Rice Wood ✦ Ancient woodland 20 ha
🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 20 ha
Places › England › South East › Swale Getting here
51.28493, 0.85948
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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 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required 🌤️ 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 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required £ 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 — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Carrion Crow +51 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Carrion Crow +51 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Stag Beetle, Dogs-Mercury Flea Beetle, Migrant Hawker +41 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Crescent-cup Liverwort, Common Liverwort · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 5 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Saxon Shore Way Walking route 262 km ▾
Named route Length 262 km Regional walking route
Show on map Augustine Camino Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Two Creeks Circular Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map King Charles III England Coast Path: Whitstable to Iwade Walking route ▾
Named route Ref ECP National walking route
Show on map Swale Heritage Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 41 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 1 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 1 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 1.1 km ▾
Named route Ref 1 Length 1.1 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 27 m ▾
Named route Ref 1 Length 27 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 1 km ▾
Named route Ref 1 Length 1 km National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface unsealedfirm
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 34 m ▾
Named route Ref 1 Length 34 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface concrete
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 48 m ▾
Named route Ref 1 Length 48 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map 1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
✦ 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
7,310 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 7,310 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Robin · Pied Wagtail +36
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blackbird Turdus merula Carrion Crow Corvus corone Robin Erithacus rubecula Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Magpie Pica pica Starling Sturnus vulgaris Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Rook Corvus frugilegus2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 Great Tit Parus major Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2024 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Herring Gull Larus argentatus Rock Dove Columba livia2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Coal Tit Periparus ater2023 Tawny Owl Strix aluco Nuthatch Sitta europaea2024 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2024 Skylark Alauda arvensis2024 Raven Corvus corax2023 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2023 Swift Apus apus2023 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2023 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2023 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2023 🦌 Mammals 5 species
winter spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Red Fox · Badger · Hazel Dormouse · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2025 Badger Meles meles Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius2025 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2023 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter
2024 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog · Smooth Newt
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris 🐝 Insects 13 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Speckled Bush-cricket · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Long-winged Cone-head · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Scathophaga stercoraria +8
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus fuscus Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria 22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata 🌿 Plants 2 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Crescent-cup Liverwort · Common Liverwort
Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata Common Liverwort Marchantia polymorpha2024 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 7,310 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Robin · Pied Wagtail +36
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blackbird Turdus merula Carrion Crow Corvus corone Robin Erithacus rubecula Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Magpie Pica pica Starling Sturnus vulgaris Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Rook Corvus frugilegus2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 Great Tit Parus major Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2024 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Herring Gull Larus argentatus Rock Dove Columba livia2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Coal Tit Periparus ater2023 Tawny Owl Strix aluco Nuthatch Sitta europaea2024 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2024 Skylark Alauda arvensis2024 Raven Corvus corax2023 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2023 Swift Apus apus2023 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2023 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2023 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2023 🦌 Mammals 5 species
winter spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Red Fox · Badger · Hazel Dormouse · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2025 Badger Meles meles Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius2025 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2023 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara 🐸 Amphibians 3 species
winter
2024 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog · Smooth Newt
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris 🐝 Insects 13 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Speckled Bush-cricket · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Long-winged Cone-head · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Scathophaga stercoraria +8
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus fuscus Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria 22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata 🌿 Plants 2 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Crescent-cup Liverwort · Common Liverwort
Crescent-cup Liverwort Lunularia cruciata Common Liverwort Marchantia polymorpha2024 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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Agapanthia cardui Agapanthia cardui2024
Agapanthia cardui Agapanthia cardui2024
Dotted Bee-fly Bombylius discolor2024
Dotted Bee-fly Bombylius discolor2024
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata2024
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata2024
Devil's Coach-horse Ocypus olens2023
Devil's Coach-horse Ocypus olens2023
Platycis minutus Platycis minutus2023
Platycis minutus Platycis minutus2023
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2023
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2023
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus2023
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus2023 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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