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🦅Birds🎠Play🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.17311, 0.49364
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦85+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Turtle Dove and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🐾Marden Farm Shop on site — a good way to combine wildlife and an animal visit in the same trip
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦85+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Turtle Dove and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🐾Marden Farm Shop on site — a good way to combine wildlife and an animal visit in the same trip
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets🐄Farm visit
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Turtle Dove, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +82 more · last seen 2025
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets
Free
Birds — Turtle Dove, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +82 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Azure Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Common Darter +30 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Greensand WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef GWRegional walking route
High Weald Landscape TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef HWLTListed length 145kmRegional walking route
Plantation Lanepublic footpath · 94 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 94 mPath type: path
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Rookery Court, Roundel Way, Marden, Kent, TN12 9TW
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Wildlife to spot
34,286 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
34,286 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Turtle Dove · Collared Dove · Hobby · Green Woodpecker · Goldfinch +43
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- CootFulica atra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
🐝Insects17 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Brown Hawker · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly +12
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula
🌿Plants6 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Fern-leaved Hook-moss · Nicholson's Beard-moss · Sand-hill Screw-moss · Spreading Earth-moss · Field Forklet-moss +1
- Fern-leaved Hook-mossCratoneuron filicinum
- Nicholson's Beard-mossDidymodon nicholsonii
- Sand-hill Screw-mossSyntrichia ruraliformis
- Spreading Earth-mossPhyscomitrium patens2025
- Field Forklet-mossDicranella staphylina2025
- Many-fruited Leskea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
34,286 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Turtle Dove · Collared Dove · Hobby · Green Woodpecker · Goldfinch +43
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- CootFulica atra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
🐝Insects17 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Brown Hawker · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly +12
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula
🌿Plants6 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Fern-leaved Hook-moss · Nicholson's Beard-moss · Sand-hill Screw-moss · Spreading Earth-moss · Field Forklet-moss +1
- Fern-leaved Hook-mossCratoneuron filicinum
- Nicholson's Beard-mossDidymodon nicholsonii
- Sand-hill Screw-mossSyntrichia ruraliformis
- Spreading Earth-mossPhyscomitrium patens2025
- Field Forklet-mossDicranella staphylina2025
- Many-fruited Leskea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Southern Hawker
Southern Hawker
Aeshna cyanea
Aeshna cyanea
Suillia variegataSuillia variegataSuillia variegataSuillia variegataRuddy DarterSympetrum sanguineumRuddy DarterSympetrum sanguineumBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansJersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctariaJersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctariaSmall Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulumSmall Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulumEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorBlack-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatumBlack-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatumBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensWhite-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipesWhite-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipesWater ScorpionNepa cinereaWater ScorpionNepa cinereaLeskea polycarpa2025
Leskea polycarpa2025