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Neptune's Tower

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51.38700, 1.44112

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦90+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Fulmar
✦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

🐦90+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Fulmar
✦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

Bike parkingParking

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Herring Gull, Fulmar, Oystercatcher +87 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Herring Gull, Fulmar, Oystercatcher +87 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Common Darter, 7-spot Ladybird, Limnephilus marmoratus +29 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Common Darter, 7-spot Ladybird, Limnephilus marmoratus +29 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Hiking

Good match

Named hiking route nearby: King Charles III England Coast Path: Ramsgate to Whitstable

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Turner & Dickens WalkWalking route

Named routeRef T&DLocal walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Ramsgate to WhitstableWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

40 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN Regional Route 15 (Kent)Cycling route

Named routeRef 15Regional cycle route

N/ACycling route131 m

Named routeRef 15Length 131 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route112 m

Named routeRef 15Length 112 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route92 m

Named routeRef 15Length 92 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route292 m

Named routeRef 15Length 292 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route13 m

Named routeRef 15Length 13 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

44,144 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

44,144 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds59 species

autumn

2026

Fulmar · Oystercatcher · Pied Wagtail · Herring Gull · Stonechat +54

FulmarFulmarus glacialis
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
Pallid SwiftApus pallidus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
MagpiePica pica
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Great TitParus major2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
Dusky WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatus2025
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025

🐝

Insects6 species

winterautumn

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Common Bluebottle · Tephrochlamys tarsalis · Meliscaeva auricollis · Limnephilus lunatus +1

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Common BluebottleCalliphora vicina
Tephrochlamys tarsalisTephrochlamys tarsalis2025
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025
Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2025

🌿

Plants1 species

winter

2026

Bordered Screw-moss

Bordered Screw-mossTortula marginata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

44,144 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds59 species

autumn

2026

Fulmar · Oystercatcher · Pied Wagtail · Herring Gull · Stonechat +54

FulmarFulmarus glacialis
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
Pallid SwiftApus pallidus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
MagpiePica pica
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Great TitParus major2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
Dusky WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatus2025
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025

🐝

Insects6 species

winterautumn

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Common Bluebottle · Tephrochlamys tarsalis · Meliscaeva auricollis · Limnephilus lunatus +1

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Common BluebottleCalliphora vicina
Tephrochlamys tarsalisTephrochlamys tarsalis2025
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025
Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2025

🌿

Plants1 species

winter

2026

Bordered Screw-moss

Bordered Screw-mossTortula marginata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Rob Farrow · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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