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Hougham Village Green

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦94+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swallow and Blackbird
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦94+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swallow and Blackbird
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Playground

Best for

4 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Swallow, Blackbird, Robin +91 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Swallow, Blackbird, Robin +91 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Field Grasshopper, Rufous Grasshopper, Long-winged Cone-head +18 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Field Grasshopper, Rufous Grasshopper, Long-winged Cone-head +18 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

European walking route E9, Rye to DoverWalking route

Named routeRef E9International walking route

North Downs Way (Eastern)Walking route

Named routeNational walking route

Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km

Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Folkestone to RamsgateWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

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Cycling

69 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN Regional Route 17 (Kent)Cycling route

Named routeRef 17Regional cycle route

SeafrontCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

National Cycle Route 2 Dover to HastingsCycling route

Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network

NCN Regional Route 16Cycling route

Named routeRef 16Regional cycle route

NCN Regional Route 15 (Kent)Cycling route

Named routeRef 15Regional cycle route

EuroVelo 5 - Via Romea Francigena - part United KingdomCycling route

Named routeRef EV5International cycle route

Wildlife to spot

19,011 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

19,011 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

autumnwinter

2025

Blackbird · Swallow · Lesser Redpoll · Goldcrest · Siskin +53

BlackbirdTurdus merula
SwallowHirundo rustica
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
SiskinSpinus spinus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Herring GullLarus argentatus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
House SparrowPasser domesticus
MagpiePica pica
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Great TitParus major
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Common GullLarus canus
DunnockPrunella modularis
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
JackdawColoeus monedula
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
LapwingVanellus vanellus
RookCorvus frugilegus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Rock DoveColumba livia
JayGarrulus glandarius
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
LinnetLinaria cannabina
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
Regulus ignicapilla ignicapillaRegulus ignicapilla ignicapilla
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
BramblingFringilla montifringilla
SnipeGallinago gallinago

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

19,011 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

autumnwinter

2025

Blackbird · Swallow · Lesser Redpoll · Goldcrest · Siskin +53

BlackbirdTurdus merula
SwallowHirundo rustica
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
SiskinSpinus spinus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Herring GullLarus argentatus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
House SparrowPasser domesticus
MagpiePica pica
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Great TitParus major
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Common GullLarus canus
DunnockPrunella modularis
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
JackdawColoeus monedula
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
LapwingVanellus vanellus
RookCorvus frugilegus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Rock DoveColumba livia
JayGarrulus glandarius
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
LinnetLinaria cannabina
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
Regulus ignicapilla ignicapillaRegulus ignicapilla ignicapilla
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
BramblingFringilla montifringilla
SnipeGallinago gallinago

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 N Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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