Nickley Wood
✦ Ancient woodland15 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome15 ha
Getting here
51.09799, 0.82286
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Great Tit +48 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Great Tit +48 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Common Knapweed, Yorkshire-fog, Sweet Vernal-grass +38 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Brimstone, Meadow Brown, Peacock +98 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Brimstone, Meadow Brown, Peacock +98 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Common Sorrel, Rough Hawkbit, Bramble +1 more foraging species
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km▾
Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route
European walking route E9, Rye to DoverWalking route▾
Named routeRef E9International walking route
Greensand WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef GWRegional walking route
41 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 18Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network
NCN Regional Route 11 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 11Regional cycle route
Brimstone TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Comma TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Orange Tip TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Peacock TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
1 public path nearby
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Wildlife to spot
24,653 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
24,653 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springautumn
2025▾
Robin · Blue Tit · Wren · Blackbird · Great Tit +41
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RavenCorvus corax
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummer
2026▾
Badger · Fallow Deer · Hazel Dormouse · Pipistrelle Bat species
- BadgerMeles meles2025
- Fallow DeerDama dama2025
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2024
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
Slow-worm · Grass Snake · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog · Palmate Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus2025
🐝Insects36 species
springsummer
2026▾
Southern Migrant Hawker · Red-legged Shieldbug · Oak Mining Sawfly · Speckled Wood · White-legged Damselfly +31
- Southern Migrant HawkerAeshna affinis2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Oak Mining SawflyProfenusa pygmaea2025
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2025
Little Shaggy-moss
- Little Shaggy-mossRhytidiadelphus loreus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
24,653 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springautumn
2025▾
Robin · Blue Tit · Wren · Blackbird · Great Tit +41
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RavenCorvus corax
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummer
2026▾
Badger · Fallow Deer · Hazel Dormouse · Pipistrelle Bat species
- BadgerMeles meles2025
- Fallow DeerDama dama2025
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2024
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
Slow-worm · Grass Snake · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog · Palmate Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus2025
🐝Insects36 species
springsummer
2026▾
Southern Migrant Hawker · Red-legged Shieldbug · Oak Mining Sawfly · Speckled Wood · White-legged Damselfly +31
- Southern Migrant HawkerAeshna affinis2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Oak Mining SawflyProfenusa pygmaea2025
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2025
Little Shaggy-moss
- Little Shaggy-mossRhytidiadelphus loreus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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