Long Ruffett Wood ✦ Ancient woodland 30 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 30 ha
Places › England › South East › Canterbury Getting here
51.20672, 1.13638
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required 🌤️ Visiting this summer
☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🌿 Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackcap, Robin, Wren +48 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackcap, Robin, Wren +48 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Migrant Hawker, Hairy Shieldbug, Green Tiger Beetle +147 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 5 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Elham Valley Way Walking route ▾
Named route Listed length 40km Regional walking route
Show on map Miner's Way Trail Walking route 43.5 km ▾
Named route Length 43.5 km Round trip Regional walking route
Show on map Via Francigena - 01 part Great Britain Walking route ▾
Named route Ref VF International walking route
Show on map North Downs Way (Canterbury loop) Walking route ▾
Named route National walking route
Show on map Canterbury Outer Ring Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 43 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN Regional Route 17 (Kent) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 17 Regional cycle route
Show on map NCN Regional Route 16 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 16 Regional cycle route
Show on map EuroVelo 5 - Via Romea Francigena - part United Kingdom Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref EV5 International cycle route
Show on map N/A Cycling route 283 m ▾
Named route Ref 17 Length 283 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map N/A Cycling route 182 m ▾
Named route Ref 17 Length 182 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map N/A Cycling route 982 m ▾
Named route Ref 17 Length 982 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map 18 public paths nearby
Public paths
The Grind byway open to all traffic · 689 m ▾
Public path byway open to all traffic Length 689 m Surface unpaved Path type: track
Show on map ✦ Ancient woodland — continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD. A rare and irreplaceable habitat, rich in biodiversity and historical character.
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Bookable tours Wildlife to spot
15,555 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 15,555 records · National Biodiversity Network Robin · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Wren · Chaffinch · Great Tit +37
Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Great Tit Parus major Goldcrest Regulus regulus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Jay Garrulus glandarius Coal Tit Periparus ater Blackbird Turdus merula Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Dunnock Prunella modularis Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Skylark Alauda arvensis Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Redwing Turdus iliacus Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Raven Corvus corax Linnet Linaria cannabina Nuthatch Sitta europaea Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Stock Dove Columba oenas House Martin Delichon urbicum Tawny Owl Strix aluco Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Brambling Fringilla montifringilla Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret Rook Corvus frugilegus Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor Starling Sturnus vulgaris Common Gull Larus canus Magpie Pica pica Jackdaw Coloeus monedula House Sparrow Passer domesticus Swallow Hirundo rustica 🦌 Mammals 1 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Hazel Dormouse
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius Adder
Hairy Shieldbug · Migrant Hawker · Common Darter · Orsillus depressus · Green Shieldbug +32
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025 Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2025 Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025 Orsillus depressus Orsillus depressus Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025 Juniper Shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 15,555 records · National Biodiversity Network Robin · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Wren · Chaffinch · Great Tit +37
Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Great Tit Parus major Goldcrest Regulus regulus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Jay Garrulus glandarius Coal Tit Periparus ater Blackbird Turdus merula Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Dunnock Prunella modularis Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Skylark Alauda arvensis Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Redwing Turdus iliacus Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Raven Corvus corax Linnet Linaria cannabina Nuthatch Sitta europaea Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Stock Dove Columba oenas House Martin Delichon urbicum Tawny Owl Strix aluco Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Brambling Fringilla montifringilla Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret Rook Corvus frugilegus Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor Starling Sturnus vulgaris Common Gull Larus canus Magpie Pica pica Jackdaw Coloeus monedula House Sparrow Passer domesticus Swallow Hirundo rustica 🦌 Mammals 1 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Hazel Dormouse
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius Adder
Hairy Shieldbug · Migrant Hawker · Common Darter · Orsillus depressus · Green Shieldbug +32
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025 Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2025 Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025 Orsillus depressus Orsillus depressus Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025 Juniper Shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025
Myrmus miriformis Myrmus miriformis2025
Myrmus miriformis Myrmus miriformis2025
Spiked Shieldbug Picromerus bidens2025
Spiked Shieldbug Picromerus bidens2025
Hornet Vespa crabro2025
Hornet Vespa crabro2025
Common Ground-hopper Tetrix undulata2025
Common Ground-hopper Tetrix undulata2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Woundwort Shieldbug Eysarcoris venustissimus2025
Woundwort Shieldbug Eysarcoris venustissimus2025
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Black-bellied Clusterfly Pollenia amentaria
Black-bellied Clusterfly Pollenia amentaria
Andrion regensteinense Andrion regensteinense
Andrion regensteinense Andrion regensteinense
Snail Hunter Cychrus caraboides
Snail Hunter Cychrus caraboides
Melanotus villosus Melanotus villosus2025
Melanotus villosus Melanotus villosus2025
Endomychus coccineus Endomychus coccineus2025
Endomychus coccineus Endomychus coccineus2025
Stictopleurus punctatonervosus Stictopleurus punctatonervosus2025
Stictopleurus punctatonervosus Stictopleurus punctatonervosus2025
Hybos Hybos2025
Hybos Hybos2025
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2025
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2025
Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus fuscus2025
Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus fuscus2025
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami2025
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami2025
Larch Ladybird Aphidecta obliterata2025
Larch Ladybird Aphidecta obliterata2025
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025
Anoplotrupes stercorosus Anoplotrupes stercorosus2025
Anoplotrupes stercorosus Anoplotrupes stercorosus2025
Stictopleurus abutilon Stictopleurus abutilon2025
Stictopleurus abutilon Stictopleurus abutilon2025
Oedemera lurida Oedemera lurida2025
Oedemera lurida Oedemera lurida2025
Bishop's Mitre Aelia acuminata2025
Bishop's Mitre Aelia acuminata2025
Tortoise Bug Eurygaster testudinaria2025
Tortoise Bug Eurygaster testudinaria2025
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus2025
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus2025 