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Round Wood

✦ Ancient woodland4 ha

📷 David Anstiss · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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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
🌿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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿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
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

7 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 — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Chaffinch +54 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Chaffinch +54 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Common Carder Bee, Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Red-tailed Bumblebee +63 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Carder Bee, Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Red-tailed Bumblebee +63 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Heritage

Good match

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Miner's Way TrailWalking route43.5 km

Named routeLength 43.5 kmRound tripRegional walking route

Via Francigena - 01 part Great BritainWalking route

Named routeRef VFInternational walking route

North Downs Way (Canterbury loop)Walking route

Named routeNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

21 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN Regional Route 16Cycling route

Named routeRef 16Regional cycle route

NCN Regional Route 15 (Kent)Cycling route

Named routeRef 15Regional cycle route

EuroVelo 5 - Via Romea Francigena - part United KingdomCycling route

Named routeRef EV5International cycle route

N/ACycling route262 m

Named routeRef 16Length 262 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route73 m

Named routeRef 16Length 73 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route1.2 km

Named routeRef 16Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

🐴

Horse riding

2 public paths nearby

Public paths

Thorn Alleybridleway · 471 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 471 mSurface groundPath type: bridleway

Wildlife to spot

4,596 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,596 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds59 species

wintersummerautumn

2026

Blue Tit · Great Tit · Chaffinch · Goldfinch · House Sparrow +54

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
Great TitParus major2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
MagpiePica pica2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
Common GullLarus canus2022
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
BuzzardButeo buteo2022
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2022
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2022
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
RedwingTurdus iliacus
RookCorvus frugilegus2022
JackdawColoeus monedula2022
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2022
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2021
Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2021
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2021
White StorkCiconia ciconia2024
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2023
Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2022
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
SwiftApus apus2021
SwallowHirundo rustica2021
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2020
SiskinSpinus spinus2020

🦌

Mammals7 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Hazel Dormouse · Hedgehog · Rabbit · Brown Hare · Badger +2

Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2023
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Brown HareLepus europaeus
BadgerMeles meles2021
BatChiroptera2021
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2021

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2022

Slow-worm

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis

🐸

Amphibians2 species

springsummer

2025

Smooth Newt · Common Toad

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2022
Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects66 species

springsummer

2025

Common Carder Bee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Early Bumblebee · Small Garden Bumblebee +61

Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2023
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2022
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2022
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2023
Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis2023
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2023
Yellow-legged Mining BeeAndrena flavipes2023
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2023
White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2023
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2023
SyrphusSyrphus2022
Large Garden BumblebeeBombus ruderatus2022
Ivy BeeColletes hederae2023
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2023
Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2023
Painted Nomad BeeNomada fucata2023
Vestal Cuckoo BeeBombus vestalis2023
Common Furrow BeeLasioglossum calceatum2022
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2022
Buffish Mining BeeAndrena nigroaenea2022
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2023
Paracorymbia fulvaParacorymbia fulva2023
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2023
Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2023
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2022
White-tailed BumblebeeBombus lucorum2022
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2022
Blue Mason BeeOsmia caerulescens2022
Orange-footed Furrow BeeLasioglossum xanthopus2022
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2022
Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2022
Orange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoa2022
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2022
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2022
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2022
White-bellied Mining BeeAndrena gravida2022
Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor2022
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2021
Rose ChaferCetonia aurata
Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa2024
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
Golden HoverflyCallicera spinolae2023
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2023
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2023
Common WaspVespula vulgaris2023
Rhaphigaster nebulosaRhaphigaster nebulosa2022
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2022
HornetVespa crabro2022
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2022
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2022
Auplopus carbonariusAuplopus carbonarius2022
Wilke's Mining BeeAndrena wilkella2022
Ridge-saddled Carpenter BeeHeriades truncorum2022
Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum2022
Common Pollen BeetleMeligethes aeneus2022
EupeodesEupeodes2022
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2022
Capsus aterCapsus ater2022
Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2022
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2022
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2022
Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus2022
PlatycheirusPlatycheirus2022
Chocolate Mining BeeAndrena scotica2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,596 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds59 species

wintersummerautumn

2026

Blue Tit · Great Tit · Chaffinch · Goldfinch · House Sparrow +54

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
Great TitParus major2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
MagpiePica pica2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
Common GullLarus canus2022
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
BuzzardButeo buteo2022
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2022
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2022
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
Herring GullLarus argentatus2022
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
RedwingTurdus iliacus
RookCorvus frugilegus2022
JackdawColoeus monedula2022
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2022
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2021
Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2021
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2021
White StorkCiconia ciconia2024
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2023
Stock DoveColumba oenas2022
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2022
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
SwiftApus apus2021
SwallowHirundo rustica2021
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2020
SiskinSpinus spinus2020

🦌

Mammals7 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Hazel Dormouse · Hedgehog · Rabbit · Brown Hare · Badger +2

Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2023
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Brown HareLepus europaeus
BadgerMeles meles2021
BatChiroptera2021
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2021

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2022

Slow-worm

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis

🐸

Amphibians2 species

springsummer

2025

Smooth Newt · Common Toad

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2022
Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects66 species

springsummer

2025

Common Carder Bee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Early Bumblebee · Small Garden Bumblebee +61

Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2023
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2022
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2022
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2023
Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis2023
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2023
Yellow-legged Mining BeeAndrena flavipes2023
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2023
White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2023
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2023
SyrphusSyrphus2022
Large Garden BumblebeeBombus ruderatus2022
Ivy BeeColletes hederae2023
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2023
Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2023
Painted Nomad BeeNomada fucata2023
Vestal Cuckoo BeeBombus vestalis2023
Common Furrow BeeLasioglossum calceatum2022
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2022
Buffish Mining BeeAndrena nigroaenea2022
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2023
Paracorymbia fulvaParacorymbia fulva2023
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2023
Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2023
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2022
White-tailed BumblebeeBombus lucorum2022
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2022
Blue Mason BeeOsmia caerulescens2022
Orange-footed Furrow BeeLasioglossum xanthopus2022
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2022
Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2022
Orange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoa2022
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2022
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2022
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2022
White-bellied Mining BeeAndrena gravida2022
Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor2022
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2021
Rose ChaferCetonia aurata
Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa2024
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
Golden HoverflyCallicera spinolae2023
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2023
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2023
Common WaspVespula vulgaris2023
Rhaphigaster nebulosaRhaphigaster nebulosa2022
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2022
HornetVespa crabro2022
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2022
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus2022
Auplopus carbonariusAuplopus carbonarius2022
Wilke's Mining BeeAndrena wilkella2022
Ridge-saddled Carpenter BeeHeriades truncorum2022
Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum2022
Common Pollen BeetleMeligethes aeneus2022
EupeodesEupeodes2022
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2022
Capsus aterCapsus ater2022
Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2022
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2022
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2022
Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus2022
PlatycheirusPlatycheirus2022
Chocolate Mining BeeAndrena scotica2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 David Anstiss · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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