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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
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕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
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

5 activities

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, Robin, Magpie +83 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Magpie +83 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Stag Beetle, Lesser Emperor, Norfolk Aeshna +25 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Stag Beetle, Lesser Emperor, Norfolk Aeshna +25 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Common Crystalwort, Crescent-cup Liverwort · last seen 2024; Plants — Common Crystalwort, Crescent-cup Liverwort · last seen 2024

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

7 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Augustine CaminoWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Oftord to Canterbury CathedralWalking route

follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees

Named routeRegional walking route

Scenic Green Trail Section 1Walking route6.4 km

Named routeRef SGT1Length 6.4 kmLocal walking route

North Downs Way (Eastern)Walking route

Named routeNational walking route

KCC Centenary WalkWalking route

Named route

🚴

Cycling

72 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 177 (Proposed)Cycling route

Named routeRef 177National Cycle Network

NCN National Route 17Cycling route

Named routeRef 17National Cycle Network

NCN Regional Route 19 (Kent)Cycling route

Named routeRef 19Regional cycle route

NCN Regional Route 12 (Kent)Cycling route

Named routeRef 12Regional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route170 m

Named routeRef 17Length 170 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route855 m

Named routeRef 17Length 855 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Capstone Mountain bike trailMountain bike route

Named route

🐴

Horse riding

2 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

13,139 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

13,139 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds72 species

winterspring

2025

Blue Tit · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Robin · Mallard +67

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MagpiePica pica
Great TitParus major
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
JackdawColoeus monedula
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
DunnockPrunella modularis
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Water RailRallus aquaticus
CootFulica atra
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
JayGarrulus glandarius
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Stock DoveColumba oenas
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
RedshankTringa totanus
TealAnas crecca
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
ScaupAythya marila
Black SwanCygnus atratus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
CuckooCuculus canorus
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
WhitethroatCurruca communis
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Common GullLarus canus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
GadwallMareca strepera
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestiva2024
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024

🦎

Reptiles2 species

spring

2025

Slow-worm · Adder

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
AdderVipera berus

🐝

Insects9 species

summer

2025

Lesser Emperor · Scarce Chaser · Norfolk Aeshna · 7-spot Ladybird · Four-spotted Chaser +4

Lesser EmperorAnax parthenope
Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva
Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Black-tailed Skimmer

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

13,139 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds72 species

winterspring

2025

Blue Tit · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Robin · Mallard +67

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MagpiePica pica
Great TitParus major
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
JackdawColoeus monedula
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
DunnockPrunella modularis
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Water RailRallus aquaticus
CootFulica atra
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
JayGarrulus glandarius
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Stock DoveColumba oenas
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
RedshankTringa totanus
TealAnas crecca
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
ScaupAythya marila
Black SwanCygnus atratus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
CuckooCuculus canorus
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
WhitethroatCurruca communis
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Common GullLarus canus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
GadwallMareca strepera
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestiva2024
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024

🦎

Reptiles2 species

spring

2025

Slow-worm · Adder

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
AdderVipera berus

🐝

Insects9 species

summer

2025

Lesser Emperor · Scarce Chaser · Norfolk Aeshna · 7-spot Ladybird · Four-spotted Chaser +4

Lesser EmperorAnax parthenope
Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva
Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Black-tailed Skimmer

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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