Rookery Fields Recreation Ground
4 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
51.37977, 0.56624
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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Treetops Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Treetops Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🛝Playground
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Blackbird +52 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Blackbird +52 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Brimstone +38 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Brimstone +38 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km▾
Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route
Augustine CaminoWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Iwade to GrainWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Rochester Riverside WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
1066 Harold's WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
194 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
(A2)<>(NCN1)Cycling route▾
Heron TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 179National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 17Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 17National Cycle Network
Gillingham<>Rainham Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Alternative RouteCycling route▾
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Capstone Mountain bike trailMountain bike route▾
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Wildlife to spot
15,875 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
15,875 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Robin · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Rock Dove +41
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
- DunlinCalidris alpina2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Hedgehog · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects13 species
springsummer
2026▾
Firebug · Cantharidae · Snail Hunter · Southern Green Shieldbug · Glow-worm +8
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- CantharidaeCantharidae2025
- Snail HunterCychrus caraboides2025
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025
- Speckled Bush-cricket
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,875 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Robin · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Rock Dove +41
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
- DunlinCalidris alpina2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Hedgehog · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects13 species
springsummer
2026▾
Firebug · Cantharidae · Snail Hunter · Southern Green Shieldbug · Glow-worm +8
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- CantharidaeCantharidae2025
- Snail HunterCychrus caraboides2025
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025
- Speckled Bush-cricket
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Bryony LadybirdHenosepilachna argus2025Bryony LadybirdHenosepilachna argus2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Chrysolina oricalciaChrysolina oricalcia2025Chrysolina oricalciaChrysolina oricalcia2025Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2025Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2025Events & activities nearby
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