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Pads Lake

1 ha

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Free entryDogs welcome1 ha

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — dragonfly and damselfly activity peaks along water edges
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — dragonfly and damselfly activity peaks along water edges
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Magpie +51 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Magpie +51 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Roesel's Bush-cricket, Stripe-winged Grasshopper, Green Shieldbug +25 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Roesel's Bush-cricket, Stripe-winged Grasshopper, Green Shieldbug +25 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Fallacious Beard-moss, Whitish Feather-moss, Common Feather-moss +5 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Fallacious Beard-moss, Whitish Feather-moss, Common Feather-moss +5 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Augustine CaminoWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Oftord to Canterbury CathedralWalking route

follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees

Named routeRegional walking route

Scenic Green Trail Section 1Walking route6.4 km

Named routeRef SGT1Length 6.4 kmLocal walking route

North Downs Way (Eastern)Walking route

Named routeNational walking route

Medway Valley WalkWalking route45 km

Named routeLength 45 kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

22 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 177 (Proposed)Cycling route

Named routeRef 177National Cycle Network

NCN National Route 17Cycling route

Named routeRef 17National Cycle Network

NCN Regional Route 12 (Kent)Cycling route

Named routeRef 12Regional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route170 m

Named routeRef 17Length 170 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route855 m

Named routeRef 17Length 855 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route805 m

Named routeRef 17Length 805 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

🐴

Horse riding

1 public path nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

14,666 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

14,666 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds56 species

summer

2026

Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Dunnock +51

BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Great TitParus major2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
TealAnas crecca2025
ScaupAythya marila2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025

🦌

Mammals8 species

summer

2025

Red Fox · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Badger · Rabbit +3

Red FoxVulpes vulpes
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
BadgerMeles meles
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
HorseEquus ferus

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2025

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐝

Insects28 species

summer

2025

Roesel's Bush-cricket · Stripe-winged Grasshopper · Green Shieldbug · Common Blue Damselfly · Speckled Bush-cricket +23

Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
Stripe-winged GrasshopperStenobothrus lineatus
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
Ledra auritaLedra aurita
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Issus coleoptratusIssus coleoptratus
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.
Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum
Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
Dusky CockroachEctobius lapponicus
Scarab ShieldbugThyreocoris scarabaeoides
Rufous GrasshopperGomphocerippus rufus
Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculata
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata

🌿

Plants8 species

summer

2025

Fallacious Beard-moss · Whitish Feather-moss · Common Feather-moss · Great Plait-moss · Pointed Spear-moss +3

Fallacious Beard-mossDidymodon fallax
Whitish Feather-mossBrachythecium albicans
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Great Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. lacunosum
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
Field Forklet-mossDicranella staphylina
EyebrightEuphrasia

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

14,666 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds56 species

summer

2026

Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Dunnock +51

BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Great TitParus major2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
TealAnas crecca2025
ScaupAythya marila2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025

🦌

Mammals8 species

summer

2025

Red Fox · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Badger · Rabbit +3

Red FoxVulpes vulpes
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
BadgerMeles meles
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
HorseEquus ferus

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2025

Common Lizard

Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐝

Insects28 species

summer

2025

Roesel's Bush-cricket · Stripe-winged Grasshopper · Green Shieldbug · Common Blue Damselfly · Speckled Bush-cricket +23

Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
Stripe-winged GrasshopperStenobothrus lineatus
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
Ledra auritaLedra aurita
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Issus coleoptratusIssus coleoptratus
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.
Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum
Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
Dusky CockroachEctobius lapponicus
Scarab ShieldbugThyreocoris scarabaeoides
Rufous GrasshopperGomphocerippus rufus
Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculata
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata

🌿

Plants8 species

summer

2025

Fallacious Beard-moss · Whitish Feather-moss · Common Feather-moss · Great Plait-moss · Pointed Spear-moss +3

Fallacious Beard-mossDidymodon fallax
Whitish Feather-mossBrachythecium albicans
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Great Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. lacunosum
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
Field Forklet-mossDicranella staphylina
EyebrightEuphrasia

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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