Captain's Wood Play Area
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
51.11711, 0.89473
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +77 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +77 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Dock Bug, Common Earwig, Southern Oak Bush-cricket +35 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Stour Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 82.9 kmRegional walking route
Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km▾
Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route
European walking route E9, Rye to DoverWalking route▾
Named routeRef E9International walking route
Greensand WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef GWRegional walking route
Godinton Park Circular WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
82 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 18Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network
Brimstone TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Comma TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Orange Tip TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Peacock TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN National Route 177 (Proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 177National Cycle Network
7 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
38,496 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
38,496 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPochard · Shoveler · Starling · Goldfinch · Cetti's Warbler +44
- PochardAythya ferina
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- RuffCalidris pugnax2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Badger · Rabbit · Red Fox
- BadgerMeles meles
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🦎Reptiles2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Grass Snake · Common Lizard
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Toad
Dock Bug · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Long-winged Cone-head · Common Earwig · Bishop's Mitre +31
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
- Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025
- Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025
- Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2025
- 7-spot Ladybird
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
38,496 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPochard · Shoveler · Starling · Goldfinch · Cetti's Warbler +44
- PochardAythya ferina
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- RuffCalidris pugnax2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Badger · Rabbit · Red Fox
- BadgerMeles meles
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🦎Reptiles2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Grass Snake · Common Lizard
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Toad
Dock Bug · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Long-winged Cone-head · Common Earwig · Bishop's Mitre +31
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
- Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025
- Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025
- Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2025
- 7-spot Ladybird
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Coccinella septempunctata2025
Coccinella septempunctata2025
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Common Ground-hopperTetrix undulata2025Common Ground-hopperTetrix undulata2025Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2025Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorPoecilus cupreusPoecilus cupreus2025Poecilus cupreusPoecilus cupreus2025Tipula paludosaTipula paludosa2025Tipula paludosaTipula paludosa2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculata2025Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculata2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Iassus lanioIassus lanio2025Iassus lanioIassus lanio2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025Demetrias atricapillusDemetrias atricapillus2025Demetrias atricapillusDemetrias atricapillus2025Slender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata2025Slender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata2025Orchestes hortorumOrchestes hortorum2025Orchestes hortorumOrchestes hortorum2025Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus2025Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus2025Scymnus auritusScymnus auritus2025Scymnus auritusScymnus auritus2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Liorhyssus hyalinusLiorhyssus hyalinus2025Liorhyssus hyalinusLiorhyssus hyalinus2025Stictopleurus punctatonervosusStictopleurus punctatonervosus2025Stictopleurus punctatonervosusStictopleurus punctatonervosus2025Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025