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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
🛝Playground 277m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ 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
🛝Playground 277m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

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🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

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, Starling, House Sparrow +91 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Starling, House Sparrow +91 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Box Tree Moth, Large White, Lily Beetle +54 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Box Tree Moth, Large White, Lily Beetle +54 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Spanish Bluebell, Porphyra purpurea, Soft-tufted Beard-moss +11 more · last seen 2018; Plants — Spanish Bluebell, Porphyra purpurea, Soft-tufted Beard-moss +11 more · last seen 2018

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

King Charles III England Coast Path: Whitstable to IwadeWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Iwade to GrainWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km

Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route

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Cycling

58 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 174Cycling route

Named routeRef 174National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route4 m

Named routeRef 174Length 4 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.1 km

Named routeRef 174Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route6 m

Named routeRef 174Length 6 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.3 km

Named routeRef 174Length 1.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route483 m

Named routeRef 174Length 483 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

4,317 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,317 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds96 species

winterspringsummer

2025

Woodpigeon · Starling · House Sparrow · Blackbird · Black-headed Gull +91

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
RobinErithacus rubecula2022
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Herring GullLarus argentatus2021
MagpiePica pica2022
JackdawColoeus monedula2022
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
Great TitParus major2022
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2021
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
RookCorvus frugilegus2023
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
CurlewNumenius arquata2023
RedshankTringa totanus2023
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
Common GullLarus canus2019
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2021
SwiftApus apus2021
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2018
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
DunnockPrunella modularis2022
DunlinCalidris alpina2019
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
Rock DoveColumba livia2021
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2019
BuzzardButeo buteo2023
CootFulica atra2023
SwallowHirundo rustica2022
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2021
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2021
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2020
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2018
Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
SanderlingCalidris alba2021
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2019
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2018
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2018
GreenfinchChloris chloris2016
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
TealAnas crecca2023
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2018
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
Barn OwlTyto alba2022
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2022
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
LinnetLinaria cannabina2021
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2018
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2018
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2016
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2010
Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2023
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2022
WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2019
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2019
Greylag GooseAnser anser2018
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2018
Shore LarkEremophila alpestris2016
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2013
Little TernSternula albifrons2011
RedwingTurdus iliacus2011
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2011
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2023
Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
Haematopus ostralegus ostralegusHaematopus ostralegus ostralegus2023
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2022
Common TernSterna hirundo2021
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2018
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2018
GadwallMareca strepera2018
GannetMorus bassanus2017
Little OwlAthene noctua2014
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus2013
Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2013
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2013
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2013
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2012
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2011
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2011
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2010

🦌

Mammals13 species

summerautumn

2025

Hedgehog · Rabbit · Brown Hare · Coypu · Common Pipistrelle +8

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
Brown HareLepus europaeus2021
CoypuMyocastor coypus
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus2024
Water VoleArvicola amphibius2023
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2020
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2020
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2020
Common ShrewSorex araneus2018
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2017

🦎

Reptiles2 species

summer

2021

Slow-worm · Common Lizard

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
Common LizardZootoca vivipara2019

🐸

Amphibians4 species

spring

2020

Common Frog · Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt · frogs and toads

Common FrogRana temporaria
Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2014
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2019
frogs and toadsAnura2012

🐝

Insects57 species

summer

2025

Box Tree Moth · Large White · Lily Beetle · Migrant Hawker · Gatekeeper +52

Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2020
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2023
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2020
PeacockAglais io2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2019
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2012
Shrill Carder BeeBombus sylvarum2024
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
Ivy BeeColletes hederae2024
Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2019
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019
FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2024
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2023
White-bellied Mining BeeAndrena gravida2021
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2020
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2020
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2020
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2020
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2019
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2017
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2010
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria
Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2024
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2024
Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2023
Microplontus campestrisMicroplontus campestris2023
Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus2023
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2022
SyrphusSyrphus2021
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2020
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2020
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2020
CinnabarTyria jacobaeae2019
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
Brown-banded Carder BeeBombus humilis2019
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2018
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2018
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2017
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2017
Common Leaf WeevilPhyllobius pyri2016
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2015
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2011

🌿

Plants14 species

spring

2018

Spanish Bluebell · Porphyra purpurea · Soft-tufted Beard-moss · Creeping Feather-moss · Forked Veilwort +9

