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Westcliff Gardens

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Getting here

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 437m away — 4 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 437m away — 4 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Herring Gull, Turnstone, Robin +90 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Herring Gull, Turnstone, Robin +90 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Red-tailed Bumblebee, White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers, Buff-tailed Bumblebee +46 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Red-tailed Bumblebee, White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers, Buff-tailed Bumblebee +46 more · last seen 2026

Free

Hiking

Good match

Named hiking route nearby: King Charles III England Coast Path: Ramsgate to Whitstable

Free

Family friendly

Good match

Urban park — family destination

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Turner & Dickens WalkWalking route

Named routeRef T&DLocal walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Ramsgate to WhitstableWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

Wantsum WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

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Cycling

34 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN Regional Route 15 (Kent)Cycling route

Named routeRef 15Regional cycle route

N/ACycling route131 m

Named routeRef 15Length 131 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

N/ACycling route149 m

Named routeRef 15Length 149 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route212 m

Named routeRef 15Length 212 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete

Wildlife to spot

11,262 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

11,262 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds97 species

autumn

2026

Herring Gull · Turnstone · Robin · Carrion Crow · Magpie +92

Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Great TitParus major2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Dusky WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2024
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2024
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
ShagGulosus aristotelis2022
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2025
Water PipitAnthus spinoletta2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca2024
DunlinCalidris alpina2024
Little OwlAthene noctua2023
Black BrantBranta bernicla nigricans2023
Light-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla hrota2023
Calidris alba albaCalidris alba alba2022
WoodlarkLullula arborea2022
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2021
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2021
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2021
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2021
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2021
Stock DoveColumba oenas2021
LapwingVanellus vanellus2021
Barn OwlTyto alba2021
White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla2021

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Mammals6 species

winterautumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Hedgehog · Badger · Brown Hare +1

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
BadgerMeles meles2024
Brown HareLepus europaeus2021
BatChiroptera2020

🐸

Amphibians2 species

springsummer

2025

Common Frog · Lissotriton

Common FrogRana temporaria
LissotritonLissotriton2021

🐝

Insects49 species

springsummer

2026

Red-tailed Bumblebee · White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Bombus lucorum · Western Honey Bee +44

Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2022
White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2023
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2025
Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2022
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2023
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
BumblebeeBombus2023
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025
Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor2024
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2024
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2022
Smoky-winged Woodlouse-flyMelanophora roralis2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Tetramesa hyalipennisTetramesa hyalipennis2024
Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2024
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2023
Grizzled Woodlouse-flyStevenia deceptoria2023
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2023
Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus2022
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
Orygma luctuosumOrygma luctuosum2025
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025
Anthidium manicatum subsp. manicatumAnthidium manicatum subsp. manicatum2024
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2024
Anthidium manicatum subsp. nigrithoraxAnthidium manicatum subsp. nigrithorax2024
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024
ChyromyidaeChyromyidae2024
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024
Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2024
Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis2024
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2023
Culiseta annulataCuliseta annulata2023
Ivy BeeColletes hederae2023
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2023
Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2023
Ridge-saddled Carpenter BeeHeriades truncorum2023
Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus2023
Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2023
Large Garden BumblebeeBombus ruderatus2023
Locust BlowflyStomorhina lunata2022
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2022
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2021

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

11,262 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds97 species

autumn

2026

Herring Gull · Turnstone · Robin · Carrion Crow · Magpie +92

Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Great TitParus major2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Dusky WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2024
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2024
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
ShagGulosus aristotelis2022
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2025
Water PipitAnthus spinoletta2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca2024
DunlinCalidris alpina2024
Little OwlAthene noctua2023
Black BrantBranta bernicla nigricans2023
Light-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla hrota2023
Calidris alba albaCalidris alba alba2022
WoodlarkLullula arborea2022
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2021
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2021
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2021
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus2021
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2021
Stock DoveColumba oenas2021
LapwingVanellus vanellus2021
Barn OwlTyto alba2021
White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla2021

🦌

Mammals6 species

winterautumn

2026

Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Hedgehog · Badger · Brown Hare +1

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
BadgerMeles meles2024
Brown HareLepus europaeus2021
BatChiroptera2020

🐸

Amphibians2 species

springsummer

2025

Common Frog · Lissotriton

Common FrogRana temporaria
LissotritonLissotriton2021

🐝

Insects49 species

springsummer

2026

Red-tailed Bumblebee · White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Bombus lucorum · Western Honey Bee +44

Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2022
White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2023
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2025
Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2022
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2023
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
BumblebeeBombus2023
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025
Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor2024
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2024
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2022
Smoky-winged Woodlouse-flyMelanophora roralis2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Tetramesa hyalipennisTetramesa hyalipennis2024
Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2024
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2023
Grizzled Woodlouse-flyStevenia deceptoria2023
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2023
Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus2022
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
Orygma luctuosumOrygma luctuosum2025
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025
Anthidium manicatum subsp. manicatumAnthidium manicatum subsp. manicatum2024
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2024
Anthidium manicatum subsp. nigrithoraxAnthidium manicatum subsp. nigrithorax2024
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024
ChyromyidaeChyromyidae2024
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024
Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2024
Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis2024
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2023
Culiseta annulataCuliseta annulata2023
Ivy BeeColletes hederae2023
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2023
Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2023
Ridge-saddled Carpenter BeeHeriades truncorum2023
Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus2023
Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2023
Large Garden BumblebeeBombus ruderatus2023
Locust BlowflyStomorhina lunata2022
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2022
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2021