The Alders - Mixed woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.42484, 0.23614
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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
- 🌿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
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 22 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Circular Walk from Darent Valley Path DWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
LOOP link to Slade Green stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
LOOP link to Crayford stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Southwark Cathedral to OtfordWalking route▾
part A of a route from Southwark Cathedral to Canterbury Cathedral
Named routeRegional walking route
Darent Valley PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
130 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 69Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 69Local cycle route
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN National Route 125Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 125Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
14,093 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
14,093 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springsummer
2026▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Coot · Robin · Canada Goose +38
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CootFulica atra2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Brown Rat · Soprano Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
White-legged Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Banded Demoiselle · Southern Green Shieldbug · Rambur's Pied Shieldbug +6
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula
- Rambur's Pied ShieldbugTritomegas sexmaculatus
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Black-tailed Skimmer
Giant Blackberry
- Giant BlackberryRubus armeniacus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
14,093 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springsummer
2026▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Coot · Robin · Canada Goose +38
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CootFulica atra2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Brown Rat · Soprano Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
White-legged Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Banded Demoiselle · Southern Green Shieldbug · Rambur's Pied Shieldbug +6
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula
- Rambur's Pied ShieldbugTritomegas sexmaculatus
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Black-tailed Skimmer
Giant Blackberry
- Giant BlackberryRubus armeniacus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Orthetrum cancellatum
Orthetrum cancellatum
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctataRed-eyed DamselflyErythromma najasRed-eyed DamselflyErythromma najasHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerumCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum