🦉Wildlife🦅Birds⚽Pitches
Public accessDogs welcome
Getting here
51.33487, 0.36888
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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
- ⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Blue Tit +52 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Blue Tit +52 more · last seen 2026
Free
⚽Playing fields
Very strong match
Playing field
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Large White, Small Heath +72 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Large White, Small Heath +72 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Oftord to Canterbury CathedralWalking route▾
follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees
Named routeRegional walking route
Scenic Green Trail Section 1Walking route6.4 km▾
Named routeRef SGT1Length 6.4 kmLocal walking route
North Downs Way (Eastern)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
WealdwayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
8,122 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,122 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
springsummer
2026▾
Blackbird · Blue Tit · Song Thrush · Robin · Tawny Owl +32
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Hazel Dormouse · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Common Shrew
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Common ShrewSorex araneus2025
Rufous Grasshopper · Red-legged Shieldbug · Sallow Pea-galler · Speckled Bush-cricket · Meadow Grasshopper +36
- Rufous GrasshopperGomphocerippus rufus
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Sallow Pea-gallerEuura pedunculi
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
- Psococerastis gibbosaPsococerastis gibbosa
🌿Plants8 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Forked Veilwort · Bank Haircap · Cypress-leaved Plait-moss · Rubus vestitus · Rough-stalked Feather-moss +3
- Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata
- Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
- Cypress-leaved Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme
- Rubus vestitusRubus vestitus
- Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
- Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,122 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
springsummer
2026▾
Blackbird · Blue Tit · Song Thrush · Robin · Tawny Owl +32
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Hazel Dormouse · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Common Shrew
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Common ShrewSorex araneus2025
Rufous Grasshopper · Red-legged Shieldbug · Sallow Pea-galler · Speckled Bush-cricket · Meadow Grasshopper +36
- Rufous GrasshopperGomphocerippus rufus
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Sallow Pea-gallerEuura pedunculi
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
- Psococerastis gibbosaPsococerastis gibbosa
🌿Plants8 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Forked Veilwort · Bank Haircap · Cypress-leaved Plait-moss · Rubus vestitus · Rough-stalked Feather-moss +3
- Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata
- Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
- Cypress-leaved Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme
- Rubus vestitusRubus vestitus
- Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
- Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
7-spot Ladybird
7-spot Ladybird
Coccinella septempunctata
Coccinella septempunctata
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.Rhyzobius lophanthaeRhyzobius lophanthaeRhyzobius lophanthaeRhyzobius lophanthaeRambur's Pied ShieldbugTritomegas sexmaculatusRambur's Pied ShieldbugTritomegas sexmaculatusScymnus interruptusScymnus interruptusScymnus interruptusScymnus interruptusLong-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscusLong-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscusHeather LadybirdChilocorus bipustulatusHeather LadybirdChilocorus bipustulatusDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraDark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoapteraHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumTurtle BugPodops inunctaTurtle BugPodops inunctaOnthophagus joannaeOnthophagus joannaeOnthophagus joannaeOnthophagus joannaeSouthern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionaleSouthern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionaleCicadella viridisCicadella viridisCicadella viridisCicadella viridisAphodiusAphodiusAphodiusAphodiusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusSiphoninus phillyreaeSiphoninus phillyreaeSiphoninus phillyreaeSiphoninus phillyreaeAvens Mining SawflyMetallus lanceolatusAvens Mining SawflyMetallus lanceolatusPhaonia subventaPhaonia subventaPhaonia subventaPhaonia subventaField GrasshopperChorthippus brunneusField GrasshopperChorthippus brunneusGlow-wormLampyris noctilucaGlow-wormLampyris noctilucaBrown ChaferSerica brunneaBrown ChaferSerica brunneaAphodius fimetariusAphodius fimetariusAphodius fimetariusAphodius fimetariusCommon Ground-hopperTetrix undulataCommon Ground-hopperTetrix undulataSicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineusOak Mining SawflyProfenusa pygmaeaOak Mining SawflyProfenusa pygmaeaViburnum Leaf BeetlePyrrhalta viburniViburnum Leaf BeetlePyrrhalta viburniThistle Tortoise BeetleCassida rubiginosaThistle Tortoise BeetleCassida rubiginosaCommon Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulusCommon Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulusWestern Honey BeeApis melliferaWestern Honey BeeApis melliferaOrchestes quercusOrchestes quercusOrchestes quercusOrchestes quercusCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaLiparus coronatusLiparus coronatusLiparus coronatusLiparus coronatusIvy Boring BeetleOchina ptinoidesIvy Boring BeetleOchina ptinoidesGreen Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceusGreen Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceusCantharis nigricansCantharis nigricansCantharis nigricansCantharis nigricansSwan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornumSwan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornumRubus leptadenesRubus leptadenesRubus leptadenesRubus leptadenesEvents & activities nearby
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