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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.13168, 1.03145
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Goldfinch
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 117m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Goldfinch
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 117m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Goldfinch, Blue Tit +54 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Goldfinch, Blue Tit +54 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Common Blue, Small White +51 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Meadow Brown, Common Blue, Small White +51 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Named hiking route nearby: North Downs Way (Eastern)
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 13 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Elham Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 40kmRegional walking route
European walking route E9, Rye to DoverWalking route▾
Named routeRef E9International walking route
North Downs Way (Eastern)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km▾
Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route
Wye National Nature Reserve Nature TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN Regional Route 17 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 17Regional cycle route
N/ACycling route2 km▾
Named routeRef 17Length 2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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2,815 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
2,815 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Canada Goose · Greylag Goose · Robin · Goldfinch · Kestrel +43
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great TitParus major
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2020
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- Common GullLarus canus2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- SwiftApus apus2022
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
- CootFulica atra2020
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2020
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Badger · Rabbit · Hedgehog
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2019
🐝Insects35 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Small White · Small Heath · Red Admiral · Large White · Meadow Brown +30
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,815 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Canada Goose · Greylag Goose · Robin · Goldfinch · Kestrel +43
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great TitParus major
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2020
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- Common GullLarus canus2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- SwiftApus apus2022
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2022
- CootFulica atra2020
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2020
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Badger · Rabbit · Hedgehog
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2019
🐝Insects35 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Small White · Small Heath · Red Admiral · Large White · Meadow Brown +30
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Green-veined White
Green-veined White
Pieris napi2019
Pieris napi2019
Brown ArgusAricia agestis2019Brown ArgusAricia agestis2019Ferdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cuprea2020Ferdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cuprea2020CommaPolygonia c-album2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019Chalk Hill BluePolyommatus coridon2019Chalk Hill BluePolyommatus coridon2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019PeacockAglais io2019PeacockAglais io2019Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025ConopidaeConopidae2025ConopidaeConopidae2025Ledra auritaLedra aurita2025Ledra auritaLedra aurita2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Large Walnut AphidPanaphis juglandis2025Large Walnut AphidPanaphis juglandis2025Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor2024Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor2024EristalisEristalis2024EristalisEristalis2024Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2021Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2021Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2021Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2021Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2021Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2021Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2020Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2020Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2020Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2020Marsh SnipeflyRhagio tringarius2020Marsh SnipeflyRhagio tringarius2020Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2020Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2020Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2020Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2020Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019