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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.21313, 0.59438
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦40+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mediterranean Gull and Shoveler
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 160m away — 3 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦40+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mediterranean Gull and Shoveler
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 160m away — 3 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mediterranean Gull, Shoveler, Pochard +37 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Mediterranean Gull, Shoveler, Pochard +37 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named hiking route nearby: Greensand Way; Named hiking route nearby: Greensand Way
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Limnephilus lunatus · last seen 2024
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Oftord to Canterbury CathedralWalking route▾
follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees
Named routeRegional walking route
Scenic Green Trail Stage 3Walking route8.8 km▾
Named routeRef SGT3Length 8.8 kmLocal walking route
Scenic Green Trail Stage 4Walking route12 km▾
Named routeRef SGT4Length 12 kmLocal walking route
Scenic Green Trail Section 7Walking route13.6 km▾
Named routeRef SGT7Length 13.6 kmLocal walking route
North Downs Way (Eastern)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 177 (Proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 177National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 17Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 17National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route2.8 km▾
Named routeRef 17Length 2.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Photos
![Sutton Valence houses [3]](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/07/84/7078478_8776003b.jpg)
Sutton Valence houses [3]
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
1,183 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,183 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springautumn
2025▾
Mediterranean Gull · Shoveler · Pochard · Wigeon · Woodpigeon +35
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PochardAythya ferina
- WigeonMareca penelope
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- PintailAnas acuta2022
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2024
- GarganeySpatula querquedula2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- MerlinFalco columbarius2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- NuthatchSitta europaea2022
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
🦌Mammals7 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Hedgehog · Badger +2
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- BadgerMeles meles
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2023
Limnephilus lunatus
- Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,183 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springautumn
2025▾
Mediterranean Gull · Shoveler · Pochard · Wigeon · Woodpigeon +35
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PochardAythya ferina
- WigeonMareca penelope
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- PintailAnas acuta2022
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2024
- GarganeySpatula querquedula2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- MerlinFalco columbarius2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- NuthatchSitta europaea2022
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
🦌Mammals7 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Hedgehog · Badger +2
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- BadgerMeles meles
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2023
Limnephilus lunatus
- Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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