Birch Wood
✦ Ancient woodland8 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Free entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
51.09732, 0.63475
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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
- 🌿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
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin +66 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin +66 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Large White, Gatekeeper +36 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Large White, Gatekeeper +36 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
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 route47 m▾
Named routeRef 18Length 47 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route346 m▾
Named routeRef 18Length 346 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route16 m▾
Named routeRef 18Length 16 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route36 m▾
Named routeRef 18Length 36 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
3,928 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,928 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Robin · Turtle Dove +39
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor2024
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2023
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2023
Common Pipistrelle · Brown Long-eared Bat · Grey Squirrel · Feral Ferret
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2023
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2023
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Feral FerretMustela putorius subsp. furo
Meadow Brown · Large White · Gatekeeper · Small White · Red Admiral +17
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,928 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Robin · Turtle Dove +39
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor2024
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2023
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2023
Common Pipistrelle · Brown Long-eared Bat · Grey Squirrel · Feral Ferret
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2023
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2023
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Feral FerretMustela putorius subsp. furo
Meadow Brown · Large White · Gatekeeper · Small White · Red Admiral +17
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
2023
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Southern HawkerAeshna cyaneaSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaMarbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2024Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2024Purple HairstreakFavonius quercus2024Purple HairstreakFavonius quercus2024Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucensVolucella pellucensVolucella pellucensEriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculataRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesBicolorous SawflyHemichroa australisBicolorous SawflyHemichroa australisKite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillusKite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillus22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctataWoolly Alder SawflyEriocampa ovataWoolly Alder SawflyEriocampa ovataGlow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2023Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2023Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2023Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2023PeacockAglais io2023PeacockAglais io2023