Stubbersdown Wood ✦ Ancient woodland 4 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🍂 Seasonal
Free entry Dogs welcome 4 ha
Places › England › South East › Tonbridge and Malling Getting here
51.29934, 0.38586
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 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 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 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🌿 Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat🦉 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, Robin, Magpie +68 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Magpie +68 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Wood Bristle-moss, Swartz's Feather-moss, Crescent-cup Liverwort +45 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Wood Bristle-moss, Swartz's Feather-moss, Crescent-cup Liverwort +45 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Large White +36 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Large White +36 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 7 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Oftord to Canterbury Cathedral Walking route ▾
follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees
Named route Regional 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 Scenic Green Trail Section 1 Walking route 6.4 km ▾
Named route Ref SGT1 Length 6.4 km Local walking route
Show on map North Downs Way (Eastern) Walking route ▾
Named route National walking route
Show on map Medway Valley Walk Walking route 45 km ▾
Named route Length 45 km Regional walking route
Show on map 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 177 (Proposed) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 177 National Cycle Network
Show on map NCN National Route 178 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 178 National Cycle Network
Show on map ✦ Ancient woodland — continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD. A rare and irreplaceable habitat, rich in biodiversity and historical character.
Photos Footpath junction near Stubberdown Wood
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Wildlife to spot
14,112 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 14,112 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 45 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Pochard · Shoveler · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Wren +40
Pochard Aythya ferina Shoveler Spatula clypeata Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Robin Erithacus rubecula Carrion Crow Corvus corone Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Tit Parus major Stock Dove Columba oenas Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Blackbird Turdus merula Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Nuthatch Sitta europaea Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Skylark Alauda arvensis Rock Dove Columba livia Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Coot Fulica atra2024 Gadwall Mareca strepera2024 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2024 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2024 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros Jay Garrulus glandarius Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes Starling Sturnus vulgaris Merlin Falco columbarius2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2024 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2024 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2024 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2024 🦌 Mammals 4 species
summer autumn winter
2025 ▾
Hazel Dormouse · Squirrel · Brown Long-eared Bat · Common Pipistrelle
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius Squirrel Sciurus Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2024 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo2025 🐝 Insects 17 species
spring autumn
2025 ▾
Large White · 16-spot Ladybird · Southern Green Shieldbug · Pea-leaf Weevil · Western Conifer Seed Bug +12
Large White Pieris brassicae2024 16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula Pea-leaf Weevil Sitona lineatus Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis2024 Speckled Wood Wood Bristle-moss · Streblotrichum convolutum · Straw Bristle-moss · Supine Plait-moss · Swartz's Feather-moss +8
Wood Bristle-moss Lewinskya affinis Streblotrichum convolutum Streblotrichum convolutum Straw Bristle-moss Orthotrichum stramineum Supine Plait-moss Hypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatum Swartz's Feather-moss Oxyrrhynchium hians Marble Screw-moss Syntrichia papillosa Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 14,112 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 45 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Pochard · Shoveler · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Wren +40
Pochard Aythya ferina Shoveler Spatula clypeata Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Robin Erithacus rubecula Carrion Crow Corvus corone Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Tit Parus major Stock Dove Columba oenas Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Blackbird Turdus merula Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Nuthatch Sitta europaea Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Skylark Alauda arvensis Rock Dove Columba livia Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Coot Fulica atra2024 Gadwall Mareca strepera2024 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2024 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2024 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2024 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros Jay Garrulus glandarius Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Greenfinch Chloris chloris Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes Starling Sturnus vulgaris Merlin Falco columbarius2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2024 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2024 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2024 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2024 🦌 Mammals 4 species
summer autumn winter
2025 ▾
Hazel Dormouse · Squirrel · Brown Long-eared Bat · Common Pipistrelle
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius Squirrel Sciurus Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2024 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo2025 🐝 Insects 17 species
spring autumn
2025 ▾
Large White · 16-spot Ladybird · Southern Green Shieldbug · Pea-leaf Weevil · Western Conifer Seed Bug +12
Large White Pieris brassicae2024 16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula Pea-leaf Weevil Sitona lineatus Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis2024 Speckled Wood Wood Bristle-moss · Streblotrichum convolutum · Straw Bristle-moss · Supine Plait-moss · Swartz's Feather-moss +8
Wood Bristle-moss Lewinskya affinis Streblotrichum convolutum Streblotrichum convolutum Straw Bristle-moss Orthotrichum stramineum Supine Plait-moss Hypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatum Swartz's Feather-moss Oxyrrhynchium hians Marble Screw-moss Syntrichia papillosa Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pararge aegeria2024
Pararge aegeria2024
Snail Hunter Cychrus caraboides
Snail Hunter Cychrus caraboides
Volucella bombylans Volucella bombylans
Volucella bombylans Volucella bombylans
Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha
Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha
Cramp-Ball Fungus Weevil Platyrhinus resinosus
Cramp-Ball Fungus Weevil Platyrhinus resinosus
Mecinus pascuorum Mecinus pascuorum
Mecinus pascuorum Mecinus pascuorum
Rhyzobius Rhyzobius
Rhyzobius Rhyzobius
Pogonocherus hispidus Pogonocherus hispidus
Pogonocherus hispidus Pogonocherus hispidus
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2024
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2024 Crescent-cup Liverwort
Crescent-cup Liverwort
Lunularia cruciata
Lunularia cruciata
Anomalous Bristle-moss Orthotrichum anomalum
Anomalous Bristle-moss Orthotrichum anomalum
Intermediate Screw-moss Syntrichia montana
Intermediate Screw-moss Syntrichia montana
Whitish Feather-moss Brachythecium albicans
Whitish Feather-moss Brachythecium albicans
Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga
Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga
Silky Wall Feather-moss Homalothecium sericeum
Silky Wall Feather-moss Homalothecium sericeum
Pointed Spear-moss Calliergonella cuspidata
Pointed Spear-moss Calliergonella cuspidata 