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📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Robin
🎳Bowling greens is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Robin
🎳Bowling greens is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

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🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

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4 activities

Bowling greens

Very strong match

Bowling green

Paid

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Great Tit +57 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Great Tit +57 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Rambur's Pied Shieldbug, Pachyrhinus lethierryi, Southern Green Shieldbug +3 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Rambur's Pied Shieldbug, Pachyrhinus lethierryi, Southern Green Shieldbug +3 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

11 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

1066 Harold's WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Medway Valley WalkWalking route45 km

Named routeLength 45 kmRegional walking route

Strood Community TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Chattenden Woods WalkWalking route

Named route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Iwade to GrainWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

181 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Heron TrailCycling route

Named routeRef 179National Cycle Network

NCN National Route 17Cycling route

Named routeRef 17National Cycle Network

Alternative RouteCycling route

Named route

(A2)<>(NCN1)Cycling route

Named route

NCN National Route 1Cycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route214 m

Named routeRef 1Length 214 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

12,082 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

12,082 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

summerautumn

2025

Blue Tit · Robin · Great Tit · Blackcap · Dunnock +57

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
RobinErithacus rubecula
Great TitParus major2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2024
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
MagpiePica pica
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
House SparrowPasser domesticus
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Herring GullLarus argentatus
RedshankTringa totanus
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2023
CurlewNumenius arquata
Mute SwanCygnus olor
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
SwallowHirundo rustica
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Rock DoveColumba livia
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava flavissima2023
WryneckJynx torquilla2023
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2023
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2023

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2026

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects6 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Rambur's Pied Shieldbug · Pachyrhinus lethierryi · Southern Green Shieldbug · Red-legged Shieldbug · Agapanthia villosoviridescens +1

Rambur's Pied ShieldbugTritomegas sexmaculatus
Pachyrhinus lethierryiPachyrhinus lethierryi
Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024
Agapanthia villosoviridescensAgapanthia villosoviridescens2024
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

12,082 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

summerautumn

2025

Blue Tit · Robin · Great Tit · Blackcap · Dunnock +57

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
RobinErithacus rubecula
Great TitParus major2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2024
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
MagpiePica pica
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
House SparrowPasser domesticus
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Herring GullLarus argentatus
RedshankTringa totanus
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2023
CurlewNumenius arquata
Mute SwanCygnus olor
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
SwallowHirundo rustica
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Rock DoveColumba livia
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava flavissima2023
WryneckJynx torquilla2023
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2023
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2023

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2026

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects6 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Rambur's Pied Shieldbug · Pachyrhinus lethierryi · Southern Green Shieldbug · Red-legged Shieldbug · Agapanthia villosoviridescens +1

Rambur's Pied ShieldbugTritomegas sexmaculatus
Pachyrhinus lethierryiPachyrhinus lethierryi
Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024
Agapanthia villosoviridescensAgapanthia villosoviridescens2024
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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