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✦ Ancient woodland1 ha

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Free entryDogs welcome1 ha

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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
🌿Foraging 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
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Swallow, Hobby, Blackbird +69 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Swallow, Hobby, Blackbird +69 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Small White, Gatekeeper, Large White +29 more · last seen 2023; Insects — Small White, Gatekeeper, Large White +29 more · last seen 2023

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Heritage

Good match

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Bluebell, Yellow Feather-moss · last seen 2018; Plants — Bluebell, Yellow Feather-moss · last seen 2018

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Darent Valley PathWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

North Downs Way (Eastern)Walking route

Named routeNational walking route

Samuel Palmer TrailWalking route

Immerse yourself in the life, work and inspiration of Samuel Palmer on an audio-guided journey through Shoreham and surrounding areas.

Named routeLocal walking route

Oftord to Canterbury CathedralWalking route

follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees

Named routeRegional walking route

Southwark Cathedral to OtfordWalking route

part A of a route from Southwark Cathedral to Canterbury Cathedral

Named routeRegional walking route

Wildlife to spot

3,873 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,873 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds79 species

winterspringsummer

2025

Red Kite · Swallow · Blackbird · Hobby · Blue Tit +74

Red KiteMilvus milvus
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
HobbyFalco subbuteo
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MagpiePica pica2023
BuzzardButeo buteo2023
RobinErithacus rubecula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
PeregrineFalco peregrinus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
JackdawColoeus monedula
RavenCorvus corax
Great TitParus major2023
JayGarrulus glandarius
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2013
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
DunnockPrunella modularis2021
Rock DoveColumba livia
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
RookCorvus frugilegus2018
GreenfinchChloris chloris2012
LinnetLinaria cannabina2011
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2021
NuthatchSitta europaea2011
WhitethroatCurruca communis2011
Stock DoveColumba oenas2011
Coal TitPeriparus ater2011
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
CuckooCuculus canorus2021
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2018
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2011
Common GullLarus canus2023
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2023
Little OwlAthene noctua2023
Greylag GooseAnser anser2022
SwiftApus apus2021
House MartinDelichon urbicum2017
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2016
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2012
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2011
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2011
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2024
Dartford WarblerCurruca undata2023
Falco subbuteo subbuteoFalco subbuteo subbuteo2023
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2023
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2022
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2021
Green ParakeetPsittacara holochlorus2019
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2016
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor2015
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2015
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2011
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2011
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2011
SiskinSpinus spinus2011
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2011

🦌

Mammals18 species

summer

2024

Hazel Dormouse · Common Pipistrelle · Eurasian Serotine · Pygmy Shrew · Noctule +13

Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2023
Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus2021
Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2023
NoctuleNyctalus noctula2023
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2023
Small MouseMuridae2019
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2017
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2021
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2023
BadgerMeles meles2023
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2021
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2021
Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.2019
BatChiroptera
SorexSorex2011

🐸

Amphibians2 species

winterspring

2020

Great Crested Newt · Common Frog

Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2014
Common FrogRana temporaria

🐟

Fish1 species

summer

2011

Shadefish

ShadefishArgyrosomus regius

🐝

Insects32 species

summer

2023

Small White · Gatekeeper · Large White · Brimstone · Peacock +27

Small WhitePieris rapae2019
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
PeacockAglais io2019
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2021
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2020
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2019
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2019
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2015
Common Rose FusehornArge pagana
Dasytes plumbeusDasytes plumbeus2020
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2020
Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2019
Psilothrix viridicoeruleaPsilothrix viridicoerulea2018
Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2018
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2018
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2018
Harmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilis2017
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2016
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2013
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2012
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2012

🌿

Plants2 species

spring

2018

Bluebell · Yellow Feather-moss

BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Yellow Feather-mossHomalothecium lutescens2011

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,873 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds79 species

winterspringsummer

2025

Red Kite · Swallow · Blackbird · Hobby · Blue Tit +74

Red KiteMilvus milvus
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
HobbyFalco subbuteo
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MagpiePica pica2023
BuzzardButeo buteo2023
RobinErithacus rubecula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
PeregrineFalco peregrinus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
JackdawColoeus monedula
RavenCorvus corax
Great TitParus major2023
JayGarrulus glandarius
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2013
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
DunnockPrunella modularis2021
Rock DoveColumba livia
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
RookCorvus frugilegus2018
GreenfinchChloris chloris2012
LinnetLinaria cannabina2011
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2021
NuthatchSitta europaea2011
WhitethroatCurruca communis2011
Stock DoveColumba oenas2011
Coal TitPeriparus ater2011
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
CuckooCuculus canorus2021
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2018
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2011
Common GullLarus canus2023
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2023
Little OwlAthene noctua2023
Greylag GooseAnser anser2022
SwiftApus apus2021
House MartinDelichon urbicum2017
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2016
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2012
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2011
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2011
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2024
Dartford WarblerCurruca undata2023
Falco subbuteo subbuteoFalco subbuteo subbuteo2023
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2023
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2022
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2021
Green ParakeetPsittacara holochlorus2019
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2016
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor2015
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2015
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2011
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2011
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2011
SiskinSpinus spinus2011
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2011

🦌

Mammals18 species

summer

2024

Hazel Dormouse · Common Pipistrelle · Eurasian Serotine · Pygmy Shrew · Noctule +13

Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2023
Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus2021
Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2023
NoctuleNyctalus noctula2023
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2023
Small MouseMuridae2019
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2017
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2021
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2023
BadgerMeles meles2023
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2021
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2021
Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.2019
BatChiroptera
SorexSorex2011

🐸

Amphibians2 species

winterspring

2020

Great Crested Newt · Common Frog

Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2014
Common FrogRana temporaria

🐟

Fish1 species

summer

2011

Shadefish

ShadefishArgyrosomus regius

🐝

Insects32 species

summer

2023

Small White · Gatekeeper · Large White · Brimstone · Peacock +27

Small WhitePieris rapae2019
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
PeacockAglais io2019
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2021
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2020
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2019
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2019
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2015
Common Rose FusehornArge pagana
Dasytes plumbeusDasytes plumbeus2020
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2020
Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2019
Psilothrix viridicoeruleaPsilothrix viridicoerulea2018
Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2018
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2018
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2018
Harmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilis2017
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2016
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2013
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2012
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2012

🌿

Plants2 species

spring

2018

Bluebell · Yellow Feather-moss

BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Yellow Feather-mossHomalothecium lutescens2011

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Chris Shaw · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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