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Sheerness defences

4 ha

📷 Chris Whippet · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome4 ha

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Rock Dove and Starling
✦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

🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Rock Dove and Starling
✦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

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking

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4 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Rock Dove, Starling, Jackdaw +64 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Rock Dove, Starling, Jackdaw +64 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Cordicollis instabilis, Broad Centurion, Marmalade Hoverfly +15 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Cordicollis instabilis, Broad Centurion, Marmalade Hoverfly +15 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km

Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Grain to WoolwichWalking route76 km

Named routeRef ECPLength 76 kmNational walking route

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Cycling

50 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 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

Main RouteCycling route36 m

Named routeRef 174Length 36 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

4,538 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,538 records · National Biodiversity Network

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Birds54 species

winter

2025

Black-headed Gull · House Sparrow · Woodpigeon · Turnstone · Magpie +49

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
MagpiePica pica
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Herring GullLarus argentatus
JackdawColoeus monedula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
DunnockPrunella modularis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Brent GooseBranta bernicla
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RedshankTringa totanus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great TitParus major
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
SanderlingCalidris alba
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
RookCorvus frugilegus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2023
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Common GullLarus canus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Little OwlAthene noctua2024
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2023
CootFulica atra2023
DunlinCalidris alpina2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2023
EiderSomateria mollissima2023

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Insects16 species

summerautumn

2025

Cordicollis instabilis · Broad Centurion · Marmalade Hoverfly · Sphaerophoria · Migrant Hawker +11

Cordicollis instabilisCordicollis instabilis2024
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2024
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,538 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds54 species

winter

2025

Black-headed Gull · House Sparrow · Woodpigeon · Turnstone · Magpie +49

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
MagpiePica pica
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Herring GullLarus argentatus
JackdawColoeus monedula
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
DunnockPrunella modularis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Brent GooseBranta bernicla
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RedshankTringa totanus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great TitParus major
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
SanderlingCalidris alba
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
RookCorvus frugilegus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2023
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Common GullLarus canus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Little OwlAthene noctua2024
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2023
CootFulica atra2023
DunlinCalidris alpina2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2023
EiderSomateria mollissima2023

🐝

Insects16 species

summerautumn

2025

Cordicollis instabilis · Broad Centurion · Marmalade Hoverfly · Sphaerophoria · Migrant Hawker +11

Cordicollis instabilisCordicollis instabilis2024
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2024
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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