Spanish BluebellHyacinthoides hispanica
Porphyra purpureaPorphyra purpurea2013
Soft-tufted Beard-mossDidymodon vinealis2011
Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens2011
Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2011
Supine Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatum2011
Cypress-leaved Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme2011
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2011
Common PincushionDicranoweisia cirrata2011
Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius2011
Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum2011
White-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanum2011
Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare2011
Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2011

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,317 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds96 species

winterspringsummer

2025

Woodpigeon · Starling · House Sparrow · Blackbird · Black-headed Gull +91

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
RobinErithacus rubecula2022
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Herring GullLarus argentatus2021
MagpiePica pica2022
JackdawColoeus monedula2022
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
Great TitParus major2022
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2021
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
RookCorvus frugilegus2023
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
CurlewNumenius arquata2023
RedshankTringa totanus2023
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
Common GullLarus canus2019
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2021
SwiftApus apus2021
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2018
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
DunnockPrunella modularis2022
DunlinCalidris alpina2019
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
Rock DoveColumba livia2021
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2019
BuzzardButeo buteo2023
CootFulica atra2023
SwallowHirundo rustica2022
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2021
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2021
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2020
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2018
Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
SanderlingCalidris alba2021
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2019
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2018
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2018
GreenfinchChloris chloris2016
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
TealAnas crecca2023
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2018
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
Barn OwlTyto alba2022
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2022
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
LinnetLinaria cannabina2021
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2018
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2018
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2016
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2010
Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2023
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2022
WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2019
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2019
Greylag GooseAnser anser2018
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2018
Shore LarkEremophila alpestris2016
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2013
Little TernSternula albifrons2011
RedwingTurdus iliacus2011
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2011
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2023
Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
Haematopus ostralegus ostralegusHaematopus ostralegus ostralegus2023
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2022
Common TernSterna hirundo2021
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2018
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2018
GadwallMareca strepera2018
GannetMorus bassanus2017
Little OwlAthene noctua2014
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus2013
Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2013
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2013
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2013
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2012
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2011
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2011
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2010

🦌

Mammals13 species

summerautumn

2025

Hedgehog · Rabbit · Brown Hare · Coypu · Common Pipistrelle +8

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
Brown HareLepus europaeus2021
CoypuMyocastor coypus
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus2024
Water VoleArvicola amphibius2023
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2020
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2020
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2020
Common ShrewSorex araneus2018
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2017

🦎

Reptiles2 species

summer

2021

Slow-worm · Common Lizard

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
Common LizardZootoca vivipara2019

🐸

Amphibians4 species

spring

2020

Common Frog · Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt · frogs and toads

Common FrogRana temporaria
Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2014
Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2019
frogs and toadsAnura2012

🐝

Insects57 species

summer

2025

Box Tree Moth · Large White · Lily Beetle · Migrant Hawker · Gatekeeper +52

Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2020
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2023
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2020
PeacockAglais io2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2019
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2012
Shrill Carder BeeBombus sylvarum2024
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
Ivy BeeColletes hederae2024
Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2019
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019
FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2024
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2023
White-bellied Mining BeeAndrena gravida2021
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2020
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2020
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2020
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2020
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2019
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2017
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2010
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria
Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2024
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2024
Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2023
Microplontus campestrisMicroplontus campestris2023
Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus2023
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2022
SyrphusSyrphus2021
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2020
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2020
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2020
CinnabarTyria jacobaeae2019
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
Brown-banded Carder BeeBombus humilis2019
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2018
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2018
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2017
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2017
Common Leaf WeevilPhyllobius pyri2016
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2015
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2011

🌿

Plants14 species

spring

2018

Spanish Bluebell · Porphyra purpurea · Soft-tufted Beard-moss · Creeping Feather-moss · Forked Veilwort +9

Spanish BluebellHyacinthoides hispanica
Porphyra purpureaPorphyra purpurea2013
Soft-tufted Beard-mossDidymodon vinealis2011
Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens2011
Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2011
Supine Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatum2011
Cypress-leaved Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme2011
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2011
Common PincushionDicranoweisia cirrata2011
Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius2011
Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum2011
White-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanum2011
Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare2011
Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2011

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 John Baker · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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