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Hoad's Wood

✦ Ancient woodland6 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
🚴Start cycling visits early on summer days — trails are best before the heat builds
🐕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
🚴Start cycling visits early on summer days — trails are best before the heat builds
🐕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

Cycling trails

Best for

8 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 — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Blue Tit +48 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Blue Tit +48 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Winter Moth, Mottled Umber, Meadow Brown +123 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Winter Moth, Mottled Umber, Meadow Brown +123 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour

Free

Cycling

Strong match

Cycling trails listed

Varies

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Stour Valley WalkWalking route

Named routeListed length 82.9 kmRegional walking route

Greensand WayWalking route

Named routeRef GWRegional walking route

Godinton Park Circular WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

24 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

Brimstone TrailCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Comma TrailCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

NCN National Route 177 (Proposed)Cycling route

Named routeRef 177National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route1.4 km

Named routeRef 18Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

5,548 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,548 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds52 species

spring

2025

Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Great Tit +47

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Great TitParus major
RobinErithacus rubecula
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
JackdawColoeus monedula
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
BuzzardButeo buteo
MagpiePica pica
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
SwallowHirundo rustica
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2022
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2021
RookCorvus frugilegus2021
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2020
JayGarrulus glandarius
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2021
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2021
NuthatchSitta europaea2021
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus2021
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2019
Greylag GooseAnser anser2019
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2019
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
House MartinDelichon urbicum2020
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2020
White StorkCiconia ciconia2020

🦌

Mammals7 species

spring

2025

Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Hedgehog · Fallow Deer +2

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2022
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020
Fallow DeerDama dama2021
Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2021

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2024

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐸

Amphibians2 species

springsummer

2024

Common Frog · Marsh Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria2020
Marsh FrogPelophylax ridibundus

🐝

Insects126 species

springsummerwinter

2025

Winter Moth · Mottled Umber · Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Small White +121

Winter MothOperophtera brumata2019
Mottled UmberErannis defoliaria2019
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
Small WhitePieris rapae2024
Scarce UmberAgriopis aurantiaria2019
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
PeacockAglais io2021
Dotted BorderAgriopis marginaria2019
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Lunar UnderwingAnchoscelis lunosa2019
Small QuakerOrthosia cruda2019
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024
ChestnutConistra vaccinii2019
November Moth agg.Epirrita dilutata agg.2019
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2020
Feathered ThornColotois pennaria2019
SprawlerAsteroscopus sphinx2019
Early MothTheria primaria2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Yellow ShellCamptogramma bilineata2019
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2019
Small Dusty WaveIdaea seriata2019
Treble Brown SpotIdaea trigeminata2019
Hebrew CharacterOrthosia gothica2019
Spring UsherAgriopis leucophaearia2019
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2021
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2020
Northern Winter MothOperophtera fagata2019
Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2019
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Orange SwiftTriodia sylvina2019
Least CarpetIdaea rusticata2019
Dwarf Cream WaveIdaea fuscovenosa2019
White ErmineSpilosoma lubricipeda2019
Common SwiftKorscheltellus lupulina2019
Common PugEupithecia vulgata2019
Double-striped PugGymnoscelis rufifasciata2019
Shoulder StripeEarophila badiata2019
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2020
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2020
December MothPoecilocampa populi2019
Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2019
SnoutHypena proboscidalis2019
Copper Underwing agg.Amphipyra pyramidea agg.2019
Flounced RusticLuperina testacea2019
Rosy FootmanMiltochrista miniata2019
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019
Yellow-tailEuproctis similis2019
Blood-veinTimandra comae2019
Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata2019
Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2019
Burnet CompanionEuclidia glyphica2019
Svensson's Copper UnderwingAmphipyra berbera2019
Lunar ThornSelenia lunularia2019
StreamerAnticlea derivata2019
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2024
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
HornetVespa crabro2024
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2023
Common BluebottleCalliphora vicina2023
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2021
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2021
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2021
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2020
Autumnal MothEpirrita autumnata2019
Red-green CarpetChloroclysta siterata2019
Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa2019
Light EmeraldCampaea margaritaria2019
Feathered GothicTholera decimalis2019
Buff-tipPhalera bucephala2019
Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2019
Purple HairstreakFavonius quercus2019
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2019
Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata2019
Common FootmanEilema lurideola2019
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2019
Latticed HeathChiasmia clathrata2019
Old LadyMormo maura2019
Waved BlackParascotia fuliginaria2019
Shaded Broad-barScotopteryx chenopodiata2019
Pale Oak BeautyHypomecis punctinalis2019
Six-spot BurnetZygaena filipendulae2019
Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2019
Scorched CarpetLigdia adustata2019
Scalloped OakCrocallis elinguaria2019
White AdmiralLimenitis camilla2019
Common White WaveCabera pusaria2019
Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2019
Mottled BeautyAlcis repandata2019
Scorched WingPlagodis dolabraria2019
Treble LinesCharanyca trigrammica2019
Silver-ground CarpetXanthorhoe montanata2019
Silver YAutographa gamma2019
Mottled PugEupithecia exiguata2019
AphrophoraAphrophora2019
Blue-bordered CarpetPlemyria rubiginata2019
Green HairstreakCallophrys rubi2019
Small Yellow UnderwingPanemeria tenebrata2019
Waved UmberMenophra abruptaria2019
Dun-barCosmia trapezina2019
Clouded BorderLomaspilis marginata2019
LackeyMalacosoma neustria2019
Great ProminentPeridea anceps2019
Pale Brindled BeautyPhigalia pilosaria2019
Muslin MothDiaphora mendica2019
Pale ProminentPterostoma palpina2019
Yellow HornedAchlya flavicornis2019
Twin-spotted QuakerAnorthoa munda2019
Common QuakerOrthosia cerasi2019
VapourerOrgyia antiqua2019
SatelliteEupsilia transversa2018
Dark ChestnutConistra ligula2018
Grey Shoulder-knotLithophane ornitopus2018

