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The Oval

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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
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🛝Playground 245m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🛝Playground 245m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking· PaidPicnic spotPlayground

Best for

10 activities

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 — Turnstone, Fulmar, Pied Wagtail +85 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Turnstone, Fulmar, Pied Wagtail +85 more · last seen 2026

Free

Picnic day out

Strong match

picnic area, car park; Urban park — open green space

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground, picnic area; Urban park — family destination

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Common Carder Bee, Common Darter, Bumblebee +48 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Carder Bee, Common Darter, Bumblebee +48 more · last seen 2025

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Turner & Dickens WalkWalking route

Named routeRef T&DLocal walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Ramsgate to WhitstableWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

Randolph Squarepublic footpath · 49 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 49 mPath type: footway

🚴

Cycling

49 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN Regional Route 15 (Kent)Cycling route

Named routeRef 15Regional cycle route

N/ACycling route131 m

Named routeRef 15Length 131 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route112 m

Named routeRef 15Length 112 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route92 m

Named routeRef 15Length 92 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route292 m

Named routeRef 15Length 292 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route62 m

Named routeRef 15Length 62 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete

Wildlife to spot

16,521 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

16,521 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds91 species

winter

2026

Turnstone · Fulmar · Pied Wagtail · Starling · Black-headed Gull +86

TurnstoneArenaria interpres
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Brent GooseBranta bernicla
WigeonMareca penelope2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Great TitParus major2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2024
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2025
OspreyPandion haliaetus2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca2024
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
RazorbillAlca torda2024
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2024
Common GuillemotUria aalge2023
Black BrantBranta bernicla nigricans2023
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2023
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2023
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2023

🦌

Mammals5 species

autumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · Grey Seal · Red Fox · Harbour Seal · Badger

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus2025
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina2025
BadgerMeles meles2024

🦎

Reptiles1 species

autumn

2023

Slow-worm

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis

🐸

Amphibians1 species

autumn

2024

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects51 species

summer

2025

Common Carder Bee · Common Darter · Bumblebee · 7-spot Ladybird · Red-tailed Bumblebee +46

Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
BumblebeeBombus2024
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024
Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2024
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2024
FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Ivy BeeColletes hederae2024
Vestal Cuckoo BeeBombus vestalis2024
Tetramesa hyalipennisTetramesa hyalipennis2024
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2024
Orygma luctuosumOrygma luctuosum
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Summer ChaferAmphimallon solstitiale
Southern Migrant HawkerAeshna affinis
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa
Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis
EupeodesEupeodes
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
SyrphusSyrphus
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Water ScorpionNepa cinerea
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2024
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024
Blunthorn Nomad BeeNomada flavopicta2024
Grey-patched Mining BeeAndrena nitida2024
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2024
Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2024
Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2024
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2023
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2023
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2023
Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus2023
Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2023

🌿

Plants12 species

autumn

2026

Bramble · Bordered Screw-moss · Swartz's Feather-moss · Common Feather-moss · Dune Thread-moss +7

BrambleRubus fruticosus2025
Bordered Screw-mossTortula marginata
Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians2025
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2025
Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum2025
Wavy Beard-mossDidymodon sinuosus2025
RedshankCeratodon purpureus2025
Bird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculata2025
Hornschuch's Beard-mossPseudocrossidium hornschuchianum2025
Soft-tufted Beard-mossDidymodon vinealis2025
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2025
Intermediate Screw-mossSyntrichia montana2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

16,521 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds91 species

winter

2026

Turnstone · Fulmar · Pied Wagtail · Starling · Black-headed Gull +86

TurnstoneArenaria interpres
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Brent GooseBranta bernicla
WigeonMareca penelope2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Great TitParus major2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2024
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
PintailAnas acuta2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2025
OspreyPandion haliaetus2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca2024
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
RazorbillAlca torda2024
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2024
Common GuillemotUria aalge2023
Black BrantBranta bernicla nigricans2023
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus2023
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2023
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2023

🦌

Mammals5 species

autumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · Grey Seal · Red Fox · Harbour Seal · Badger

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus2025
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina2025
BadgerMeles meles2024

🦎

Reptiles1 species

autumn

2023

Slow-worm

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis

🐸

Amphibians1 species

autumn

2024

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects51 species

summer

2025

Common Carder Bee · Common Darter · Bumblebee · 7-spot Ladybird · Red-tailed Bumblebee +46

Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
BumblebeeBombus2024
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024
Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2024
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2024
FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Ivy BeeColletes hederae2024
Vestal Cuckoo BeeBombus vestalis2024
Tetramesa hyalipennisTetramesa hyalipennis2024
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2024
Orygma luctuosumOrygma luctuosum
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Summer ChaferAmphimallon solstitiale
Southern Migrant HawkerAeshna affinis
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa
Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis
EupeodesEupeodes
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
SyrphusSyrphus
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Water ScorpionNepa cinerea
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2024
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024
Blunthorn Nomad BeeNomada flavopicta2024
Grey-patched Mining BeeAndrena nitida2024
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2024
Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2024
Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2024
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2023
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2023
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2023
Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus2023
Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2023

🌿

Plants12 species

autumn

2026

Bramble · Bordered Screw-moss · Swartz's Feather-moss · Common Feather-moss · Dune Thread-moss +7

BrambleRubus fruticosus2025
Bordered Screw-mossTortula marginata
Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians2025
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2025
Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum2025
Wavy Beard-mossDidymodon sinuosus2025
RedshankCeratodon purpureus2025
Bird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculata2025
Hornschuch's Beard-mossPseudocrossidium hornschuchianum2025
Soft-tufted Beard-mossDidymodon vinealis2025
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2025
Intermediate Screw-mossSyntrichia montana2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

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