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Basden Wood - Broadleaved woodland

✦ Ancient woodland1 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

6 activities

Wildlife

Strong match

Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Good match

Public woodland

Free

Heritage

Good match

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Play TrailWalking route2 km

Named routeLength 2 kmRound tripLocal walking route

Sussex Border PathWalking route220 km

Named routeLength 220 kmRegional walking route

High Weald Landscape TrailWalking route

Named routeRef HWLTListed length 145kmRegional walking route

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Cycling

13 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 18Cycling route

Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route4.9 km

Named routeRef 18Length 4.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.1 km

Named routeRef 18Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route431 m

Named routeRef 18Length 431 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route628 m

Named routeRef 18Length 628 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route29 m

Named routeRef 18Length 29 mNational 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

🐴

Horse riding

5 public paths nearby

Public paths

Soper's Lanebridleway · 898 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 898 mPath type: service

Wildlife to spot

3,480 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,480 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds67 species

spring

2025

Swift · Blackbird · Song Thrush · Woodpigeon · Robin +62

SwiftApus apus2023
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Great TitParus major
Coal TitPeriparus ater
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
DunnockPrunella modularis
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
BuzzardButeo buteo
SiskinSpinus spinus
MagpiePica pica
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
JayGarrulus glandarius
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
NuthatchSitta europaea
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
JackdawColoeus monedula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
CootFulica atra
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Herring GullLarus argentatus
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2021
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
RavenCorvus corax
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
GreenfinchChloris chloris
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Stock DoveColumba oenas
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2019
RookCorvus frugilegus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2021
CuckooCuculus canorus2020
OwlStrigiformes2020
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2019
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2019
SwallowHirundo rustica2019

🦌

Mammals15 species

spring

2025

Grey Squirrel · Hazel Dormouse · Roe Deer · Daubenton's Bat · Pipistrelle +10

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2024
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2023
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2023
Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2020
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
House MouseMus musculus2023
BatChiroptera2020
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2020
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2020
Fallow DeerDama dama2020
BadgerMeles meles2020

🐟

Fish1 species

summer

2020

Rudd

RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus

🐝

Insects34 species

summer

2025

Brimstone · Gatekeeper · Small White · Comma · Green Shieldbug +29

BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2019
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
PeacockAglais io2019
Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
Phasia hemipteraPhasia hemiptera
Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
Hill Cuckoo BeeBombus rupestris
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024
Ectophasia crassipennisEctophasia crassipennis2024
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber2024
Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2024
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2023
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2023
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2023
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2021
Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2020
Brilliant EmeraldSomatochlora metallica2020
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2020
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019
Purple EmperorApatura iris2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
Poplar Hawk-mothLaothoe populi2019

🌿

Plants54 species

springsummer

2025

Ivy · Creeping Buttercup · Yorkshire-fog · Bluebell · Hawthorn +49

IvyHedera helix
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
HazelCorylus avellana
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
HollyIlex aquifolium
Curled DockRumex crispus
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Fat-henChenopodium album
CleaversGalium aparine
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
BrambleRubus fruticosus
FumitoryFumaria
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana
EyebrightEuphrasia2024
Fissidens bryoides var. bryoidesFissidens bryoides var. bryoides2024
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2024
Aloe HaircapPogonatum aloides2024
Minute PouncewortMyriocoleopsis minutissima2024
Larger Mouse-tail MossIsothecium alopecuroides2024
River Feather-mossBrachythecium rivulare2024
Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum2024
Blunt Feather-mossHomalia trichomanoides2024
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2024
Flagellate Feather-mossHyocomium armoricum2024
Elegant Silk-mossPseudotaxiphyllum elegans2024
Long-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioides2024
Elegant Bristle-mossOrthotrichum pulchellum2024
Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum2024
Lyell's Bristle-mossPulvigera lyellii2024
Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum2024
Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2024
Notched PouchwortCalypogeia arguta2024
Cypress-leaved Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme2024
Lesser Yoke-mossZygodon conoideus2024
Swamp Silk-mossPlagiothecium denticulatum var. denticulatum2024
Water EarwortScapania undulata2024
Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare2024
Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius2024
Chiloscyphus polyanthosChiloscyphus polyanthos2024
RedshankCeratodon purpureus2024
Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla2024
Many-fruited LeskeaLeskea polycarpa2024
Straw Bristle-mossOrthotrichum stramineum2024
Bruch's PincushionUlota bruchii2024
Overleaf PelliaPellia epiphylla2024
an EyebrightEuphrasia arctica2022
Common PouchwortCalypogeia fissa2019
Delicate GermanderwortRiccardia multifida2019
Polytrichum commune s.str.Polytrichum commune s.str.2019

