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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
⛳Golf is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground 289m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
⛳Golf is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground 289m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

6 activities

Golf

Very strong match

Golf course

Paid

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon +49 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon +49 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Common Nettle, Pedunculate Oak, Hazel +15 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Helophilus pendulus, Dark-edged Bee-fly, 7-spot Ladybird +57 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Helophilus pendulus, Dark-edged Bee-fly, 7-spot Ladybird +57 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Bluebell, Hornbeam, Lords-and-Ladies +169 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Bluebell, Hornbeam, Lords-and-Ladies +169 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

7 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Sussex Diamond WayWalking route97 km

Named routeLength 97 kmRegional walking route

Sussex Ouse Valley WayWalking route67 km

Named routeLength 67 kmRegional walking route

Dophin Lesuire Centre to B2272 Public FootpathWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Ashgrounds WoodWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Green Circle - Walking RelationWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

14 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Green Circle - Bicycle RelationCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Kings WayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Norther Arc AvenueCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Norther Arc AvenueCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Hurstpierpoint to Downlands Communitiy CollegeCycling route

Named route

Haywards Heath Town Centre to Cuckfield Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

18,829 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

18,829 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds32 species

winterautumn

2026

Robin · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Goldfinch +27

RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MagpiePica pica
JayGarrulus glandarius
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2026

Bat

BatChiroptera

🐝

Insects17 species

springsummerautumn

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Hornet · Sphaerophoria scripta · Eristalis tenax · Helophilus pendulus +12

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
HornetVespa crabro2025
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Eupeodes latifasciatusEupeodes latifasciatus
MidgeCulicoides
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Lygus pratensisLygus pratensis2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025
House-flyMusca domestica2025

🌿

Plants49 species

summer

2026

Goat Willow · Hawthorn · Pedunculate Oak · Bluebell · Lords-and-Ladies +44

Goat WillowSalix caprea
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
YewTaxus baccata
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
RamsonsAllium ursinum
Golden-bellForsythia suspensa
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
WillowSalix
Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
Winter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicus2025
Water-StarwortCallitriche2025
DogwoodCornus sanguinea2025
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2025
AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2025
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025
Genista tinctoria subsp. tinctoriaGenista tinctoria subsp. tinctoria2025
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025
Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2025
Wild CherryPrunus avium2025
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025
Water-pepperPersicaria hydropiper2025
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2025
YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2025
Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2025
Wood DockRumex sanguineus2025
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2025
BrambleRubus fruticosus2025
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2025
Silver BirchBetula pendula2025
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2025
American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

18,829 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds32 species

winterautumn

2026

Robin · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Goldfinch +27

RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MagpiePica pica
JayGarrulus glandarius
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

winter

2026

Bat

BatChiroptera

🐝

Insects17 species

springsummerautumn

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Hornet · Sphaerophoria scripta · Eristalis tenax · Helophilus pendulus +12

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
HornetVespa crabro2025
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Eupeodes latifasciatusEupeodes latifasciatus
MidgeCulicoides
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Lygus pratensisLygus pratensis2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025
House-flyMusca domestica2025

🌿

Plants49 species

summer

2026

Goat Willow · Hawthorn · Pedunculate Oak · Bluebell · Lords-and-Ladies +44

Goat WillowSalix caprea
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
YewTaxus baccata
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
RamsonsAllium ursinum
Golden-bellForsythia suspensa
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
WillowSalix
Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
Winter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicus2025
Water-StarwortCallitriche2025
DogwoodCornus sanguinea2025
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2025
AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2025
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025
Genista tinctoria subsp. tinctoriaGenista tinctoria subsp. tinctoria2025
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025
Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2025
Wild CherryPrunus avium2025
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025
Water-pepperPersicaria hydropiper2025
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2025
YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2025
Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2025
Wood DockRumex sanguineus2025
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2025
BrambleRubus fruticosus2025
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2025
Silver BirchBetula pendula2025
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2025
American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Nigel Freeman · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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