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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

4 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +64 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +64 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Dock Bug, Shrill Carder Bee · last seen 2025; Insects — Dock Bug, Shrill Carder Bee · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km

Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Whitstable to IwadeWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Iwade to GrainWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

81 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 1Cycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Route 1Cycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

NCN National Route 174Cycling route

Named routeRef 174National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route996 m

Named routeRef 1Length 996 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route641 m

Named routeRef 1Length 641 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route17 m

Named routeRef 1Length 17 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

57,712 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

57,712 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds69 species

autumnwinter

2025

Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Black-headed Gull · Blue Tit +64

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
MagpiePica pica
Great TitParus major
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
JayGarrulus glandarius
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
RedshankTringa totanus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
JackdawColoeus monedula
Common GullLarus canus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
DunnockPrunella modularis
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
RedwingTurdus iliacus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
BuzzardButeo buteo
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
TealAnas crecca
SwallowHirundo rustica
RookCorvus frugilegus
CurlewNumenius arquata
Mute SwanCygnus olor
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
DunlinCalidris alpina
GreenshankTringa nebularia
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
RavenCorvus corax
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
Little OwlAthene noctua
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
SiskinSpinus spinus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
SwiftApus apus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus

🦌

Mammals4 species

autumn

2026

Hedgehog · Bat · Pipistrelle Bat species · Field Vole

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
BatChiroptera2025
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2025
Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2025

🐝

Insects2 species

summerautumn

2025

Dock Bug · Shrill Carder Bee

Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Shrill Carder BeeBombus sylvarum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

57,712 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds69 species

autumnwinter

2025

Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Black-headed Gull · Blue Tit +64

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
MagpiePica pica
Great TitParus major
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
JayGarrulus glandarius
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
RedshankTringa totanus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
JackdawColoeus monedula
Common GullLarus canus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
DunnockPrunella modularis
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
RedwingTurdus iliacus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
BuzzardButeo buteo
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
TealAnas crecca
SwallowHirundo rustica
RookCorvus frugilegus
CurlewNumenius arquata
Mute SwanCygnus olor
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
DunlinCalidris alpina
GreenshankTringa nebularia
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
RavenCorvus corax
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
Little OwlAthene noctua
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
SiskinSpinus spinus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
SwiftApus apus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus

🦌

Mammals4 species

autumn

2026

Hedgehog · Bat · Pipistrelle Bat species · Field Vole

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
BatChiroptera2025
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2025
Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2025

🐝

Insects2 species

summerautumn

2025

Dock Bug · Shrill Carder Bee

Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Shrill Carder BeeBombus sylvarum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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