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,480 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds67 species

spring

2025

Swift · Blackbird · Song Thrush · Woodpigeon · Robin +62

SwiftApus apus2023
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Great TitParus major
Coal TitPeriparus ater
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
DunnockPrunella modularis
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
BuzzardButeo buteo
SiskinSpinus spinus
MagpiePica pica
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
JayGarrulus glandarius
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
NuthatchSitta europaea
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
JackdawColoeus monedula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
CootFulica atra
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Herring GullLarus argentatus
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2021
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
RavenCorvus corax
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
GreenfinchChloris chloris
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Stock DoveColumba oenas
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2019
RookCorvus frugilegus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2023
RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2021
CuckooCuculus canorus2020
OwlStrigiformes2020
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2019
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2019
SwallowHirundo rustica2019

🦌

Mammals15 species

spring

2025

Grey Squirrel · Hazel Dormouse · Roe Deer · Daubenton's Bat · Pipistrelle +10

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2024
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2023
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2023
Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2020
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
House MouseMus musculus2023
BatChiroptera2020
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2020
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2020
Fallow DeerDama dama2020
BadgerMeles meles2020

🐟

Fish1 species

summer

2020

Rudd

RuddScardinius erythrophthalmus

🐝

Insects34 species

summer

2025

Brimstone · Gatekeeper · Small White · Comma · Green Shieldbug +29

BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2019
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
PeacockAglais io2019
Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
Phasia hemipteraPhasia hemiptera
Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
Hill Cuckoo BeeBombus rupestris
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024
Ectophasia crassipennisEctophasia crassipennis2024
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber2024
Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2024
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2023
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2023
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2023
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2021
Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2020
Brilliant EmeraldSomatochlora metallica2020
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2020
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019
Purple EmperorApatura iris2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
Poplar Hawk-mothLaothoe populi2019

🌿

Plants54 species

springsummer

2025

Ivy · Creeping Buttercup · Yorkshire-fog · Bluebell · Hawthorn +49

IvyHedera helix
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
HazelCorylus avellana
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
HollyIlex aquifolium
Curled DockRumex crispus
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Fat-henChenopodium album
CleaversGalium aparine
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
BrambleRubus fruticosus
FumitoryFumaria
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana
EyebrightEuphrasia2024
Fissidens bryoides var. bryoidesFissidens bryoides var. bryoides2024
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2024
Aloe HaircapPogonatum aloides2024
Minute PouncewortMyriocoleopsis minutissima2024
Larger Mouse-tail MossIsothecium alopecuroides2024
River Feather-mossBrachythecium rivulare2024
Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum2024
Blunt Feather-mossHomalia trichomanoides2024
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2024
Flagellate Feather-mossHyocomium armoricum2024
Elegant Silk-mossPseudotaxiphyllum elegans2024
Long-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioides2024
Elegant Bristle-mossOrthotrichum pulchellum2024
Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum2024
Lyell's Bristle-mossPulvigera lyellii2024
Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum2024
Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2024
Notched PouchwortCalypogeia arguta2024
Cypress-leaved Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme2024
Lesser Yoke-mossZygodon conoideus2024
Swamp Silk-mossPlagiothecium denticulatum var. denticulatum2024
Water EarwortScapania undulata2024
Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare2024
Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius2024
Chiloscyphus polyanthosChiloscyphus polyanthos2024
RedshankCeratodon purpureus2024
Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla2024
Many-fruited LeskeaLeskea polycarpa2024
Straw Bristle-mossOrthotrichum stramineum2024
Bruch's PincushionUlota bruchii2024
Overleaf PelliaPellia epiphylla2024
an EyebrightEuphrasia arctica2022
Common PouchwortCalypogeia fissa2019
Delicate GermanderwortRiccardia multifida2019
Polytrichum commune s.str.Polytrichum commune s.str.2019

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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