Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.16500, 0.73542
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackbird
- 🐄Summer visits here combine well with a walk along nearby trails — the animals are most active in the morning.
- 🐾Pluckley Farm Shop on site — a good way to combine wildlife and an animal visit in the same trip
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackbird
- 🐄Summer visits here combine well with a walk along nearby trails — the animals are most active in the morning.
- 🐾Pluckley 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 — Robin, Blackbird, Blue Tit +55 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Blue Tit +55 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, White Admiral +133 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Moderate match
Plants — Branched Bur-reed, Bluebell · last seen 2020
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Stour Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 82.9 kmRegional walking route
Greensand WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef GWRegional walking route
5 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
Main RouteCycling route273 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 273 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1 km▾
Named routeRef 17Length 1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route427 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 427 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
2,600 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,600 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
springwinter
2025▾
Robin · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Chaffinch · Woodpigeon +42
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great TitParus major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Common GullLarus canus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Hazel Dormouse · Badger
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- BadgerMeles meles2024
🐝Insects15 species
springautumn
2026▾
Rhamphus oxyacanthae · Cantharis rustica · 10-spot Ladybird · Euophryum confine · Oak Mining Sawfly +10
- Rhamphus oxyacanthaeRhamphus oxyacanthae2025
- Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2025
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Euophryum confineEuophryum confine2025
- Oak Mining SawflyProfenusa pygmaea2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,600 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
springwinter
2025▾
Robin · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Chaffinch · Woodpigeon +42
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great TitParus major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Common GullLarus canus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Hazel Dormouse · Badger
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- BadgerMeles meles2024
🐝Insects15 species
springautumn
2026▾
Rhamphus oxyacanthae · Cantharis rustica · 10-spot Ladybird · Euophryum confine · Oak Mining Sawfly +10
- Rhamphus oxyacanthaeRhamphus oxyacanthae2025
- Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2025
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Euophryum confineEuophryum confine2025
- Oak Mining SawflyProfenusa pygmaea2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Avens Mining Sawfly
Avens Mining Sawfly
Metallus lanceolatus2025
Metallus lanceolatus2025
White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2025White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2025Empis tessellataEmpis tessellata2025Empis tessellataEmpis tessellata2025Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2025Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2025Tipula vernalisTipula vernalis2025Tipula vernalisTipula vernalis2025Liophloeus tessulatusLiophloeus tessulatus2025Liophloeus tessulatusLiophloeus tessulatus2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris2025Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024Events & activities nearby
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