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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.28904, 0.40799
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 178m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 178m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Paid🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blackbird +58 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blackbird +58 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Large White, Gatekeeper +41 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Augustine CaminoWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Oftord to Canterbury CathedralWalking route▾
follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees
Named routeRegional walking route
Scenic Green Trail Section 1Walking route6.4 km▾
Named routeRef SGT1Length 6.4 kmLocal walking route
North Downs Way (Eastern)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Greensand WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef GWRegional walking route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 177 (Proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 177National Cycle Network
NCN Regional Route 12 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12Regional cycle route
NCN National Route 178Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 178National Cycle Network
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Douce's Meadow (3), Manor Park Country Park
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
23,978 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
23,978 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Pochard · Shoveler · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Wren +35
- PochardAythya ferina
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- CootFulica atra
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- GadwallMareca strepera2024
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SwiftApus apus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- MerlinFalco columbarius2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Slow-worm · Grass Snake
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Large White · Meadow Brown · Speckled Wood · Gatekeeper · Common Blue +20
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
- RhyzobiusRhyzobius
Springy Turf-moss · Wood Bristle-moss · Streblotrichum convolutum · Swartz's Feather-moss · Crescent-cup Liverwort +6
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
- Streblotrichum convolutumStreblotrichum convolutum
- Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians
- Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata
- Anomalous Bristle-mossOrthotrichum anomalum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
23,978 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Pochard · Shoveler · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Wren +35
- PochardAythya ferina
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- CootFulica atra
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- GadwallMareca strepera2024
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SwiftApus apus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- MerlinFalco columbarius2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Slow-worm · Grass Snake
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Large White · Meadow Brown · Speckled Wood · Gatekeeper · Common Blue +20
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
- RhyzobiusRhyzobius
Springy Turf-moss · Wood Bristle-moss · Streblotrichum convolutum · Swartz's Feather-moss · Crescent-cup Liverwort +6
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
- Streblotrichum convolutumStreblotrichum convolutum
- Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians
- Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata
- Anomalous Bristle-mossOrthotrichum anomalum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Common Feather-moss
Common Feather-moss
Kindbergia praelonga
Kindbergia praelonga
Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeumSilky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeumPointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidataPointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidataIntermediate Screw-mossSyntrichia montanaIntermediate Screw-mossSyntrichia montanaWhitish Feather-mossBrachythecium albicansWhitish Feather-mossBrachythecium albicans