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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🛝 Family
Public access Dogs welcome
Places › England › South East › Sevenoaks Getting here
51.29103, 0.21900
Open directionsv 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 ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Deniz Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Deniz Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Free 🛝 Playground
🦉 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, Magpie, Blackbird +70 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blackbird +70 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Allotments
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Marmalade Hoverfly, Dimorphic Strider, Dark Bush-cricket +48 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Marmalade Hoverfly, Dimorphic Strider, Dark Bush-cricket +48 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 14 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Darent Valley Path Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Woodland Ramble, Knole Walking route 4 km ▾
Named route Length 4 km Duration 01:00 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Ightham Mote Circular Walk to Old Soar Manor, Ightham Mote Walking route 11.2 km ▾
This circular links two National Trust places, both dating back to medieval England. The trail goes through Scathes ancient woodland, into the Fairlawne Estate & onto Plaxtol Spout before returning to Ightham Mote through orchards & the Greensand Way.
Named route Length 11.2 km Duration 04:30 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map North Downs Way (Eastern) Walking route ▾
Named route National walking route
Show on map Greensand Way Walking route ▾
Named route Ref GW Regional walking route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Kraken TDC Trails Cycling route ▾
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Wildlife to spot
27,117 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 27,117 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 34 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Song Thrush · Blackbird · Swift · Carrion Crow +29
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Blackbird Turdus merula Swift Apus apus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Dunnock Prunella modularis Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Magpie Pica pica Robin Erithacus rubecula Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Goldcrest Regulus regulus Stock Dove Columba oenas Herring Gull Larus argentatus Swallow Hirundo rustica Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Great Tit Parus major Garden Warbler Sylvia borin Starling Sturnus vulgaris Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Tawny Owl Strix aluco Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Jay Garrulus glandarius Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Barn Owl Tyto alba Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Greenfinch Chloris chloris Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis House Sparrow Passer domesticus Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Hedgehog · Fallow Deer +3
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Fallow Deer Dama dama Polecat Mustela putorius Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Toad
Willow Emerald Damselfly · Meadow Grasshopper · Potato Capsid · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Common Cockchafer +15
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus Potato Capsid Closterotomus norwegicus Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 27,117 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 34 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Woodpigeon · Song Thrush · Blackbird · Swift · Carrion Crow +29
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Blackbird Turdus merula Swift Apus apus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Dunnock Prunella modularis Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Magpie Pica pica Robin Erithacus rubecula Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Goldcrest Regulus regulus Stock Dove Columba oenas Herring Gull Larus argentatus Swallow Hirundo rustica Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Great Tit Parus major Garden Warbler Sylvia borin Starling Sturnus vulgaris Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti Tawny Owl Strix aluco Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Jay Garrulus glandarius Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Barn Owl Tyto alba Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Greenfinch Chloris chloris Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis House Sparrow Passer domesticus Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Hedgehog · Fallow Deer +3
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Fallow Deer Dama dama Polecat Mustela putorius Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Toad
Willow Emerald Damselfly · Meadow Grasshopper · Potato Capsid · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Common Cockchafer +15
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus Potato Capsid Closterotomus norwegicus Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi
Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi Nephrotoma appendiculata
Nephrotoma appendiculata
Nephrotoma appendiculata
Nephrotoma appendiculata
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Chrysotoxum cautum Chrysotoxum cautum
Chrysotoxum cautum Chrysotoxum cautum
Dimorphic Strider Macrophya montana
Dimorphic Strider Macrophya montana
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera
Cinquefoil Strider Macrophya annulata
Cinquefoil Strider Macrophya annulata
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans
Empis tessellata Empis tessellata
Empis tessellata Empis tessellata
Thelaira Thelaira
Thelaira Thelaira
Asparagus Beetle Crioceris asparagi
Asparagus Beetle Crioceris asparagi
Green Tiger Beetle Cicindela campestris
Green Tiger Beetle Cicindela campestris
Tipula vernalis Tipula vernalis
Tipula vernalis Tipula vernalis
Harpocera thoracica Harpocera thoracica
Harpocera thoracica Harpocera thoracica 