Highsted Outdoor Education Centre
16 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome16 ha
Getting here
51.32443, 0.73455
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
- 🅿️Parking 168m away — 20 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Parking 168m away — 20 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Wren +67 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Wren +67 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Syrphus, Dock Bug +68 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Syrphus, Dock Bug +68 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km▾
Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route
Augustine CaminoWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Whitstable to IwadeWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
66 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 174Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 174National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route17 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 17 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route233 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 233 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
17,580 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,580 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds27 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Robin · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Long-tailed Tit · Wren +22
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus · Scathophaga stercoraria · Dotted Bee-fly · Platycheirus albimanus +6
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Epistrophe eligans
🌿Plants3 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Bank Haircap · Swan's-neck Thyme-moss · Common Feather-moss
- Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
- Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,580 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds27 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Robin · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Long-tailed Tit · Wren +22
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus · Scathophaga stercoraria · Dotted Bee-fly · Platycheirus albimanus +6
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Epistrophe eligans
🌿Plants3 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Bank Haircap · Swan's-neck Thyme-moss · Common Feather-moss
- Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
- Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Epistrophe eligans
Epistrophe eligans
Batman HoverflyMyathropa floreaBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaDock BugCoreus marginatusDock BugCoreus marginatusMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisOedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis2025Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis2025