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,548 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds52 species

spring

2025

Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Great Tit +47

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Great TitParus major
RobinErithacus rubecula
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
JackdawColoeus monedula
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
BuzzardButeo buteo
MagpiePica pica
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
SwallowHirundo rustica
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2022
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2021
RookCorvus frugilegus2021
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2020
JayGarrulus glandarius
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2021
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2021
NuthatchSitta europaea2021
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus2021
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2019
Greylag GooseAnser anser2019
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2019
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
House MartinDelichon urbicum2020
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2020
White StorkCiconia ciconia2020

🦌

Mammals7 species

spring

2025

Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Hedgehog · Fallow Deer +2

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2022
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020
Fallow DeerDama dama2021
Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2021

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2024

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐸

Amphibians2 species

springsummer

2024

Common Frog · Marsh Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria2020
Marsh FrogPelophylax ridibundus

🐝

Insects126 species

springsummerwinter

2025

Winter Moth · Mottled Umber · Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Small White +121

Winter MothOperophtera brumata2019
Mottled UmberErannis defoliaria2019
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
Small WhitePieris rapae2024
Scarce UmberAgriopis aurantiaria2019
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
PeacockAglais io2021
Dotted BorderAgriopis marginaria2019
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Lunar UnderwingAnchoscelis lunosa2019
Small QuakerOrthosia cruda2019
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024
ChestnutConistra vaccinii2019
November Moth agg.Epirrita dilutata agg.2019
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2020
Feathered ThornColotois pennaria2019
SprawlerAsteroscopus sphinx2019
Early MothTheria primaria2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Yellow ShellCamptogramma bilineata2019
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2019
Small Dusty WaveIdaea seriata2019
Treble Brown SpotIdaea trigeminata2019
Hebrew CharacterOrthosia gothica2019
Spring UsherAgriopis leucophaearia2019
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2021
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2020
Northern Winter MothOperophtera fagata2019
Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2019
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Orange SwiftTriodia sylvina2019
Least CarpetIdaea rusticata2019
Dwarf Cream WaveIdaea fuscovenosa2019
White ErmineSpilosoma lubricipeda2019
Common SwiftKorscheltellus lupulina2019
Common PugEupithecia vulgata2019
Double-striped PugGymnoscelis rufifasciata2019
Shoulder StripeEarophila badiata2019
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2020
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2020
December MothPoecilocampa populi2019
Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2019
SnoutHypena proboscidalis2019
Copper Underwing agg.Amphipyra pyramidea agg.2019
Flounced RusticLuperina testacea2019
Rosy FootmanMiltochrista miniata2019
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019
Yellow-tailEuproctis similis2019
Blood-veinTimandra comae2019
Garden CarpetXanthorhoe fluctuata2019
Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2019
Burnet CompanionEuclidia glyphica2019
Svensson's Copper UnderwingAmphipyra berbera2019
Lunar ThornSelenia lunularia2019
StreamerAnticlea derivata2019
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2024
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
HornetVespa crabro2024
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2023
Common BluebottleCalliphora vicina2023
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2021
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2021
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2021
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2020
Autumnal MothEpirrita autumnata2019
Red-green CarpetChloroclysta siterata2019
Ruby TigerPhragmatobia fuliginosa2019
Light EmeraldCampaea margaritaria2019
Feathered GothicTholera decimalis2019
Buff-tipPhalera bucephala2019
Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2019
Purple HairstreakFavonius quercus2019
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2019
Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata2019
Common FootmanEilema lurideola2019
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2019
Latticed HeathChiasmia clathrata2019
Old LadyMormo maura2019
Waved BlackParascotia fuliginaria2019
Shaded Broad-barScotopteryx chenopodiata2019
Pale Oak BeautyHypomecis punctinalis2019
Six-spot BurnetZygaena filipendulae2019
Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha2019
Scorched CarpetLigdia adustata2019
Scalloped OakCrocallis elinguaria2019
White AdmiralLimenitis camilla2019
Common White WaveCabera pusaria2019
Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2019
Mottled BeautyAlcis repandata2019
Scorched WingPlagodis dolabraria2019
Treble LinesCharanyca trigrammica2019
Silver-ground CarpetXanthorhoe montanata2019
Silver YAutographa gamma2019
Mottled PugEupithecia exiguata2019
AphrophoraAphrophora2019
Blue-bordered CarpetPlemyria rubiginata2019
Green HairstreakCallophrys rubi2019
Small Yellow UnderwingPanemeria tenebrata2019
Waved UmberMenophra abruptaria2019
Dun-barCosmia trapezina2019
Clouded BorderLomaspilis marginata2019
LackeyMalacosoma neustria2019
Great ProminentPeridea anceps2019
Pale Brindled BeautyPhigalia pilosaria2019
Muslin MothDiaphora mendica2019
Pale ProminentPterostoma palpina2019
Yellow HornedAchlya flavicornis2019
Twin-spotted QuakerAnorthoa munda2019
Common QuakerOrthosia cerasi2019
VapourerOrgyia antiqua2019
SatelliteEupsilia transversa2018
Dark ChestnutConistra ligula2018
Grey Shoulder-knotLithophane ornitopus2018

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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