Ricketts Wood - Broadleaved woodland ✦ Ancient woodland 6 ha
🦉 Wildlife🍂 Seasonal🦅 Birds
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51.16746, -0.24127
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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 habitatDeciduous 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 km 5 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Crawley Greenway Walking route ▾
walking route around Crawley along many leafy paths, signposted
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Beare Green walk (SCC) Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Capel walk (SCC) Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Holmwood Common Family Activitiy Trail, Holmwood Common Walking route 5 km ▾
Gentle trail around Holmwood Common with dappled woodland & sunny clearings stretching over 650 acres. A great place to tick off the ‘50 things to do before you’re 11¾’. Signposted & easy to follow with hard, sealed paths suitable all year round.
Named route Length 5 km Duration 02:30-03:30 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Sussex Border Path Walking route 220 km ▾
Named route Length 220 km Regional walking route
Show on map 36 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route D Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Route A Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Route O (incomplete) Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Route N Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Crawley Avenue Cycle Tracks Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Crawley Avenue Cycle Tracks Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map 1 public path nearby
Public paths
Beggarhouse Lane byway open to all traffic · 836 m ▾
Public path byway open to all traffic Length 836 m Surface dirt Path type: track
Show on map ✦ Ancient woodland — continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD. A rare and irreplaceable habitat, rich in biodiversity and historical character.
Photos Entrance to the Woodland Trust's Ricketts Wood
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Wildlife to spot
1,721 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 1,721 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 37 species
spring autumn
2025 ▾
Blue Tit · Robin · Wren · Great Tit · Blackbird +32
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Great Tit Parus major Blackbird Turdus merula Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Tawny Owl Strix aluco2024 Nuthatch Sitta europaea Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Dunnock Prunella modularis2021 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Swallow Hirundo rustica Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Jay Garrulus glandarius2023 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2020 Magpie Pica pica Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Stock Dove Columba oenas Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2023 Swift Apus apus2022 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2022 House Martin Delichon urbicum2022 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2022 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2021 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2020 Whitethroat Curruca communis2020 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2019 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2019 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2019 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2019 🦌 Mammals 8 species
spring summer
2024 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Roe Deer · Badger · Rabbit +3
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2023 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2021 Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2023 Badger Meles meles Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2023 Red Fox 🐸 Amphibians 4 species
winter spring summer
2025 ▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog · Common Toad · Great Crested Newt
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo2024 Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus2024 Swollen-thighed Beetle · Early Bumblebee · Large Red Damselfly · Broad-bodied Chaser · Southern Hawker +30
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2023 Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum2020 Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2020 Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa2020 Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2019 Silver-washed Fritillary 🌿 Plants 11 species
spring summer
2022 ▾
Water Mint · Alder · Flowering-rush · Tufted Vetch · Bulrush +6
Water Mint Mentha aquatica Alder Alnus glutinosa Flowering-rush Butomus umbellatus Tufted Vetch Vicia cracca Bulrush Typha latifolia Canadian Waterweed Elodea canadensis Lesser Bulrush Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 1,721 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 37 species
spring autumn
2025 ▾
Blue Tit · Robin · Wren · Great Tit · Blackbird +32
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Great Tit Parus major Blackbird Turdus merula Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Tawny Owl Strix aluco2024 Nuthatch Sitta europaea Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Dunnock Prunella modularis2021 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Swallow Hirundo rustica Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Jay Garrulus glandarius2023 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2020 Magpie Pica pica Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Stock Dove Columba oenas Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2023 Swift Apus apus2022 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2022 House Martin Delichon urbicum2022 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2022 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2021 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2020 Whitethroat Curruca communis2020 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2019 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2019 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2019 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2019 🦌 Mammals 8 species
spring summer
2024 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Roe Deer · Badger · Rabbit +3
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2023 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2021 Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2023 Badger Meles meles Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2023 Red Fox 🐸 Amphibians 4 species
winter spring summer
2025 ▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog · Common Toad · Great Crested Newt
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo2024 Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus2024 Swollen-thighed Beetle · Early Bumblebee · Large Red Damselfly · Broad-bodied Chaser · Southern Hawker +30
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2023 Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum2020 Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2020 Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa2020 Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2019 Silver-washed Fritillary 🌿 Plants 11 species
spring summer
2022 ▾
Water Mint · Alder · Flowering-rush · Tufted Vetch · Bulrush +6
Water Mint Mentha aquatica Alder Alnus glutinosa Flowering-rush Butomus umbellatus Tufted Vetch Vicia cracca Bulrush Typha latifolia Canadian Waterweed Elodea canadensis Lesser Bulrush Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Vulpes vulpes2022
Vulpes vulpes2022
Bank Vole Myodes glareolus2019
Bank Vole Myodes glareolus2019
Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus2019
Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus2019 Argynnis paphia2019
Argynnis paphia2019
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2019
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2019
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2019
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2019
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
Carabus nemoralis Carabus nemoralis2024
Carabus nemoralis Carabus nemoralis2024
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2020
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2020
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2020
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2020
Paracorymbia fulva Paracorymbia fulva2020
Paracorymbia fulva Paracorymbia fulva2020
Rosemary Beetle Chrysolina americana2020
Rosemary Beetle Chrysolina americana2020
Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius2020
Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius2020
Tree Bumblebee Bombus hypnorum2020
Tree Bumblebee Bombus hypnorum2020
Orange-tailed Mining Bee Andrena haemorrhoa2020
Orange-tailed Mining Bee Andrena haemorrhoa2020
Downy Emerald Cordulia aenea2020
Downy Emerald Cordulia aenea2020
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2019
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2019
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2019
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2019
Brown Argus Aricia agestis2019
Brown Argus Aricia agestis2019
Peacock Aglais io2019
Peacock Aglais io2019
Malachite Beetle Malachius bipustulatus2019
Malachite Beetle Malachius bipustulatus2019
Green-veined White Pieris napi2019
Green-veined White Pieris napi2019
Cabbage Bug Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2019
Cabbage Bug Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2019
Vestal Cuckoo Bee Bombus vestalis2019
Vestal Cuckoo Bee Bombus vestalis2019
Rhingia campestris Rhingia campestris2019
Rhingia campestris Rhingia campestris2019
Empis tessellata Empis tessellata2019
Empis tessellata Empis tessellata2019
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum2019
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum2019
Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas2019
Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas2019
Limodromus assimilis Limodromus assimilis2019
Limodromus assimilis Limodromus assimilis2019
Tachina fera Tachina fera2019
Tachina fera Tachina fera2019
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major2019
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major2019
Cantharis pellucida Cantharis pellucida2019
Cantharis pellucida Cantharis pellucida2019
Common Earwig Forficula auricularia/dentata agg.2019
Common Earwig Forficula auricularia/dentata agg.2019 Typha angustifolia
Typha angustifolia
Goat Willow Salix caprea
Goat Willow Salix caprea
Canadian Waterweed / Nuttall's Waterweed Elodea canadensis or nutallii2021
Canadian Waterweed / Nuttall's Waterweed Elodea canadensis or nutallii2021
Water-Starwort Callitriche2021
Water-Starwort Callitriche2021
Common Spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii2020
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