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Blackfriars Barn

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦105+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Woodpigeon
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🛝Playground 253m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦105+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Woodpigeon
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🛝Playground 253m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

PlaygroundToilets

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Jackdaw, Woodpigeon, Robin +102 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Jackdaw, Woodpigeon, Robin +102 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Birds — Jackdaw, Woodpigeon, Robin +102 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Jackdaw, Woodpigeon, Robin +102 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Scathophaga stercoraria, Speckled Bush-cricket, Blue-tailed Damselfly +4 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Scathophaga stercoraria, Speckled Bush-cricket, Blue-tailed Damselfly +4 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Moderate match

Plants — Sweet Vernal-grass · last seen 2025; Plants — Sweet Vernal-grass · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

6 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km

Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route

European walking route E9, Rye to DoverWalking route

Named routeRef E9International walking route

Sussex Border PathWalking route220 km

Named routeLength 220 kmRegional walking route

High Weald Landscape TrailWalking route

Named routeRef HWLTListed length 145kmRegional walking route

1066 Country Walk - Hastings LinkWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

36 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 172Cycling route

Named routeRef 172National Cycle Network

National Cycle Route 2 Dover to HastingsCycling route

Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network

N/ACycling route4.8 km

Named routeLength 4.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route42 m

Named routeRef 2Length 42 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route346 m

Named routeRef 2Length 346 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route20 m

Named routeRef 2Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

29,352 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

29,352 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds108 species

autumnwinter

2026

Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Robin · Herring Gull · Rook +103

JackdawColoeus monedula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
CootFulica atra2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Great TitParus major2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
TealAnas crecca2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicus2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Little OwlAthene noctua2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025

🐝

Insects7 species

summer

2026

Scathophaga stercoraria · Speckled Bush-cricket · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Banded Demoiselle · Anthocomus rufus +2

Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
Anthocomus rufusAnthocomus rufus2025
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025

🌿

Plants1 species

summer

2025

Sweet Vernal-grass

Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

29,352 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds108 species

autumnwinter

2026

Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Robin · Herring Gull · Rook +103

JackdawColoeus monedula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
CootFulica atra2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Great TitParus major2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
TealAnas crecca2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicus2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Little OwlAthene noctua2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025

🐝

Insects7 species

summer

2026

Scathophaga stercoraria · Speckled Bush-cricket · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Banded Demoiselle · Anthocomus rufus +2

Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
Anthocomus rufusAnthocomus rufus2025
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025

🌿

Plants1 species

summer

2025

Sweet Vernal-grass

Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Simon Carey · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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