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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.03748, 0.50315
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 293m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swift and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 293m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Swift, Woodpigeon, Goldfinch +73 more · last seen 2025
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: Church of St Laurence; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Birds — Swift, Woodpigeon, Goldfinch +73 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Glow-worm, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Tree Bumblebee +98 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Play TrailWalking route2 km▾
Named routeLength 2 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Sussex Border PathWalking route220 km▾
Named routeLength 220 kmRegional walking route
High Weald Landscape TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef HWLTListed length 145kmRegional walking route
Hensill Lanepublic footpath · 197 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 197 mPath type: residential
12 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 18Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 18Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route431 m▾
Named routeRef 18Length 431 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route628 m▾
Named routeRef 18Length 628 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route29 m▾
Named routeRef 18Length 29 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route40 m▾
Named routeRef 18Length 40 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Singletrack Mountain Bike TrailMountain bike route▾
Family Cycle RouteMountain bike route▾
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St Laurence’s Church, The Moor, Hawkhurst, Kent
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Wildlife to spot
2,731 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,731 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwift · Swallow · Greenfinch · Goldcrest · Collared Dove +19
- SwiftApus apus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- RavenCorvus corax
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2022
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2022
🦌Mammals5 species
springautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Fallow Deer · Hedgehog · House Mouse · Badger
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- House MouseMus musculus2023
- BadgerMeles meles2022
🐝Insects44 species
springsummer
2026▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Glow-worm · Bumblebee · Early Bumblebee +39
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2023
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025
- BumblebeeBombus2024
- Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024
- Western Honey Bee
Creeping Feather-moss · Three-nerved Sandwort · Redshank · Olive Beard-moss · Common Pincushion +12
- Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens
- Three-nerved SandwortMoehringia trinervia
- RedshankCeratodon purpureus
- Olive Beard-mossDidymodon tophaceus
- Common PincushionDicranoweisia cirrata
- Bird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculata
- Pointed Spear-moss
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,731 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwift · Swallow · Greenfinch · Goldcrest · Collared Dove +19
- SwiftApus apus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- RavenCorvus corax
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2022
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2022
🦌Mammals5 species
springautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Fallow Deer · Hedgehog · House Mouse · Badger
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- House MouseMus musculus2023
- BadgerMeles meles2022
🐝Insects44 species
springsummer
2026▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Glow-worm · Bumblebee · Early Bumblebee +39
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2023
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025
- BumblebeeBombus2024
- Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024
- Western Honey Bee
Creeping Feather-moss · Three-nerved Sandwort · Redshank · Olive Beard-moss · Common Pincushion +12
- Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens
- Three-nerved SandwortMoehringia trinervia
- RedshankCeratodon purpureus
- Olive Beard-mossDidymodon tophaceus
- Common PincushionDicranoweisia cirrata
- Bird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculata
- Pointed Spear-moss
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Apis mellifera2024
Apis mellifera2024
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2024Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2024Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2023Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2023Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2024Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2024Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2024Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2024Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2023Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2023Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2023Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2023Cionus hortulanusCionus hortulanus2025Cionus hortulanusCionus hortulanus20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025EupeodesEupeodes2025EupeodesEupeodes2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Cassida vibexCassida vibex2024Cassida vibexCassida vibex2024Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella2024Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella2024Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2024Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2024White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2024White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2024Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2024Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2024Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus2024Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus2024Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2024Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2024Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2023Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2023Rhingia rostrataRhingia rostrata2023Rhingia rostrataRhingia rostrata2023Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2023Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2023Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2023Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2023Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2023Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2023Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2023Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2023Tipula fulvipennisTipula fulvipennis2023Tipula fulvipennisTipula fulvipennis2023Ectophasia crassipennisEctophasia crassipennis2023Ectophasia crassipennisEctophasia crassipennis2023Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2023Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2023Dusky AntFormica fusca2023Dusky AntFormica fusca2023Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2023Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2023Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2023White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2023Dock BugCoreus marginatus2023Dock BugCoreus marginatus2023Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor2023Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor2023Calliergonella cuspidata
Calliergonella cuspidata
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelongaCommon Feather-mossKindbergia praelongaStreblotrichum convolutumStreblotrichum convolutumStreblotrichum convolutumStreblotrichum convolutumUpright Screw-mossTortula subulataUpright Screw-mossTortula subulataWall Screw-mossTortula muralisWall Screw-mossTortula muralisWood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinisWood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinisCommon Pocket-mossFissidens taxifoliusCommon Pocket-mossFissidens taxifoliusDune Thread-mossBryum dichotomumDune Thread-mossBryum dichotomumCuspidate Earth-mossTortula acaulonCuspidate Earth-mossTortula acaulonAppleyard's Feather-mossScleropodium cespitansAppleyard's Feather-mossScleropodium cespitansNicholson's Beard-mossDidymodon nicholsoniiNicholson's Beard-mossDidymodon nicholsonii