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No 1 Battery (Gun emplacement)

📷 Malc McDonald · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦110+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Great Black-backed Gull
✦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

🐦110+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Great Black-backed Gull
✦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 — Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Magpie +107 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Magpie +107 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

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Field Grasshopper, Neomyia cornicina, Long-winged Cone-head +4 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Field Grasshopper, Neomyia cornicina, Long-winged Cone-head +4 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

King Charles III England Coast Path: Camber to FolkestoneWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

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Cycling

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Cycle Route 2 Dover to HastingsCycling route

Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route105 m

Named routeRef 2Length 105 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route3.5 km

Named routeRef 2Length 3.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route536 m

Named routeRef 2Length 536 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route348 m

Named routeRef 2Length 348 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route52 m

Named routeRef 2Length 52 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

301,920 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

301,920 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds65 species

winter

2026

Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Cormorant · Herring Gull · Great Black-backed Gull +60

Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
CootFulica atra2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Great TitParus major2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
TealAnas crecca2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Water PipitAnthus spinoletta2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
European White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons albifrons2025
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicus2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025

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Mammals2 species

springwinter

2026

Red Fox · Rabbit

Red FoxVulpes vulpes
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

301,920 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds65 species

winter

2026

Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Cormorant · Herring Gull · Great Black-backed Gull +60

Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
CootFulica atra2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Great TitParus major2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
TealAnas crecca2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Water PipitAnthus spinoletta2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
European White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons albifrons2025
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicus2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025

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Mammals2 species

springwinter

2026

Red Fox · Rabbit

Red FoxVulpes vulpes
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Malc McDonald · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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