Wellham Wood ✦ Ancient woodland 15 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🍄 Fungi
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 15 ha
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51.20647, 0.71501
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🍄 Mushroom 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 🍄 Mushroom 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 £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🌿 Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow +57 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow +57 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Common Puffball, Razor Strop Fungus, Candlesnuff Fungus +40 more · last seen 2024; Fungi — Common Puffball, Razor Strop Fungus, Candlesnuff Fungus +40 more · last seen 2024
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Hair-pointed Feather-moss, Wall Scalewort, Silky Wall Feather-moss +2 more · last seen 2020
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Meadow Brown, Small White +35 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Large White, Meadow Brown, Small White +35 more · last seen 2024
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Stour Valley Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Listed length 82.9 km Regional walking route
Show on map Oftord to Canterbury Cathedral Walking route ▾
follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Scenic Green Trail Section 7 Walking route 13.6 km ▾
Named route Ref SGT7 Length 13.6 km Local walking route
Show on map North Downs Way (Eastern) Walking route ▾
Named route National walking route
Show on map Greensand Way Walking route ▾
Named route Ref GW Regional walking route
Show on map 19 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 177 (Proposed) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 177 National Cycle Network
Show on map NCN National Route 17 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 17 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 477 m ▾
Named route Ref 17 Length 477 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface unsealedfirm
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 321 m ▾
Named route Ref 17 Length 321 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 2.8 km ▾
Named route Ref 17 Length 2.8 km National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface unsealedfirm
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 130 m ▾
Named route Ref 17 Length 130 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map 3 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
✦ Ancient woodland — continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD. A rare and irreplaceable habitat, rich in biodiversity and historical character.
Photos Wellham Wood & Coldbridge Wood, Boughton Malherbe
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Wildlife to spot
3,375 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 3,375 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 45 species
winter summer autumn
2025 ▾
Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Jackdaw · Blackbird · Woodpigeon +40
Carrion Crow Corvus corone Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Blackbird Turdus merula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Stock Dove Columba oenas Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Great Tit Parus major Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Goldcrest Regulus regulus Magpie Pica pica House Sparrow Passer domesticus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Nuthatch Sitta europaea Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Redwing Turdus iliacus Jay Garrulus glandarius Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Coot Fulica atra Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2024 Skylark Alauda arvensis Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2024 Whitethroat Curruca communis2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2024 Hobby Falco subbuteo2023 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes2023 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2023 Dunnock Prunella modularis2023 Rook Corvus frugilegus2022 🦌 Mammals 8 species
winter spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Hazel Dormouse · Badger · Rabbit · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel +3
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius2025 Badger Meles meles Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2024 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2024 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Meadow Brown · Large White · Emperor Dragonfly · Silver-washed Fritillary · Common Red Soldier Beetle +9
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2022 Large White Pieris brassicae2022 Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2022 Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia2022 Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva Comma Polygonia c-album Common Puffball · Candlesnuff Fungus · Snakeskin Grisette · Meadow Waxcap · Trooping Funnel +4
Common Puffball Lycoperdon perlatum Candlesnuff Fungus Xylaria hypoxylon Snakeskin Grisette Amanita ceciliae Meadow Waxcap Cuphophyllus pratensis var. pratensis Trooping Funnel Infundibulicybe geotropa Turkeytail Trametes versicolor Deceiver Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 3,375 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 45 species
winter summer autumn
2025 ▾
Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Jackdaw · Blackbird · Woodpigeon +40
Carrion Crow Corvus corone Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Blackbird Turdus merula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Stock Dove Columba oenas Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Great Tit Parus major Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Goldcrest Regulus regulus Magpie Pica pica House Sparrow Passer domesticus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Nuthatch Sitta europaea Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Redwing Turdus iliacus Jay Garrulus glandarius Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Coot Fulica atra Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2024 Skylark Alauda arvensis Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2024 Whitethroat Curruca communis2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2024 Hobby Falco subbuteo2023 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes2023 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2023 Dunnock Prunella modularis2023 Rook Corvus frugilegus2022 🦌 Mammals 8 species
winter spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Hazel Dormouse · Badger · Rabbit · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel +3
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius2025 Badger Meles meles Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2024 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2024 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Meadow Brown · Large White · Emperor Dragonfly · Silver-washed Fritillary · Common Red Soldier Beetle +9
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2022 Large White Pieris brassicae2022 Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2022 Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia2022 Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva Comma Polygonia c-album Common Puffball · Candlesnuff Fungus · Snakeskin Grisette · Meadow Waxcap · Trooping Funnel +4
Common Puffball Lycoperdon perlatum Candlesnuff Fungus Xylaria hypoxylon Snakeskin Grisette Amanita ceciliae Meadow Waxcap Cuphophyllus pratensis var. pratensis Trooping Funnel Infundibulicybe geotropa Turkeytail Trametes versicolor Deceiver Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Natterer's Bat Myotis nattereri2023
Natterer's Bat Myotis nattereri2023
Stoat Mustela erminea2024
Stoat Mustela erminea2024
Daubenton's Bat Myotis daubentonii2024
Daubenton's Bat Myotis daubentonii2024 2022
2022
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2022
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2022
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus2023
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus2023
Peacock Aglais io2022
Peacock Aglais io2022
Small White Pieris rapae2022
Small White Pieris rapae2022
Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris2022
Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris2022 Laccaria laccata
Laccaria laccata
Razor Strop Fungus Fomitopsis betulina
Razor Strop Fungus Fomitopsis betulina
Blackening Brittlegill Russula nigricans
Blackening Brittlegill Russula nigricans 