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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.17599, 1.24614
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Robin +54 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Robin +54 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Common Blue, Small White +54 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Urban park — open green space
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Miner's Way TrailWalking route43.5 km▾
Named routeLength 43.5 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Via Francigena - 01 part Great BritainWalking route▾
Named routeRef VFInternational walking route
North Downs Way (Canterbury loop)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
20 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN Regional Route 16Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 16Regional cycle route
NCN Regional Route 15 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 15Regional cycle route
EuroVelo 5 - Via Romea Francigena - part United KingdomCycling route▾
Named routeRef EV5International cycle route
River Dour GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
N/ACycling route262 m▾
Named routeRef 16Length 262 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route1.4 km▾
Named routeRef 16Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
16,664 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
16,664 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Herring Gull · Blue Tit · Robin +37
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- CootFulica atra
- TealAnas crecca
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerwinter
2025▾
Red Fox · Common Shrew · Badger · Hedgehog
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
- BadgerMeles meles
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
🐝Insects30 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Common Blue · Meadow Brown · Large White · Small White · Small Heath +25
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,664 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Herring Gull · Blue Tit · Robin +37
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- CootFulica atra
- TealAnas crecca
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerwinter
2025▾
Red Fox · Common Shrew · Badger · Hedgehog
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
- BadgerMeles meles
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
🐝Insects30 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Common Blue · Meadow Brown · Large White · Small White · Small Heath +25
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Long-winged Cone-head
Long-winged Cone-head
Conocephalus fuscus2025
Conocephalus fuscus2025
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Thompson’s SawflyTenthredo thompsoni2025Thompson’s SawflyTenthredo thompsoni2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024Chalk Hill BluePolyommatus coridon2024Chalk Hill BluePolyommatus coridon20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataField GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2025Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris2025Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Hornet RobberflyAsilus crabroniformis2025Hornet RobberflyAsilus crabroniformis2025Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus2025Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus2025Blue ShieldbugZicrona caerulea2025Blue ShieldbugZicrona caerulea2025Cantharis lividaCantharis livida2025Cantharis lividaCantharis livida2025Flax CarverRhogogaster chambersi2025Flax CarverRhogogaster chambersi2025Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2025Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2025Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025Brown ArgusAricia agestis2024Brown ArgusAricia agestis2024Great Green Bush-cricketTettigonia viridissima2024Great Green Bush-cricketTettigonia viridissima2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024