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Open directionsv Brickwall House is a country house in Northiam, East Sussex, England, now run as a dyslexia school and also a wedding venue. The timber-framed Tudor house dates to 1617. Brickwall was home to the Frewen family for over three hundred years.
Read more on Wikipedia → English country house Grade I listed building
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit 🌿 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
☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit 🌿 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 🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
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🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Tawny Owl, Robin, Blackbird +52 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Tawny Owl, Robin, Blackbird +52 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee, Red-tailed Bumblebee +84 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee, Red-tailed Bumblebee +84 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Early-purple Orchid, Mistletoe, Wild Service-tree +55 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Early-purple Orchid, Mistletoe, Wild Service-tree +55 more · last seen 2026
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Plants — Midland Hawthorn, Mouse-ear-hawkweed, Red Dead-nettle +6 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
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Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 2 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Sussex Border Path Walking route 220 km ▾
Named route Length 220 km Regional walking route
Show on map High Weald Landscape Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Ref HWLT Listed length 145km Regional walking route
Show on map Photos Ants nests in undisturbed pasture, Brickwall Deer Park, Northiam
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8,665 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 8,665 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 34 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Tawny Owl · Marsh Tit · Goldcrest · Blackbird · Great Tit +29
Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros2025 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea flammea/rostrata2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 🦌 Mammals 7 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Soprano Pipistrelle · Yellow-necked Mouse · Common Pipistrelle · Fallow Deer · Red Fox +2
Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2025 Yellow-necked Mouse Apodemus flavicollis Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2025 Fallow Deer Dama dama2025 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2025 Grass Snake · Slow-worm · Common Lizard
Grass Snake Natrix helvetica Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Meadow Grasshopper · Long-winged Cone-head · 16-spot Ladybird · Field Grasshopper · Harlequin Ladybird +34
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus fuscus 16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Common Ground-hopper Tetrix undulata Broad-bodied Chaser 🌿 Plants 23 species
winter summer
2026 ▾
Wild Carrot · Common Centaury · Salsify · Bee Orchid · Dyer's Greenweed +18
Wild Carrot Daucus carota subsp. carota2025 Common Centaury Centaurium erythraea2025 Salsify Tragopogon porrifolius2025 Bee Orchid Ophrys apifera2025 Dyer's Greenweed Genista tinctoria2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 8,665 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 34 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Tawny Owl · Marsh Tit · Goldcrest · Blackbird · Great Tit +29
Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros2025 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea flammea/rostrata2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 🦌 Mammals 7 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Soprano Pipistrelle · Yellow-necked Mouse · Common Pipistrelle · Fallow Deer · Red Fox +2
Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2025 Yellow-necked Mouse Apodemus flavicollis Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2025 Fallow Deer Dama dama2025 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2025 Grass Snake · Slow-worm · Common Lizard
Grass Snake Natrix helvetica Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Meadow Grasshopper · Long-winged Cone-head · 16-spot Ladybird · Field Grasshopper · Harlequin Ladybird +34
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus fuscus 16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Common Ground-hopper Tetrix undulata Broad-bodied Chaser 🌿 Plants 23 species
winter summer
2026 ▾
Wild Carrot · Common Centaury · Salsify · Bee Orchid · Dyer's Greenweed +18
Wild Carrot Daucus carota subsp. carota2025 Common Centaury Centaurium erythraea2025 Salsify Tragopogon porrifolius2025 Bee Orchid Ophrys apifera2025 Dyer's Greenweed Genista tinctoria2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis2025
Sciurus carolinensis2025
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2025
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2025 Libellula depressa
Libellula depressa
Rutpela maculata Rutpela maculata
Rutpela maculata Rutpela maculata
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale
Lesser Marsh Grasshopper Chorthippus albomarginatus
Lesser Marsh Grasshopper Chorthippus albomarginatus
Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii
Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
Cabbage Bug Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea
Cabbage Bug Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo
24-spot Ladybird Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
24-spot Ladybird Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea
Dendrothrips degeeri Dendrothrips degeeri
Dendrothrips degeeri Dendrothrips degeeri
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus
Tortoise Bug Eurygaster testudinaria
Tortoise Bug Eurygaster testudinaria
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva
Volucella bombylans Volucella bombylans
Volucella bombylans Volucella bombylans
Sphaerophoria scripta Sphaerophoria scripta
Sphaerophoria scripta Sphaerophoria scripta
Scaeva pyrastri Scaeva pyrastri
Scaeva pyrastri Scaeva pyrastri
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum
White-legged Damselfly Platycnemis pennipes
White-legged Damselfly Platycnemis pennipes
Black Snipefly Chrysopilus cristatus
Black Snipefly Chrysopilus cristatus
Hairy Dragonfly Brachytron pratense
Hairy Dragonfly Brachytron pratense
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius
Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius
Greater Bulb-Fly Merodon equestris
Greater Bulb-Fly Merodon equestris Thorn-apple
Thorn-apple
Datura stramonium2025
Datura stramonium2025
Early-purple Orchid Orchis mascula
Early-purple Orchid Orchis mascula
Hemlock Water-dropwort Oenanthe crocata
Hemlock Water-dropwort Oenanthe crocata
Black Spleenwort Asplenium adiantum-nigrum
Black Spleenwort Asplenium adiantum-nigrum
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum
Wood Anemone Anemone nemorosa
Wood Anemone Anemone nemorosa
Lords-and-Ladies Arum maculatum
Lords-and-Ladies Arum maculatum
Mistletoe Viscum album
Mistletoe Viscum album
Bank Haircap Polytrichum formosum
Bank Haircap Polytrichum formosum
Heath Speedwell Veronica officinalis2025
Heath Speedwell Veronica officinalis2025
Autumn Hawkbit Scorzoneroides autumnalis2025
Autumn Hawkbit Scorzoneroides autumnalis2025
Smooth Hawk's-beard Crepis capillaris2025
Smooth Hawk's-beard Crepis capillaris2025
Autumn Lady's-tresses Spiranthes spiralis2025
Autumn Lady's-tresses Spiranthes spiralis2025
Goat's-beard Tragopogon pratensis2025
Goat's-beard Tragopogon pratensis2025
Red Bartsia Odontites vernus2025
Red Bartsia Odontites vernus2025
Marsh-bedstraw Galium palustre2025
Marsh-bedstraw Galium palustre2025
Viola tricolor subsp. tricolor Viola tricolor subsp. tricolor2025
Viola tricolor subsp. tricolor Viola tricolor subsp. tricolor2025
Common Spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii2025
Common Spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii2025 