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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
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Places › England › South East › Medway Getting here
51.39524, 0.54376
Open directionsv 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 ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting 🧺 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 ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting 🧺 Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out 🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking🧺 Picnic spot
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Black-headed Gull, Robin, Woodpigeon +68 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Black-headed Gull, Robin, Woodpigeon +68 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Carder Bee, Western Honey Bee, Buff-tailed Bumblebee +44 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Common Carder Bee, Western Honey Bee, Buff-tailed Bumblebee +44 more · last seen 2026
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
1066 Harold's Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Medway Valley Walk Walking route 45 km ▾
Named route Length 45 km Regional walking route
Show on map Strood Community Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Bath Hard Lane Walking route ▾
Chattenden Woods Walk Walking route ▾
218 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Heron Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 179 National Cycle Network
Show on map NCN National Route 17 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 17 National Cycle Network
Show on map Gillingham<>Rainham Cycle Path Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Alternative Route Cycling route ▾
NCN National Route 177 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 177 National Cycle Network
Show on map (A2)<>(NCN1) Cycling route ▾
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Capstone Mountain bike trail Mountain bike route ▾
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Wildlife to spot
6,832 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 6,832 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 45 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Blue Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Great Tit · Woodpigeon +40
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Magpie Pica pica2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Brent Goose Branta bernicla Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna Mute Swan Cygnus olor Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Redshank Tringa totanus2025 Badger · Red Fox
Badger Meles meles Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2025 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Speckled Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird · Firebug · Long-winged Cone-head · Glow-worm +10
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus2025 Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus fuscus2025 Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca2025 Cantharidae Cantharidae Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 6,832 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 45 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Blue Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Great Tit · Woodpigeon +40
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Magpie Pica pica2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Brent Goose Branta bernicla Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna Mute Swan Cygnus olor Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Redshank Tringa totanus2025 Badger · Red Fox
Badger Meles meles Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2025 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Speckled Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird · Firebug · Long-winged Cone-head · Glow-worm +10
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus2025 Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus fuscus2025 Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca2025 Cantharidae Cantharidae Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2025
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2025
Alydus calcaratus Alydus calcaratus2025
Alydus calcaratus Alydus calcaratus2025
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2025
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2025
Summer Chafer Amphimallon solstitiale2025
Summer Chafer Amphimallon solstitiale2025
Tortoise Bug Eurygaster testudinaria2025
Tortoise Bug Eurygaster testudinaria2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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