Farnell Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland6 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
51.04786, 0.59633
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 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Sussex Border PathWalking route220 km▾
Named routeLength 220 kmRegional walking route
High Weald Landscape TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef HWLTListed length 145kmRegional walking route
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 18Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route5 km▾
Named routeRef 18Length 5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route714 m▾
Named routeRef 18Length 714 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route7.1 km▾
Named routeRef 18Length 7.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route3.6 km▾
Named routeRef 18Length 3.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
8,678 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,678 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreat Tit · Wren · Woodpigeon · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Blackbird +37
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MagpiePica pica
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
🦌Mammals3 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Brown Long-eared Bat · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2024▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects12 species
springsummer
2025▾
Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Early Bumblebee · Small Garden Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · Red-tailed Bumblebee +7
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
- Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024
- Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2024
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024
Bank Haircap
- Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,678 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreat Tit · Wren · Woodpigeon · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Blackbird +37
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MagpiePica pica
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
🦌Mammals3 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Brown Long-eared Bat · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2024▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects12 species
springsummer
2025▾
Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Early Bumblebee · Small Garden Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · Red-tailed Bumblebee +7
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
- Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024
- Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2024
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024
Bank Haircap
- Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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