Portley Shaw ✦ Ancient woodland 15 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🍂 Seasonal
Free entry Dogs welcome 15 ha
Places › England › South East › Tunbridge Wells Getting here
51.12560, 0.48769
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🍄 Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🍄 Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🌿 Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Great Spotted Woodpecker, Spotted Flycatcher, Robin +69 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Great Spotted Woodpecker, Spotted Flycatcher, Robin +69 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Elegant Silk-moss, Common Feather-moss, Rough-stalked Feather-moss +88 more · last seen 2023
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper +44 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Large White, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper +44 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Pertusaria pertusa, Lepra amara, Cliostomum griffithii +2 more · last seen 2011; Fungi — Pertusaria pertusa, Lepra amara, Cliostomum griffithii +2 more · last seen 2011
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Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
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Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
High Weald Landscape Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Ref HWLT Listed length 145km Regional walking route
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Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 18 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 18 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 4.9 km ▾
Named route Ref 18 Length 4.9 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 187 m ▾
Named route Ref 18 Length 187 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 9.5 km ▾
Named route Ref 18 Length 9.5 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 969 m ▾
Named route Ref 18 Length 969 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 449 m ▾
Named route Ref 18 Length 449 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Singletrack Mountain Bike Trail Mountain bike route ▾
✦ Ancient woodland — continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD. A rare and irreplaceable habitat, rich in biodiversity and historical character.
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Wildlife to spot
5,269 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 5,269 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 46 species
spring summer winter
2025 ▾
Marsh Tit · Chaffinch · Spotted Flycatcher · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Blackbird +41
Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Blackbird Turdus merula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Carrion Crow Corvus corone Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur2024 Nuthatch Sitta europaea Great Tit Parus major Tawny Owl Strix aluco Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Redwing Turdus iliacus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Jay Garrulus glandarius Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Magpie Pica pica Starling Sturnus vulgaris Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Rook Corvus frugilegus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Coal Tit Periparus ater Goldcrest Regulus regulus Dunnock Prunella modularis Linnet Linaria cannabina Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2023 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2023 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2023 Herring Gull Larus argentatus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Stock Dove Columba oenas House Martin Delichon urbicum Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2023 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2023 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2023 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2023 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2023 Whitethroat Curruca communis2023 🦌 Mammals 2 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Rabbit · Fallow Deer
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Fallow Deer Dama dama2024 Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2023 ▾
Common Toad
Beautiful Demoiselle · Empis tessellata · Western Honey Bee · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle +5
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo Empis tessellata Empis tessellata Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis Common Green Grasshopper Omocestus viridulus Glow-worm Cylindric Beard-moss · Common Smoothcap · Swan's-neck Thyme-moss · Silky Forklet-moss · Twist-tip Feather-moss +1
Cylindric Beard-moss Didymodon insulanus Common Smoothcap Atrichum undulatum Swan's-neck Thyme-moss Mnium hornum Silky Forklet-moss Dicranella heteromalla Twist-tip Feather-moss Oxyrrhynchium schleicheri Elegant Silk-moss Pseudotaxiphyllum elegans Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 5,269 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 46 species
spring summer winter
2025 ▾
Marsh Tit · Chaffinch · Spotted Flycatcher · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Blackbird +41
Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Blackbird Turdus merula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Carrion Crow Corvus corone Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur2024 Nuthatch Sitta europaea Great Tit Parus major Tawny Owl Strix aluco Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Redwing Turdus iliacus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Jay Garrulus glandarius Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Magpie Pica pica Starling Sturnus vulgaris Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Rook Corvus frugilegus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Coal Tit Periparus ater Goldcrest Regulus regulus Dunnock Prunella modularis Linnet Linaria cannabina Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2023 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2023 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2023 Herring Gull Larus argentatus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Stock Dove Columba oenas House Martin Delichon urbicum Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2023 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2023 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2023 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2023 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2023 Whitethroat Curruca communis2023 🦌 Mammals 2 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Rabbit · Fallow Deer
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Fallow Deer Dama dama2024 Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2023 ▾
Common Toad
Beautiful Demoiselle · Empis tessellata · Western Honey Bee · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle +5
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo Empis tessellata Empis tessellata Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis Common Green Grasshopper Omocestus viridulus Glow-worm Cylindric Beard-moss · Common Smoothcap · Swan's-neck Thyme-moss · Silky Forklet-moss · Twist-tip Feather-moss +1
Cylindric Beard-moss Didymodon insulanus Common Smoothcap Atrichum undulatum Swan's-neck Thyme-moss Mnium hornum Silky Forklet-moss Dicranella heteromalla Twist-tip Feather-moss Oxyrrhynchium schleicheri Elegant Silk-moss Pseudotaxiphyllum elegans Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Lampyris noctiluca
Lampyris noctiluca
Black Clock Pterostichus madidus
Black Clock Pterostichus madidus
Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii2024
Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii2024
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa2023
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa2023 