Sandgate Recreation Ground
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🦅 Birds🦉 Wildlife⚽ Pitches
Public access Dogs welcome
Places › England › South East › Folkestone and Hythe Getting here
51.07717, 1.14220
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 121+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Brent Goose and Common Scoter ⚽ Playing fields is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦 121+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Brent Goose and Common Scoter ⚽ Playing fields is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🅿️ Parking· Paid 🛝 Playground
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Brent Goose, Common Scoter, Sandwich Tern +118 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Brent Goose, Common Scoter, Sandwich Tern +118 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
⚽ Playing fields
Very strong match
Playing field
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers, Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Green Shieldbug +122 more · last seen 2026; Insects — White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers, Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Green Shieldbug +122 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Playing field
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 11 signed routes nearby · 28 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Elham Valley Way Walking route ▾
Named route Listed length 40km Regional walking route
Show on map Corridors to the countryside Walking route ▾
Follow the kestrel to the Downs Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map King Charles III England Coast Path: Camber to Folkestone Walking route ▾
Named route Ref ECP National walking route
Show on map European walking route E9, Rye to Dover Walking route ▾
Named route Ref E9 International walking route
Show on map Bybrook Way public footpath · 72 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 72 m Path type: residential
Show on map 85 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Canal Path Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Cinque Ports Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map NCN Regional Route 17 (Kent) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 17 Regional cycle route
Show on map Seafront Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map to Folkestone West Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map National Cycle Route 2 Dover to Hastings Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 2 National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
44,125 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 44,125 records · National Biodiversity Network Brent Goose · Common Scoter · Sandwich Tern · Shelduck · Razorbill +50
Brent Goose Branta bernicla2025 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra2025 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis2025 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna2025 Razorbill Alca torda2025 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus2025 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Shag Gulosus aristotelis2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus2025 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Common Tern Sterna hirundo2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Dunlin Calidris alpina2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Gannet Morus bassanus2025 Common Guillemot Uria aalge2025 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Magpie Pica pica Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Sand Martin Riparia riparia2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus2025 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Bat
🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 38 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Firebug · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Darter · Marmalade Hoverfly +33
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 Firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025 Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025 Forked Veilwort · Minute Pouncewort
Forked Veilwort Metzgeria furcata Minute Pouncewort Myriocoleopsis minutissima Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 44,125 records · National Biodiversity Network Brent Goose · Common Scoter · Sandwich Tern · Shelduck · Razorbill +50
Brent Goose Branta bernicla2025 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra2025 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis2025 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna2025 Razorbill Alca torda2025 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus2025 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus2025 Goosander Mergus merganser2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Shag Gulosus aristotelis2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus2025 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Common Tern Sterna hirundo2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Dunlin Calidris alpina2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Gannet Morus bassanus2025 Common Guillemot Uria aalge2025 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Magpie Pica pica Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Sand Martin Riparia riparia2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus2025 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Bat
🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 38 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Firebug · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Darter · Marmalade Hoverfly +33
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 Firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025 Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025 Forked Veilwort · Minute Pouncewort
Forked Veilwort Metzgeria furcata Minute Pouncewort Myriocoleopsis minutissima Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Southern Green Shieldbug
Southern Green Shieldbug
Nezara viridula2025
Nezara viridula2025
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Abax parallelepipedus Abax parallelepipedus
Abax parallelepipedus Abax parallelepipedus
Carabid Beetle Carabidae
Carabid Beetle Carabidae
Silver Fish Lepisma saccharinum
Silver Fish Lepisma saccharinum
Dryomyza anilis Dryomyza anilis2025
Dryomyza anilis Dryomyza anilis2025
Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger2025
Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Rhaphigaster nebulosa Rhaphigaster nebulosa2025
Rhaphigaster nebulosa Rhaphigaster nebulosa2025
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi2025
Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi2025
Limnephilidae Limnephilidae2025
Limnephilidae Limnephilidae2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius2025
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius2025
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2025
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2025
Platycis minutus Platycis minutus2025
Platycis minutus Platycis minutus2025
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Byturus Byturus2025
Byturus Byturus2025
Oedemera Oedemera2025
Oedemera Oedemera2025
Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus fuscus2025
Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus fuscus2025
Cabbage Bug Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025
Cabbage Bug Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025
Woundwort Shieldbug Eysarcoris venustissimus2025
Woundwort Shieldbug Eysarcoris venustissimus2025
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2025
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2025
Red-veined Darter Sympetrum fonscolombii2025
Red-veined Darter Sympetrum fonscolombii2025
Eurygaster Eurygaster2025
Eurygaster Eurygaster2025
Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus2025
Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus2025
Eupeodes corollae Eupeodes corollae2025
Eupeodes corollae Eupeodes corollae2025
Scaeva pyrastri Scaeva pyrastri2025
Scaeva pyrastri Scaeva pyrastri2025
Eupeodes Eupeodes2025
Eupeodes Eupeodes2025
Dasysyrphus albostriatus Dasysyrphus albostriatus2025
Dasysyrphus albostriatus Dasysyrphus albostriatus2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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