Upper Morgay Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland7 ha
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
50.97148, 0.52723
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public 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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Sussex Border PathWalking route220 km▾
Named routeLength 220 kmRegional walking route
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
Forge Lanebridleway · 164 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 164 mSurface unpavedPath type: residential
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Wildlife to spot
5,015 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
5,015 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Chiffchaff · Robin · Blackbird · Blue Tit +38
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Great TitParus major
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RavenCorvus corax
- CootFulica atra2024
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- TealAnas crecca
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
Domestic Dog · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Scaeva pyrastri · Marmalade Hoverfly · Southern Hawker · Common Blue Damselfly
- Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
🌿Plants55 species
springautumn
2025▾
Purple Moor-grass · Silverweed · Scarlet Pimpernel · Greater Burdock · Scentless Mayweed +50
- Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea
- SilverweedPotentilla anserina
- Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis
- Greater BurdockArctium lappa
- Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
- GoldenrodSolidago virgaurea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,015 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Chiffchaff · Robin · Blackbird · Blue Tit +38
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Great TitParus major
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RavenCorvus corax
- CootFulica atra2024
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- TealAnas crecca
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
Domestic Dog · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Scaeva pyrastri · Marmalade Hoverfly · Southern Hawker · Common Blue Damselfly
- Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
🌿Plants55 species
springautumn
2025▾
Purple Moor-grass · Silverweed · Scarlet Pimpernel · Greater Burdock · Scentless Mayweed +50
- Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea
- SilverweedPotentilla anserina
- Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis
- Greater BurdockArctium lappa
- Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
- GoldenrodSolidago virgaurea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Devil's-bit Scabious
Devil's-bit Scabious
Succisa pratensis
Succisa pratensis
VervainVerbena officinalisVervainVerbena officinalisCommon Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatusCommon Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatusWeldReseda luteolaWeldReseda luteolaBlack BryonyTamus communisBlack BryonyTamus communisTutsanHypericum androsaemumTutsanHypericum androsaemumSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareCompact RushJuncus conglomeratusCompact RushJuncus conglomeratusProcumbent PearlwortSagina procumbensProcumbent PearlwortSagina procumbensWood SpeedwellVeronica montanaWood SpeedwellVeronica montanaGuelder-roseViburnum opulusGuelder-roseViburnum opulusMilkwortPolygalaMilkwortPolygalaSheep's SorrelRumex acetosellaSheep's SorrelRumex acetosellaEyebrightEuphrasiaEyebrightEuphrasiaRowanSorbus aucupariaRowanSorbus aucupariaHeath Wood-rushLuzula multifloraHeath Wood-rushLuzula multifloraSquirreltail FescueVulpia bromoidesSquirreltail FescueVulpia bromoidesHeath BedstrawGalium saxatileHeath BedstrawGalium saxatileToad RushJuncus bufoniusToad RushJuncus bufoniusPill SedgeCarex piluliferaPill SedgeCarex piluliferaRagged-RobinSilene flos-cuculiRagged-RobinSilene flos-cuculiCommon CentauryCentaurium erythraeaCommon CentauryCentaurium erythraeaLesser SpearwortRanunculus flammulaLesser SpearwortRanunculus flammulaRemote SedgeCarex remotaRemote SedgeCarex remotaYellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorumYellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorumCuckooflowerCardamine pratensisCuckooflowerCardamine pratensisSharp-leaved FluellenKickxia elatine2024Sharp-leaved FluellenKickxia elatine2024Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia2024Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia2024Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2024Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2024Wild CherryPrunus avium2024Wild CherryPrunus avium2024Common NettleUrtica dioica2024Common NettleUrtica dioica2024BrambleRubus fruticosus2024BrambleRubus fruticosus2024Changing Forget-me-notMyosotis discolor2024Changing Forget-me-notMyosotis discolor2024Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2024Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2024BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2024BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2024Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2024Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2024Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2024Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2024Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2024Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2024Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024BrackenPteridium aquilinum2024BrackenPteridium aquilinum2024TormentilPotentilla erecta2024TormentilPotentilla erecta2024AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2024AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2024HeatherCalluna vulgaris2024HeatherCalluna vulgaris2024Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2024Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2024Rum CherryPrunus serotina2024Rum CherryPrunus serotina2024Events & activities nearby
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