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🦅 Birds🦉 Wildlife🧺 Picnic
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 1 ha
Places › England › South East › Folkestone and Hythe Getting here
51.08675, 1.17152
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 108+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Firecrest and Magpie 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out 🛝 Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦 108+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Firecrest and Magpie 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out 🛝 Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking🧺 Picnic spot🛝 Playground
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Firecrest, Magpie, Little Egret +105 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Firecrest, Magpie, Little Egret +105 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Firebug, 7-spot Ladybird, Green Shieldbug +118 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Firebug, 7-spot Ladybird, Green Shieldbug +118 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground, picnic area
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 11 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Elham Valley Way Walking route ▾
Named route Listed length 40km Regional walking route
Show on map Corridors to the countryside Walking route ▾
Follow the kestrel to the Downs Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map King Charles III England Coast Path: Camber to Folkestone Walking route ▾
Named route Ref ECP National walking route
Show on map European walking route E9, Rye to Dover Walking route ▾
Named route Ref E9 International walking route
Show on map 82 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Canal Path Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Cinque Ports Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map NCN Regional Route 17 (Kent) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 17 Regional cycle route
Show on map Seafront Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map to Folkestone West Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map National Cycle Route 2 Dover to Hastings Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 2 National Cycle Network
Show on map 6 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
25,294 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 25,294 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 54 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Magpie · Kingfisher · Firecrest · Redshank · Pied Wagtail +49
Magpie Pica pica Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Redshank Tringa totanus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Razorbill Alca torda2025 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Blackbird Turdus merula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Brent Goose Branta bernicla2025 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Rock Dove Columba livia2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Gannet Morus bassanus2025 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus2025 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Curlew Numenius arquata2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca2025 Shag Gulosus aristotelis2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra2025 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus2025 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous2025 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus2025 🦌 Mammals 3 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Feral Cat · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
Feral Cat Felis catus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 20 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Eupeodes luniger · Southern Green Shieldbug · Dark Bush-cricket +15
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025 Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2025 Dark-edged Bee-fly Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 25,294 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 54 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Magpie · Kingfisher · Firecrest · Redshank · Pied Wagtail +49
Magpie Pica pica Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Redshank Tringa totanus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Razorbill Alca torda2025 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Blackbird Turdus merula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Brent Goose Branta bernicla2025 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Rock Dove Columba livia2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Gannet Morus bassanus2025 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus2025 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Curlew Numenius arquata2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca2025 Shag Gulosus aristotelis2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra2025 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus2025 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous2025 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus2025 🦌 Mammals 3 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Feral Cat · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
Feral Cat Felis catus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 20 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Eupeodes luniger · Southern Green Shieldbug · Dark Bush-cricket +15
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025 Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2025 Dark-edged Bee-fly Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Bombylius major
Bombylius major
Oedemera femoralis Oedemera femoralis
Oedemera femoralis Oedemera femoralis
Liophloeus tessulatus Liophloeus tessulatus
Liophloeus tessulatus Liophloeus tessulatus
Biphyllus lunatus Biphyllus lunatus
Biphyllus lunatus Biphyllus lunatus
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
Liparus coronatus Liparus coronatus
Liparus coronatus Liparus coronatus
Silver Fish Lepisma saccharinum
Silver Fish Lepisma saccharinum
Anommatus Anommatus
Anommatus Anommatus
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Paradromius linearis Paradromius linearis2025
Paradromius linearis Paradromius linearis2025
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Rhaphigaster nebulosa Rhaphigaster nebulosa2025
Rhaphigaster nebulosa Rhaphigaster nebulosa2025
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi2025
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi2025