43.5 km ▾
Named route Length 43.5 km Round trip Regional walking route
Show on map Via Francigena - 01 part Great Britain Walking route ▾
Named route Ref VF International walking route
Show on map North Downs Way (Canterbury loop) Walking route ▾
Named route National walking route
Show on map Augustine Camino Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Canterbury Outer Ring Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map School Lane public footpath · 123 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 123 m Path type: footway
Show on map 27 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN Regional Route 16 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 16 Regional cycle route
Show on map NCN Regional Route 15 (Kent) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 15 Regional cycle route
Show on map EuroVelo 5 - Via Romea Francigena - part United Kingdom Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref EV5 International cycle route
Show on map N/A Cycling route 262 m ▾
Named route Ref 16 Length 262 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map N/A Cycling route 73 m ▾
Named route Ref 16 Length 73 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map N/A Cycling route 1.2 km ▾
Named route Ref 16 Length 1.2 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map 5 public paths nearby
Public paths
Cherry Garden Lane byway open to all traffic · 945 m ▾
Public path byway open to all traffic Length 945 m Surface dirt Path type: track
Show on map Photos Outbuildings, Goodnestone Park
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Wildlife to spot
4,993 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 4,993 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 41 species
spring summer winter
2026 ▾
Nightingale · Hobby · Whitethroat · Robin · Blackbird +36
Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos2025 Hobby Falco subbuteo2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Peregrine Falco peregrinus2025 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
spring summer winter
2025 ▾
Red Fox · Mole
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Mole Talpa europaea Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria Azure Damselfly · Hairy Dragonfly · Migrant Hawker · Common Earwig · Emperor Dragonfly +34
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella Hairy Dragonfly Brachytron pratense Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta Common Earwig Forficula auricularia/dentata agg. Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator Carabus problematicus Carabus problematicus Variable Damselfly Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 4,993 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 41 species
spring summer winter
2026 ▾
Nightingale · Hobby · Whitethroat · Robin · Blackbird +36
Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos2025 Hobby Falco subbuteo2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Peregrine Falco peregrinus2025 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
spring summer winter
2025 ▾
Red Fox · Mole
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Mole Talpa europaea Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria Azure Damselfly · Hairy Dragonfly · Migrant Hawker · Common Earwig · Emperor Dragonfly +34
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella Hairy Dragonfly Brachytron pratense Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta Common Earwig Forficula auricularia/dentata agg. Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator Carabus problematicus Carabus problematicus Variable Damselfly Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Coenagrion pulchellum
Coenagrion pulchellum
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans
Notiophilus biguttatus Notiophilus biguttatus
Notiophilus biguttatus Notiophilus biguttatus
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Rhyzobius litura Rhyzobius litura
Rhyzobius litura Rhyzobius litura
Stictopleurus abutilon Stictopleurus abutilon
Stictopleurus abutilon Stictopleurus abutilon
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Myrmica scabrinodis Myrmica scabrinodis
Myrmica scabrinodis Myrmica scabrinodis
Issus coleoptratus Issus coleoptratus
Issus coleoptratus Issus coleoptratus
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus
Willow Bean-galler Euura proxima
Willow Bean-galler Euura proxima
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus
Notonecta (Notonecta) maculata Notonecta (Notonecta) maculata
Notonecta (Notonecta) maculata Notonecta (Notonecta) maculata
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Sicus ferrugineus Sicus ferrugineus
Sicus ferrugineus Sicus ferrugineus
Ferdinandea cuprea Ferdinandea cuprea
Ferdinandea cuprea Ferdinandea cuprea
Cercopis vulnerata Cercopis vulnerata
Cercopis vulnerata Cercopis vulnerata
24-spot Ladybird Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
24-spot Ladybird Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
Box Bug Gonocerus acuteangulatus
Box Bug Gonocerus acuteangulatus
Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha
Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha
Hawthorn-carrot Aphid Dysaphis (Dysaphis) crataegi
Hawthorn-carrot Aphid Dysaphis (Dysaphis) crataegi
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma najas
Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma najas
Blue Mint Beetle Chrysolina coerulans
Blue Mint Beetle Chrysolina coerulans
Black Sexton Beetle Nicrophorus humator
Black Sexton Beetle Nicrophorus humator 