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Brickhurst Wood

✦ Ancient woodland9 ha

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome9 ha

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Goldfinch, Starling, Greenfinch +72 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Goldfinch, Starling, Greenfinch +72 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Common Bird's-foot-trefoil, Bugle, Oxeye Daisy +89 more · last seen 2024

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Glow-worm, Roesel's Bush-cricket, Broad-bodied Chaser +86 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Glow-worm, Roesel's Bush-cricket, Broad-bodied Chaser +86 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Common Sorrel, Thyme-leaved Speedwell, Bramble +2 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Sussex Border PathWalking route220 km

Named routeLength 220 kmRegional walking route

High Weald Landscape TrailWalking route

Named routeRef HWLTListed length 145kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 18Cycling route

Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route7.1 km

Named routeRef 18Length 7.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

🚵

Mountain biking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Singletrack Mountain Bike TrailMountain bike route

Named route

Family Cycle RouteMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

2,648 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,648 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds35 species

springsummer

2026

Swallow · Starling · Greenfinch · Whitethroat · Goldfinch +30

SwallowHirundo rustica2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2023
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
SwiftApus apus2023
WoodlarkLullula arborea2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2022
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2022
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022

🦌

Mammals6 species

spring

2025

Fallow Deer · Badger · Common Pipistrelle · Hedgehog · Polecat +1

Fallow DeerDama dama
BadgerMeles meles
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
PolecatMustela putorius2024
Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2023

🦎

Reptiles1 species

autumn

2022

Slow-worm

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis

🐸

Amphibians4 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Smooth Newt · Common Frog · Common Toad · Great Crested Newt

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Common FrogRana temporaria2025
Common ToadBufo bufo2025
Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2025

🐟

Fish3 species

summer

2023

Common Carp · Crucian Carp · Tench

Common CarpCyprinus carpio
Crucian CarpCarassius carassius
TenchTinca tinca2022

🐝

Insects46 species

springsummer

2026

Roesel's Bush-cricket · Broad-bodied Chaser · Glow-worm · Meadow Grasshopper · Bumblebee +41

Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2024
BumblebeeBombus2024
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2024
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2024
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2024
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023
Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2023
Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2023
LimnephilusLimnephilus
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Cionus hortulanusCionus hortulanus2025
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025
Cassida vibexCassida vibex2024
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2024
White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2024
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024
Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2024
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2024
16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2024
Meadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrata2024
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2024
Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2024
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024
Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium2024
Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus2024
Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis2024
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2023
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2023
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2023
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023
White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2023
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2022
Back-SwimmerNotonecta2022

🌿

Plants21 species

spring

2024

Early-purple Orchid · Cuckooflower · Creeping Feather-moss · Stone Parsley · Yellow Bristle-grass +16

Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2023
Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens2023
Stone ParsleySison amomum
Yellow Bristle-grassSetaria pumila2023
Three-nerved SandwortMoehringia trinervia2023
RedshankCeratodon purpureus2023
Olive Beard-mossDidymodon tophaceus2023
Common PincushionDicranoweisia cirrata2023
Bird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculata2023
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2023
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2023
Streblotrichum convolutumStreblotrichum convolutum2023
Upright Screw-mossTortula subulata2023
Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis2023
Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2023
Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius2023
Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum2023
Cuspidate Earth-mossTortula acaulon2023
Appleyard's Feather-mossScleropodium cespitans2023
Nicholson's Beard-mossDidymodon nicholsonii2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,648 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds35 species

springsummer

2026

Swallow · Starling · Greenfinch · Whitethroat · Goldfinch +30

SwallowHirundo rustica2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2023
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
SwiftApus apus2023
WoodlarkLullula arborea2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2022
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2022
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022

🦌

Mammals6 species

spring

2025

Fallow Deer · Badger · Common Pipistrelle · Hedgehog · Polecat +1

Fallow DeerDama dama
BadgerMeles meles
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
PolecatMustela putorius2024
Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2023

🦎

Reptiles1 species

autumn

2022

Slow-worm

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis

🐸

Amphibians4 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Smooth Newt · Common Frog · Common Toad · Great Crested Newt

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Common FrogRana temporaria2025
Common ToadBufo bufo2025
Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2025

🐟

Fish3 species

summer

2023

Common Carp · Crucian Carp · Tench

Common CarpCyprinus carpio
Crucian CarpCarassius carassius
TenchTinca tinca2022

🐝

Insects46 species

springsummer

2026

Roesel's Bush-cricket · Broad-bodied Chaser · Glow-worm · Meadow Grasshopper · Bumblebee +41

Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2024
BumblebeeBombus2024
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2024
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2024
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2024
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023
Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2023
Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2023
LimnephilusLimnephilus
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Cionus hortulanusCionus hortulanus2025
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025
Cassida vibexCassida vibex2024
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2024
White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2024
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024
Wasp BeetleClytus arietis2024
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2024
16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2024
Meadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrata2024
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2024
Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2024
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024
Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium2024
Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus2024
Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis2024
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2023
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2023
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2023
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023
White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2023
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2022
Back-SwimmerNotonecta2022

🌿

Plants21 species

spring

2024

Early-purple Orchid · Cuckooflower · Creeping Feather-moss · Stone Parsley · Yellow Bristle-grass +16

Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2023
Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens2023
Stone ParsleySison amomum
Yellow Bristle-grassSetaria pumila2023
Three-nerved SandwortMoehringia trinervia2023
RedshankCeratodon purpureus2023
Olive Beard-mossDidymodon tophaceus2023
Common PincushionDicranoweisia cirrata2023
Bird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculata2023
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata2023
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2023
Streblotrichum convolutumStreblotrichum convolutum2023
Upright Screw-mossTortula subulata2023
Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis2023
Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2023
Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius2023
Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum2023
Cuspidate Earth-mossTortula acaulon2023
Appleyard's Feather-mossScleropodium cespitans2023
Nicholson's Beard-mossDidymodon nicholsonii2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 N Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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