Two milestones at West Kingsdown
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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
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Getting here
51.34186, 0.26728
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 128m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 128m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Robin +63 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon, Robin +63 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Gatekeeper, Glow-worm, Peacock +23 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Moderate match
Plants — Bluebell · last seen 2018
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Oftord to Canterbury CathedralWalking route▾
follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees
Named routeRegional walking route
Darent Valley PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
North Downs Way (Eastern)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Southwark Cathedral to OtfordWalking route▾
part A of a route from Southwark Cathedral to Canterbury Cathedral
Named routeRegional walking route
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West Kingsdown Baptist Church
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
1,251 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,251 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds22 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Swift · Robin · Tawny Owl · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon +17
- SwiftApus apus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2018
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2021
- Common GullLarus canus2021
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2020
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2020
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2019
- JayGarrulus glandarius2019
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2019
🦌Mammals10 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Hazel Dormouse · Hedgehog · Small Mouse · Pygmy Shrew · Grey Squirrel +5
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Small MouseMuridae2019
- Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2023
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2020▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Glow-worm · Gatekeeper · Small White · Peacock · Box Tree Moth +17
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,251 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds22 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Swift · Robin · Tawny Owl · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon +17
- SwiftApus apus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2018
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2021
- Common GullLarus canus2021
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2020
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2020
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2019
- JayGarrulus glandarius2019
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2019
🦌Mammals10 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Hazel Dormouse · Hedgehog · Small Mouse · Pygmy Shrew · Grey Squirrel +5
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Small MouseMuridae2019
- Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2023
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2020▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Glow-worm · Gatekeeper · Small White · Peacock · Box Tree Moth +17
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wood Mouse
Wood Mouse
Apodemus sylvaticus2023
Apodemus sylvaticus2023
Red FoxVulpes vulpesRed FoxVulpes vulpesHouse MouseMus musculus2023House MouseMus musculus2023Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2023Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2023RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2020RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2020Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Large WhitePieris brassicae2019Large WhitePieris brassicae2019Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2019Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2019Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2020Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2020BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctariaJersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctariaCommon Rose FusehornArge pagana2023Common Rose FusehornArge pagana2023Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2023Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2023Dock BugCoreus marginatus2021Dock BugCoreus marginatus2021HornetVespa crabro2020HornetVespa crabro2020Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2019Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2019