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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Dogs welcome62 ha
Getting here
50.91116, 0.48334
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦83+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Goldfinch
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦83+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Goldfinch
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Goldfinch, Blue Tit +80 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: BATTLE ABBEY SCHOOL; Historic site
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Goldfinch, Blue Tit +80 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, Harlequin Ladybird, White-legged Damselfly +37 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Creeping Buttercup, Honeysuckle, Holly +178 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Combe Valley GreenwayWalking route4.5 km▾
The Greenway runs alongside the Combe Valley Way, providing access for walkers and cyclists between Bexhill and Hastings.
Named routeLength 4.5 kmPoint-to-pointLocal walking route
1066 Country Walk - Bexhill LinkWalking route10 km▾
Named routeLength 10 kmRegional walking route
1066 Country WalkWalking route50 km▾
Named routeLength 50 kmRegional walking route
6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
ESCC Cycle Route 209Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
ESCC Cycle Route 201Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
ESCC Cycle Route 207Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
ESCC Cycle Route 202Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Battle Schools Greenway (ESCC Cycle Route 100)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Battle North (ESCC Cycle Route 110)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Photos
Battle Abbey re-enactment
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Wildlife to spot
35,119 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
35,119 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreat Tit · Goldfinch · House Sparrow · Robin · Chiffchaff +17
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RavenCorvus corax
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Hazel Dormouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
🐝Insects2 species
springautumn
2026▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Harlequin Ladybird
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Ash · Creeping Buttercup · Common Nettle · Ivy · Pedunculate Oak +85
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- IvyHedera helix
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
35,119 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreat Tit · Goldfinch · House Sparrow · Robin · Chiffchaff +17
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RavenCorvus corax
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Hazel Dormouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
🐝Insects2 species
springautumn
2026▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Harlequin Ladybird
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Ash · Creeping Buttercup · Common Nettle · Ivy · Pedunculate Oak +85
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- IvyHedera helix
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas