Magpie Shaw - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland8 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
51.08625, 0.50200
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
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
- £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 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
15 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 route187 m▾
Named routeRef 18Length 187 mNational 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
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Singletrack Mountain Bike TrailMountain bike route▾
Family Cycle RouteMountain bike route▾
Photos
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Wildlife to spot
4,686 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,686 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTurtle Dove · Raven · Firecrest · Robin · Carrion Crow +42
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- RavenCorvus corax
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
🦌Mammals3 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Roe Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Violet Ground Beetle · Minotaur Beetle · Common Darter · Corizus hyoscyami · Phasia hemiptera +9
- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2024
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
- Phasia hemipteraPhasia hemiptera
- Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus
- Hill Cuckoo Bee
Pale Glaucous Thread-moss
- Pale Glaucous Thread-mossPohlia wahlenbergii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,686 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTurtle Dove · Raven · Firecrest · Robin · Carrion Crow +42
- Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- RavenCorvus corax
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
🦌Mammals3 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Roe Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Violet Ground Beetle · Minotaur Beetle · Common Darter · Corizus hyoscyami · Phasia hemiptera +9
- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2024
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
- Phasia hemipteraPhasia hemiptera
- Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus
- Hill Cuckoo Bee
Pale Glaucous Thread-moss
- Pale Glaucous Thread-mossPohlia wahlenbergii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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