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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Dogs welcome126 ha
Getting here
51.07594, 0.57236
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Wren
- 🌿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
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Wren
- 🌿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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Wren, Woodpigeon +62 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Robin, Wren, Woodpigeon +62 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee, Glow-worm +40 more · last seen 2024; Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Grey-cushioned Grimmia, Dented Silk-moss, Bank Haircap +35 more · last seen 2026
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
11 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 route628 m▾
Named routeRef 18Length 628 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route29 m▾
Named routeRef 18Length 29 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
8,459 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,459 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springsummer
2025▾
Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Robin · Wren · Great Tit +40
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- RavenCorvus corax
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2024▾
Field Vole · Rabbit
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Slow-worm
Glow-worm · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Rhododendron Leafhopper · Migrant Hawker · Swollen-thighed Beetle +5
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Rhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahi2023
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2023
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2023
- Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum
🌿Plants7 species
winterspring
2026▾
Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Dented Silk-moss · River Feather-moss · Water Earwort · Waved Silk-moss +2
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
- Dented Silk-mossPlagiothecium denticulatum2024
- River Feather-mossBrachythecium rivulare2024
- Water EarwortScapania undulata2024
- Waved Silk-mossPlagiothecium undulatum2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,459 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springsummer
2025▾
Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Robin · Wren · Great Tit +40
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- RavenCorvus corax
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2024▾
Field Vole · Rabbit
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Slow-worm
Glow-worm · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Rhododendron Leafhopper · Migrant Hawker · Swollen-thighed Beetle +5
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Rhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahi2023
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2023
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2023
- Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum
🌿Plants7 species
winterspring
2026▾
Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Dented Silk-moss · River Feather-moss · Water Earwort · Waved Silk-moss +2
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
- Dented Silk-mossPlagiothecium denticulatum2024
- River Feather-mossBrachythecium rivulare2024
- Water EarwortScapania undulata2024
- Waved Silk-mossPlagiothecium undulatum2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
2023
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2023Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2023Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2023Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2023White-tailed BumblebeeBombus lucorum2023White-tailed BumblebeeBombus lucorum2023Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023Pellucid Four-tooth Moss
Pellucid Four-tooth Moss
Tetraphis pellucida2024
Tetraphis pellucida2024
Even ScalewortRadula complanata2024Even ScalewortRadula complanata2024