Willowbed Shaw - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
50.87371, 0.57671
Open directionsv
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
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km▾
Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route
1066 Country Walk - Hastings LinkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Combe Valley GreenwayWalking route4.5 km▾
The Greenway runs alongside the Combe Valley Way, providing access for walkers and cyclists between Bexhill and Hastings.
Named routeLength 4.5 kmPoint-to-pointLocal walking route
1066 Country WalkWalking route50 km▾
Named routeLength 50 kmRegional walking route
40 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
ESCC Cycle Route 209Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Route 2 Dover to HastingsCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
National Cycle Route 2 Hastings to BrightonCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.8 km▾
Named routeRef 2Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Alternative RouteCycling route598 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 598 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Alternative RouteCycling route30 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 30 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
37,164 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
37,164 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Long-tailed Tit · Mallard +36
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Sphaerophoria scripta · Culex pipiens
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
- Culex pipiensCulex pipiens
🌿Plants7 species
springwinter
2026▾
Wood Anemone · Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage · Stinking Iris · Marsh-marigold · Snowdrop +2
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
- Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
- Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
37,164 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Long-tailed Tit · Mallard +36
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Sphaerophoria scripta · Culex pipiens
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
- Culex pipiensCulex pipiens
🌿Plants7 species
springwinter
2026▾
Wood Anemone · Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage · Stinking Iris · Marsh-marigold · Snowdrop +2
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
- Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
- Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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