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Shornemead Fort

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📷 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
✦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

🌞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
🐕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

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 — Carrion Crow, Mallard, Goldfinch +93 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Carrion Crow, Mallard, Goldfinch +93 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Lesser Marsh Grasshopper, 16-spot Ladybird, Shrill Carder Bee +61 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Lesser Marsh Grasshopper, 16-spot Ladybird, Shrill Carder Bee +61 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Waterside walks

Good match

Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

12 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

1066 Harold's WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Purple Circular WalkWalking route

Named route

Red Circular WalkWalking route

Named routeRound trip

Strood Community TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

WealdwayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

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Cycling

92 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Heron TrailCycling route

Named routeRef 179National Cycle Network

NCN National Route 177 (Proposed)Cycling route

Named routeRef 177National Cycle Network

NCN National Route 177Cycling route

Named routeRef 177National Cycle Network

NCN National Route 13Cycling route

Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network

NCN National Route 1Cycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route930 m

Named routeRef 177Length 930 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

19,089 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

19,089 records · National Biodiversity Network

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Birds72 species

winter

2025

Magpie · Carrion Crow · Teal · Shelduck · Black-headed Gull +67

MagpiePica pica
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
TealAnas crecca
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
CootFulica atra
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
CurlewNumenius arquata
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
GadwallMareca strepera
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
DunlinCalidris alpina
RedshankTringa totanus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Great TitParus major
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Common GullLarus canus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Water RailRallus aquaticus
KnotCalidris canutus
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Brent GooseBranta bernicla
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Mute SwanCygnus olor
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
Rock DoveColumba livia
SanderlingCalidris alba
Stock DoveColumba oenas
RedwingTurdus iliacus
GreenfinchChloris chloris

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

19,089 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds72 species

winter

2025

Magpie · Carrion Crow · Teal · Shelduck · Black-headed Gull +67

MagpiePica pica
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
TealAnas crecca
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
CootFulica atra
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
CurlewNumenius arquata
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
GadwallMareca strepera
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
DunlinCalidris alpina
RedshankTringa totanus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Great TitParus major
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Common GullLarus canus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Water RailRallus aquaticus
KnotCalidris canutus
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Brent GooseBranta bernicla
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Mute SwanCygnus olor
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
Rock DoveColumba livia
SanderlingCalidris alba
Stock DoveColumba oenas
RedwingTurdus iliacus
GreenfinchChloris chloris

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 David Anstiss · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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