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📷 Wikipedia · White Tower (Tower of London) · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Woodpigeon
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🛝Playground 298m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Woodpigeon
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🛝Playground 298m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Herring Gull, Woodpigeon, Magpie +77 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Herring Gull, Woodpigeon, Magpie +77 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 — 7-spot Ladybird, Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Limnephilus marmoratus +40 more · last seen 2025; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Limnephilus marmoratus +40 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Bramble, Grey-cushioned Grimmia · last seen 2025; Plants — Bramble, Grey-cushioned Grimmia · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

6 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km

Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route

Turner & Dickens WalkWalking route

Named routeRef T&DLocal walking route

Augustine CaminoWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Folkestone to RamsgateWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Ramsgate to WhitstableWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

40 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN Regional Route 15 (Kent)Cycling route

Named routeRef 15Regional cycle route

N/ACycling route170 m

Named routeRef 15Length 170 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route61 m

Named routeRef 15Length 61 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete

N/ACycling route74 m

Named routeRef 15Length 74 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route62 m

Named routeRef 15Length 62 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete

N/ACycling route82 m

Named routeRef 15Length 82 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface cobbles

Wildlife to spot

15,743 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

15,743 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds48 species

spring

2026

Herring Gull · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blackbird · Black-headed Gull +43

Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Great TitParus major2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
SwiftApus apus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Little OwlAthene noctua2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

springwinter

2025

Stoat · Red Fox

StoatMustela erminea
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🐝

Insects15 species

summer

2025

Firebug · 7-spot Ladybird · Batman Hoverfly · Box Bug · Common Darter +10

FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Issus coleoptratusIssus coleoptratus
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Ribautiana tenerrimaRibautiana tenerrima
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Legnotus limbosusLegnotus limbosus
PhilaenusPhilaenus
ParthenolecaniumParthenolecanium

🌿

Plants1 species

summer

2025

Bramble

BrambleRubus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

15,743 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds48 species

spring

2026

Herring Gull · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blackbird · Black-headed Gull +43

Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Great TitParus major2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
SwiftApus apus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Little OwlAthene noctua2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

springwinter

2025

Stoat · Red Fox

StoatMustela erminea
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🐝

Insects15 species

summer

2025

Firebug · 7-spot Ladybird · Batman Hoverfly · Box Bug · Common Darter +10

FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Issus coleoptratusIssus coleoptratus
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Ribautiana tenerrimaRibautiana tenerrima
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Legnotus limbosusLegnotus limbosus
PhilaenusPhilaenus
ParthenolecaniumParthenolecanium

🌿

Plants1 species

summer

2025

Bramble

BrambleRubus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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