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Oxens Shaw

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📷 N Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha

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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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

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 — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Carrion Crow +62 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Carrion Crow +62 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Setaceous Hebrew Character, Willow Beauty, Heart & Dart +131 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Setaceous Hebrew Character, Willow Beauty, Heart & Dart +131 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Good match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

6 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Oftord to Canterbury CathedralWalking route

follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees

Named routeRegional walking route

Main Trail, Cobham Mausoleum & WoodsWalking route1.8 km

Named routeLength 1.8 kmDuration 00:45Point-to-pointLocal walking route

North Downs Way (Eastern)Walking route

Named routeNational walking route

1066 Harold's WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

WealdwayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🐴

Horse riding

2 public paths nearby

Public paths

Ifield Roadbyway open to all traffic · 922 m

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 922 mPath type: track

Ifield Roadbyway open to all traffic · 190 m

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 190 mPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

6,753 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,753 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds59 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2025

Raven · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Blackbird +54

RavenCorvus corax
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
JackdawColoeus monedula
DunnockPrunella modularis
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
Great TitParus major
HobbyFalco subbuteo2024
RookCorvus frugilegus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
GreenfinchChloris chloris
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
SwallowHirundo rustica
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
JayGarrulus glandarius
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestiva
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
CootFulica atra2024
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor2022
Falco peregrinus peregrinusFalco peregrinus peregrinus2022

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Hazel Dormouse

Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius

🐝

Insects3 species

summer

2025

Glow-worm · Box Bug · Hornet Hoverfly

Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2022
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2021

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,753 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds59 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2025

Raven · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Blackbird +54

RavenCorvus corax
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica
RobinErithacus rubecula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
JackdawColoeus monedula
DunnockPrunella modularis
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
Great TitParus major
HobbyFalco subbuteo2024
RookCorvus frugilegus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
GreenfinchChloris chloris
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
SwallowHirundo rustica
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
JayGarrulus glandarius
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestiva
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
CootFulica atra2024
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor2022
Falco peregrinus peregrinusFalco peregrinus peregrinus2022

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Hazel Dormouse

Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius

🐝

Insects3 species

summer

2025

Glow-worm · Box Bug · Hornet Hoverfly

Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2022
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2021

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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