Little Farningham Wood ✦ Ancient woodland 7 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🍂 Seasonal
Free entry Dogs welcome 7 ha
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 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 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🌿 Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Wren +56 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Wren +56 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Dented Silk-moss, Bank Haircap, Swan's-neck Thyme-moss +36 more · last seen 2024
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Euophryum confine, Volinus sticticus, Quedius cruentus +62 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Euophryum confine, Volinus sticticus, Quedius cruentus +62 more · last seen 2024
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
High Weald Landscape Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Ref HWLT Listed length 145km Regional walking route
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Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 18 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 18 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 5 km ▾
Named route Ref 18 Length 5 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 1.1 km ▾
Named route Ref 18 Length 1.1 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 714 m ▾
Named route Ref 18 Length 714 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 628 m ▾
Named route Ref 18 Length 628 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 29 m ▾
Named route Ref 18 Length 29 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map ✦ Ancient woodland — continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD. A rare and irreplaceable habitat, rich in biodiversity and historical character.
Photos Farningham Oast, Golford Road, Benenden, Kent
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Wildlife to spot
3,511 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 3,511 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 40 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Robin · Wren · Coal Tit +35
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Coal Tit Periparus ater Carrion Crow Corvus corone Goldcrest Regulus regulus Blackbird Turdus merula Great Tit Parus major Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Siskin Spinus spinus Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Dunnock Prunella modularis Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Jay Garrulus glandarius Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Nuthatch Sitta europaea Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2024 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Raven Corvus corax Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos2024 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2023 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2023 Swift Apus apus2023 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2023 Whitethroat Curruca communis2023 Linnet Linaria cannabina2023 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2023 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2023 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2023 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2023 Magpie Pica pica2023 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2023 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter spring autumn
2024 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Darter · Sericomyia silentis · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Green Shieldbug · Migrant Hawker +4
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2023 Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis2023 Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2023 Rhododendron Leafhopper Graphocephala fennahi 🌿 Plants 8 species
spring autumn
2024 ▾
Crenulated Flapwort · Field Forklet-moss · Dented Silk-moss · River Feather-moss · Water Earwort +3
Crenulated Flapwort Solenostoma gracillimum Field Forklet-moss Dicranella staphylina Dented Silk-moss Plagiothecium denticulatum River Feather-moss Brachythecium rivulare Water Earwort Scapania undulata Waved Silk-moss Plagiothecium undulatum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 3,511 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 40 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Robin · Wren · Coal Tit +35
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Coal Tit Periparus ater Carrion Crow Corvus corone Goldcrest Regulus regulus Blackbird Turdus merula Great Tit Parus major Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Siskin Spinus spinus Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Dunnock Prunella modularis Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Jay Garrulus glandarius Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Nuthatch Sitta europaea Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2024 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Raven Corvus corax Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos2024 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2023 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2023 Swift Apus apus2023 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2023 Whitethroat Curruca communis2023 Linnet Linaria cannabina2023 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2023 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2023 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2023 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2023 Magpie Pica pica2023 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2023 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter spring autumn
2024 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Darter · Sericomyia silentis · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Green Shieldbug · Migrant Hawker +4
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2023 Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis2023 Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2023 Rhododendron Leafhopper Graphocephala fennahi 🌿 Plants 8 species
spring autumn
2024 ▾
Crenulated Flapwort · Field Forklet-moss · Dented Silk-moss · River Feather-moss · Water Earwort +3
Crenulated Flapwort Solenostoma gracillimum Field Forklet-moss Dicranella staphylina Dented Silk-moss Plagiothecium denticulatum River Feather-moss Brachythecium rivulare Water Earwort Scapania undulata Waved Silk-moss Plagiothecium undulatum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
2023
Leucopis glyphinivora Leucopis glyphinivora2023
Leucopis glyphinivora Leucopis glyphinivora2023
Rhingia rostrata Rhingia rostrata2023
Rhingia rostrata Rhingia rostrata2023
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca2023
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca2023
Pellucid Four-tooth Moss Tetraphis pellucida
Pellucid Four-tooth Moss Tetraphis pellucida
Even Scalewort Radula complanata
Even Scalewort Radula complanata 