🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome18 ha
Getting here
51.37764, 0.61792
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking on site — 10 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking on site — 10 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Reedbeds — bitterns, marsh harriers, bearded tits and reed warblers; Birds — Black-headed Gull, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +78 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Reedbeds — emperor dragonfly and rare fen invertebrates; Insects — Eupeodes, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Marmalade Hoverfly +19 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named hiking route nearby: King Charles III England Coast Path: Iwade to Grain
Free
Named cycling route nearby: NCN National Route 1
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km▾
Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Iwade to GrainWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
86 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
(A2)<>(NCN1)Cycling route▾
Heron TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 179National Cycle Network
Gillingham<>Rainham Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Alternative RouteCycling route▾
Main RouteCycling route214 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 214 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Capstone Mountain bike trailMountain bike route▾
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Wildlife to spot
40,737 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
40,737 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Robin · Teal · Lapwing · Redwing · House Sparrow +45
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- TealAnas crecca
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- DunlinCalidris alpina2025
- Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- KnotCalidris canutus2025
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Wood Mouse
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Eupeodes · 7-spot Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Firebug +5
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- EupeodesEupeodes
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
40,737 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Robin · Teal · Lapwing · Redwing · House Sparrow +45
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- TealAnas crecca
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- DunlinCalidris alpina2025
- Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- KnotCalidris canutus2025
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Wood Mouse
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Eupeodes · 7-spot Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Firebug +5
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- EupeodesEupeodes
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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