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Rams Bottom Wood

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Robin
🌿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

🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Robin
🌿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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Dunnock +60 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Dunnock +60 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Stag Beetle, Glow-worm, 7-spot Ladybird +42 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Stag Beetle, Glow-worm, 7-spot Ladybird +42 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

14 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

1066 Harold's WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Medway Valley WalkWalking route45 km

Named routeLength 45 kmRegional walking route

Strood Community TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Bath Hard LaneWalking route

Named route

Chattenden Woods WalkWalking route

Named route

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Cycling

216 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Heron TrailCycling route

Named routeRef 179National Cycle Network

NCN National Route 17Cycling route

Named routeRef 17National Cycle Network

Alternative RouteCycling route

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NCN National Route 177Cycling route

Named routeRef 177National Cycle Network

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Named route

NCN National Route 1Cycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

11,553 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

11,553 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds65 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Blue Tit · Robin · Dunnock · Great Tit · Blackcap +60

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Great TitParus major2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
CootFulica atra2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus2024
SwiftApus apus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
ShagGulosus aristotelis2024
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava flavissima2023

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Mammals3 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · Badger · Brown Rat

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
BadgerMeles meles
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2023

🐝

Insects45 species

springsummer

2026

Stag Beetle · Glow-worm · 7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Harlequin Ladybird +40

Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2024
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2024
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus2025
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Black ClockPterostichus madidus2025
Summer ChaferAmphimallon solstitiale2025
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2024
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2024
Chrysolina banksiiChrysolina banksii2024
CraneflyTipulidae2024
Harpalus rubripesHarpalus rubripes2024
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024
Short-winged Cone-headConocephalus dorsalis2024
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Pseudocistela ceramboidesPseudocistela ceramboides2024
Tanbark BorerPhymatodes testaceus2024
Loensia fasciataLoensia fasciata2024
Agapanthia villosoviridescensAgapanthia villosoviridescens2024
Liparus coronatusLiparus coronatus2024
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2024
Oedemera luridaOedemera lurida2024
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2024
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2024
Tipula lunataTipula lunata2024
Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2024
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2024
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2024
Limnephilus auriculaLimnephilus auricula2024
Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2024
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2024
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

11,553 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds65 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Blue Tit · Robin · Dunnock · Great Tit · Blackcap +60

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Great TitParus major2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
CootFulica atra2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus2024
SwiftApus apus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
ShagGulosus aristotelis2024
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava flavissima2023

🦌

Mammals3 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · Badger · Brown Rat

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
BadgerMeles meles
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2023

🐝

Insects45 species

springsummer

2026

Stag Beetle · Glow-worm · 7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Harlequin Ladybird +40

Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2024
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2024
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus2025
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Black ClockPterostichus madidus2025
Summer ChaferAmphimallon solstitiale2025
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2024
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2024
Chrysolina banksiiChrysolina banksii2024
CraneflyTipulidae2024
Harpalus rubripesHarpalus rubripes2024
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024
Short-winged Cone-headConocephalus dorsalis2024
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Pseudocistela ceramboidesPseudocistela ceramboides2024
Tanbark BorerPhymatodes testaceus2024
Loensia fasciataLoensia fasciata2024
Agapanthia villosoviridescensAgapanthia villosoviridescens2024
Liparus coronatusLiparus coronatus2024
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2024
Oedemera luridaOedemera lurida2024
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2024
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2024
Tipula lunataTipula lunata2024
Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2024
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2024
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2024
Limnephilus auriculaLimnephilus auricula2024
Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2024
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2024
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Chris Whippet · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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