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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
🎳Bowling greens is at its best in summer here
🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🎳Bowling greens is at its best in summer here
🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking· PaidPicnic spot

Best for

5 activities

Bowling greens

Very strong match

Bowling green

Paid

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Turnstone, Fulmar, Carrion Crow +96 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Turnstone, Fulmar, Carrion Crow +96 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Common Darter, 7-spot Ladybird, Bumblebee +48 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Darter, 7-spot Ladybird, Bumblebee +48 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Bramble, Bordered Screw-moss, Swartz's Feather-moss +9 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Bramble, Bordered Screw-moss, Swartz's Feather-moss +9 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Turner & Dickens WalkWalking route

Named routeRef T&DLocal walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Ramsgate to WhitstableWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

48 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN Regional Route 15 (Kent)Cycling route

Named routeRef 15Regional cycle route

N/ACycling route131 m

Named routeRef 15Length 131 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route112 m

Named routeRef 15Length 112 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route92 m

Named routeRef 15Length 92 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route292 m

Named routeRef 15Length 292 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route62 m

Named routeRef 15Length 62 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete

Wildlife to spot

21,523 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

21,523 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds64 species

autumn

2026

Turnstone · Fulmar · Pied Wagtail · Starling · Black-headed Gull +59

TurnstoneArenaria interpres
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
Brent GooseBranta bernicla
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Pallid SwiftApus pallidus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
Dusky WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatus2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

autumnwinter

2025

Red Fox · Grey Seal

Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus

🐝

Insects1 species

autumn

2025

Migrant Hawker

Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta

🌿

Plants11 species

autumn

2026

Bordered Screw-moss · Swartz's Feather-moss · Common Feather-moss · Dune Thread-moss · Wavy Beard-moss +6

Bordered Screw-mossTortula marginata
Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians2025
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2025
Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum2025
Wavy Beard-mossDidymodon sinuosus2025
RedshankCeratodon purpureus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

21,523 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds64 species

autumn

2026

Turnstone · Fulmar · Pied Wagtail · Starling · Black-headed Gull +59

TurnstoneArenaria interpres
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
Brent GooseBranta bernicla
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Pallid SwiftApus pallidus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
Dusky WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatus2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

autumnwinter

2025

Red Fox · Grey Seal

Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus

🐝

Insects1 species

autumn

2025

Migrant Hawker

Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta

🌿

Plants11 species

autumn

2026

Bordered Screw-moss · Swartz's Feather-moss · Common Feather-moss · Dune Thread-moss · Wavy Beard-moss +6

Bordered Screw-mossTortula marginata
Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians2025
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2025
Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum2025
Wavy Beard-mossDidymodon sinuosus2025
RedshankCeratodon purpureus

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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