White Chimney Wood - Woodland
✦ Ancient woodland5 ha
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
51.06178, 0.55441
Open directionsv
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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Sussex Border PathWalking route220 km▾
Named routeLength 220 kmRegional walking route
High Weald Landscape TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef HWLTListed length 145kmRegional walking route
13 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 18Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route5 km▾
Named routeRef 18Length 5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 18Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route714 m▾
Named routeRef 18Length 714 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route431 m▾
Named routeRef 18Length 431 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route628 m▾
Named routeRef 18Length 628 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Singletrack Mountain Bike TrailMountain bike route▾
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Wildlife to spot
10,900 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,900 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Blackbird · Blue Tit · House Sparrow · Nuthatch · Robin +45
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
Field Vole · Rabbit · Common Pipistrelle · Brown Long-eared Bat · Eurasian Serotine +2
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2024
- Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus2024
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2024▾
Common Toad
Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Large Red Damselfly · Glow-worm · Southern Hawker · Chrysotoxum verralli +7
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2023
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
- Chrysotoxum verralliChrysotoxum verralli2024
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Bank Haircap
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
- Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,900 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Blackbird · Blue Tit · House Sparrow · Nuthatch · Robin +45
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
Field Vole · Rabbit · Common Pipistrelle · Brown Long-eared Bat · Eurasian Serotine +2
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2024
- Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus2024
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2024▾
Common Toad
Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Large Red Damselfly · Glow-worm · Southern Hawker · Chrysotoxum verralli +7
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2023
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
- Chrysotoxum verralliChrysotoxum verralli2024
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Bank Haircap
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
- Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2024Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus20242023
2023
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2023Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta202314-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202314-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2023Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2023Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2023White-tailed BumblebeeBombus lucorum2023White-tailed BumblebeeBombus lucorum2023Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2023Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2023Events & activities nearby
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