The Location & Surrounds

This beautiful woodland is just off  ’Tea-Tree Lane’ in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England.  Aptly named as it happens – as besides visiting your bird-house(s) you can relax and have a traditional cream or a champagne tea at the Beacon Country Pub and Eating House Breakfast, lunch and dinner are also served. The tea gardens have been on this site since 1818 when they were first established alongside the gardens and woodland.

The woodland and lakes are spread out below the Beacon and are a treat to explore.  

Birds visiting this UK woodland

There are a remarkable number of birds and wildlife visiting the woodland.  We are lucky too – as the woodland has three lovely lakes which attract an even greater species of birds and wildlife  such as the Kingfisher, Heron,  Reed Warbler, Long Tailed Tit and Pied Wagtail which are regularly seen (can’t promise!). Waterfowl such as ducks and geese may visit and consequently present exciting photographic opportunities within this magical woodland!

Wildlife in this woodland and woodlands around Kent

Find a place to sit, be quiet and just wait… let the wildlife come to you.  Maybe make sure your camera shutter is on the ‘silent’ option. Besides the wide species of birds, you will see the occasional fox (sometimes with cubs…) or maybe deer, pheasant, wildfowl, rabbits, stoats, and if you are extremely quiet and lucky – some badgers!  A surprising absence of bears (my wife is Canadian – so it’s a big disappointment!).