Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.18829, 0.91496
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for House Sparrow and Woodpigeon
- 🐄Summer visits here combine well with a walk along nearby trails — the animals are most active in the morning.
- 🐾Perry Court Farm Shop on site — a good way to combine wildlife and an animal visit in the same trip
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for House Sparrow and Woodpigeon
- 🐄Summer visits here combine well with a walk along nearby trails — the animals are most active in the morning.
- 🐾Perry Court Farm Shop on site — a good way to combine wildlife and an animal visit in the same trip
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — House Sparrow, Woodpigeon, Jackdaw +66 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — House Sparrow, Woodpigeon, Jackdaw +66 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Green Shieldbug, Hairy Shieldbug, Gorse Shieldbug +40 more · last seen 2026
Free
Named hiking route nearby: North Downs Way (Eastern); Named hiking route nearby: North Downs Way (Eastern)
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Stour Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 82.9 kmRegional walking route
North Downs Way (Canterbury loop)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Beech Walk & SculpturesWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Wye National Nature Reserve Nature TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Oftord to Canterbury CathedralWalking route▾
follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees
Named routeRegional walking route
80 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 18Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network
Comma TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Orange Tip TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Peacock TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Proposed NCN National Route 18Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network
Pilgrims Cycle TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
10,415 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,415 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Blue Tit · House Sparrow · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Collared Dove +28
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Gorse Shieldbug · Green Shieldbug · Dark-edged Bee-fly · 22-spot Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug +10
- Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- 7-spot Ladybird
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,415 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Blue Tit · House Sparrow · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Collared Dove +28
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Gorse Shieldbug · Green Shieldbug · Dark-edged Bee-fly · 22-spot Ladybird · Hairy Shieldbug +10
- Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- 7-spot Ladybird
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Coccinella septempunctata
Coccinella septempunctata
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctataHollyhock WeevilRhopalapion longirostreHollyhock WeevilRhopalapion longirostrePied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolorPied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolorEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisEupeodesEupeodesEupeodesEupeodesTephrochlamys rufiventrisTephrochlamys rufiventrisTephrochlamys rufiventrisTephrochlamys rufiventrisEvents & activities nearby
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