Cooks Grove - Grassland 3 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🍂 Seasonal🦅 Birds
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 3 ha
Places › England › South East › Medway Getting here
51.35677, 0.40629
Open directionsv 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 🐕 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
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🐕 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 welcomeDeciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named hiking route nearby: North Downs Way (Eastern)
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 10 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Augustine Camino Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Oftord to Canterbury Cathedral Walking route ▾
follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Tree Trail, Cobham Mausoleum & Woods Walking route 1.6 km ▾
Cobham Wood is a 77ha wood pasture restoration project, home to ancient & veteran trees which have made the site an important habitat for wood decay insects and bats. Look for the numbered posts to find the next tree along the trail. Potential livestock.
Named route Length 1.6 km Duration 00:45 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Main Trail, Cobham Mausoleum & Woods Walking route 1.8 km ▾
Named route Length 1.8 km Duration 00:45 Point-to-point Local walking route
Show on map North Downs Way (Eastern) Walking route ▾
Named route National walking route
Show on map 28 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 177 (Proposed) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 177 National Cycle Network
Show on map NCN National Route 177 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 177 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 132 m ▾
Named route Ref 177 Length 132 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface concrete
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 964 m ▾
Named route Ref 177 Length 964 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 27 m ▾
Named route Ref 177 Length 27 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface concrete
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 172 m ▾
Named route Ref 17 Length 172 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map 5 public paths nearby
Public paths
NS245A bridleway · 279 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 279 m Path type: footway
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Wildlife to spot
4,758 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 4,758 records · National Biodiversity Network Blue Tit · Great Tit · Robin · Goldfinch · Chaffinch +34
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2024 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Common Pipistrelle · Eurasian Serotine · Natterer's Bat · Soprano Pipistrelle · Grey Long-eared Bat
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Eurasian Serotine Cnephaeus serotinus Natterer's Bat Myotis nattereri Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Grey Long-eared Bat Plecotus austriacus Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Meadow Grasshopper · Field Grasshopper · Speckled Bush-cricket · Green Shieldbug · Roesel's Bush-cricket +31
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme · Fox-tail Feather-moss · Lyell's Bristle-moss · Silesian Feather-moss · Clustered Feather-moss +7
Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme Fox-tail Feather-moss Thamnobryum alopecurum Lyell's Bristle-moss Pulvigera lyellii Silesian Feather-moss Herzogiella seligeri Clustered Feather-moss Rhynchostegium confertum Dilated Scalewort Frullania dilatata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 4,758 records · National Biodiversity Network Blue Tit · Great Tit · Robin · Goldfinch · Chaffinch +34
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2024 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Common Pipistrelle · Eurasian Serotine · Natterer's Bat · Soprano Pipistrelle · Grey Long-eared Bat
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Eurasian Serotine Cnephaeus serotinus Natterer's Bat Myotis nattereri Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Grey Long-eared Bat Plecotus austriacus Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Meadow Grasshopper · Field Grasshopper · Speckled Bush-cricket · Green Shieldbug · Roesel's Bush-cricket +31
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme · Fox-tail Feather-moss · Lyell's Bristle-moss · Silesian Feather-moss · Clustered Feather-moss +7
Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme Fox-tail Feather-moss Thamnobryum alopecurum Lyell's Bristle-moss Pulvigera lyellii Silesian Feather-moss Herzogiella seligeri Clustered Feather-moss Rhynchostegium confertum Dilated Scalewort Frullania dilatata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Common Earwig
Common Earwig
Forficula auricularia/dentata agg.
Forficula auricularia/dentata agg.
Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus fuscus
Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus fuscus
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
Ledra aurita Ledra aurita
Ledra aurita Ledra aurita
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Rufous Grasshopper Gomphocerippus rufus
Rufous Grasshopper Gomphocerippus rufus
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Issus coleoptratus Issus coleoptratus
Issus coleoptratus Issus coleoptratus
Bishop's Mitre Aelia acuminata
Bishop's Mitre Aelia acuminata
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
Rutpela maculata Rutpela maculata
Rutpela maculata Rutpela maculata
Striped Slender Robberfly Leptogaster cylindrica
Striped Slender Robberfly Leptogaster cylindrica
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea
Lasius niger Lasius niger
Lasius niger Lasius niger
Chrysotoxum bicinctum Chrysotoxum bicinctum
Chrysotoxum bicinctum Chrysotoxum bicinctum
Myrmica specioides Myrmica specioides
Myrmica specioides Myrmica specioides
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
Kidney-spot Ladybird Chilocorus renipustulatus
Kidney-spot Ladybird Chilocorus renipustulatus
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Ferdinandea cuprea Ferdinandea cuprea
Ferdinandea cuprea Ferdinandea cuprea
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Scarab Shieldbug Thyreocoris scarabaeoides
Scarab Shieldbug Thyreocoris scarabaeoides
Stripe-winged Grasshopper Stenobothrus lineatus
Stripe-winged Grasshopper Stenobothrus lineatus
Iassus scutellaris Iassus scutellaris2024
Iassus scutellaris Iassus scutellaris2024
Common Ground-hopper Tetrix undulata2024
Common Ground-hopper Tetrix undulata2024
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus2024
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus2024
Tipula scripta Tipula scripta2024
Tipula scripta Tipula scripta2024
Evacanthus interruptus Evacanthus interruptus2024
Evacanthus interruptus Evacanthus interruptus2024
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca2024
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca2024
Forked Veilwort Metzgeria furcata
Forked Veilwort Metzgeria furcata
Isothecium myosuroides Isothecium myosuroides
Isothecium myosuroides Isothecium myosuroides
Pink-fruited Thread-moss Pohlia melanodon
Pink-fruited Thread-moss Pohlia melanodon
Creeping Feather-moss Amblystegium serpens
Creeping Feather-moss Amblystegium serpens
Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga
Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga
Endive Pellia Pellia endiviifolia
Endive Pellia Pellia endiviifolia 