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NORTHBOURNE COURT

23 ha

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Dogs welcome23 ha

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦93+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Starling and Swift
✦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

🐦93+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Starling and Swift
✦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

Parking

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Starling, Swift, Woodpigeon +90 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Starling, Swift, Woodpigeon +90 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Dark Bush-cricket, Marmalade Hoverfly, Green Shieldbug +95 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Dark Bush-cricket, Marmalade Hoverfly, Green Shieldbug +95 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Common Liverwort, Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis, Silky Wall Feather-moss +1 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Common Liverwort, Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis, Silky Wall Feather-moss +1 more · last seen 2024

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km

Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route

Miner's Way TrailWalking route43.5 km

Named routeLength 43.5 kmRound tripRegional walking route

Via Francigena - 01 part Great BritainWalking route

Named routeRef VFInternational walking route

North Downs Way (Canterbury loop)Walking route

Named routeNational walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Folkestone to RamsgateWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

31 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN Regional Route 15 (Kent)Cycling route

Named routeRef 15Regional cycle route

NCN National Route 1 Dover to CanterburyCycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Skylark TrailCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Main RouteCycling route1.6 km

Named routeRef 1Length 1.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.7 km

Named routeRef 1Length 1.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route85 m

Named routeRef 1Length 85 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Blue TrailMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

6,089 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,089 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds63 species

spring

2026

Dunnock · Starling · Cetti's Warbler · Song Thrush · Stock Dove +58

DunnockPrunella modularis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great TitParus major2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Little OwlAthene noctua
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
White StorkCiconia ciconia2025
Apus apus apusApus apus apus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025

🐝

Insects20 species

springsummer

2025

Ectophasia crassipennis · Green Shieldbug · Field Grasshopper · Sylvicola fuscatus · 22-spot Ladybird +15

Ectophasia crassipennisEctophasia crassipennis
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Sylvicola fuscatusSylvicola fuscatus
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,089 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds63 species

spring

2026

Dunnock · Starling · Cetti's Warbler · Song Thrush · Stock Dove +58

DunnockPrunella modularis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great TitParus major2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Little OwlAthene noctua
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
White StorkCiconia ciconia2025
Apus apus apusApus apus apus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025

🐝

Insects20 species

springsummer

2025

Ectophasia crassipennis · Green Shieldbug · Field Grasshopper · Sylvicola fuscatus · 22-spot Ladybird +15

Ectophasia crassipennisEctophasia crassipennis
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Sylvicola fuscatusSylvicola fuscatus
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 N Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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