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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
🌿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

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chiffchaff, Woodpigeon +59 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chiffchaff, Woodpigeon +59 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Banded Demoiselle, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Azure Damselfly +68 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Banded Demoiselle, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Azure Damselfly +68 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Bladderwort, Yorkshire-fog, Common Knapweed +237 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Bladderwort, Yorkshire-fog, Common Knapweed +237 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Bramble, Hazel, Hawthorn +25 more foraging species

Varies

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Wey-South PathWalking route

follows the river Wey and the (partly disused) Wey & Arun canal

Named routeRegional walking route

Sussex Border PathWalking route220 km

Named routeLength 220 kmRegional walking route

Downs LinkWalking route59 km

A 37 mile shared route for walkers, horse riders and cyclists linking the North Downs Way with the South Downs Way

Named routeLength 59 kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

7 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Cycle Route 228 Crawley to Pulborough (proposed)Cycling route

Named routeRef 228National Cycle Network

Route 223Cycling route

Named routeRef 223National Cycle Network

Surrey CyclewayCycling route

Cycle route consisting of main loop plus link routes

Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route4.2 km

Named routeRef 223Length 4.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route80 m

Named routeRef 223Length 80 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route220 m

Named routeRef 223Length 220 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

🐴

Horse riding

1 public path nearby

Public paths

BW805bridleway · 2.6 km

Public pathbridlewayLength 2.6 kmPath type: bridleway

Wildlife to spot

5,583 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,583 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds4 species

autumn

2025

Kingfisher · Woodcock · Nuthatch · Marsh Tit

KingfisherAlcedo atthis
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
NuthatchSitta europaea
Marsh TitPoecile palustris

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2026

Glow-worm

Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca

🌿

Plants141 species

autumn

2026

Wood Melick · Long-beaked Water Feather-moss · Thin-spiked Wood-sedge · Prickly Sow-thistle · Creeping Buttercup +136

Wood MelickMelica uniflora2025
Long-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioides
Thin-spiked Wood-sedgeCarex strigosa
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2025
Wood DockRumex sanguineus2025
Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum2025
Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia2025
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2025
Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa2025
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2025
Red FescueFestuca rubra2025
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2025
IvyHedera helix2025
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2025
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2025
Common SallowSalix cinerea2025
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025
Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
Wild Service-treeSorbus torminalis2025
BrambleRubus fruticosus2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2025
ElderSambucus nigra2025
Water MintMentha aquatica2025
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025
Field MapleAcer campestre2025
YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025
Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana2025
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025
HornbeamCarpinus betulus2025
Common ChickweedStellaria media2025
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025
Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
Crack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilis2025
RedshankPersicaria maculosa2025
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2025
SilverweedPotentilla anserina2025
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025
Burnet-saxifragePimpinella saxifraga2025
Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis2025
Common PottiaTortula truncata2025
Lesser Bird's-claw Beard-mossStreblotrichum convolutum var. convolutum2025
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2025
Fat-henChenopodium album2025
CleaversGalium aparine2025
Giant FescueSchedonorus giganteus2025
NipplewortLapsana communis2025
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025
Fragrant AgrimonyAgrimonia procera2025
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2025
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025
Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2025
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2025
Bearded CouchElymus caninus2025
White Dead-nettleLamium album2025
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025
Sharp-leaved FluellenKickxia elatine2025
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2025
Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea2025
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025
TimothyPhleum pratense2025
Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare2025
Grey SedgeCarex divulsa subsp. divulsa2025
Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum2025
Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025
Bush VetchVicia sepium2025
BeechFagus sylvatica2025
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025
RowanSorbus aucuparia2025
Taraxacum agg.Taraxacum agg.2025
Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2025
English ElmUlmus procera2025
AlderAlnus glutinosa2025
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025
AshFraxinus excelsior2025
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
White CloverTrifolium repens2025
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2025
Stone ParsleySison amomum2025
YewTaxus baccata2025
Mexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianus2025
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2025
CockspurEchinochloa crus-galli2025
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
HazelCorylus avellana2025
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2025
Crab AppleMalus sylvestris2025
HollyIlex aquifolium2025
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2025
Water-pepperPersicaria hydropiper2025
Yellow ArchangelLamiastrum galeobdolon2025
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2025
CrosswortCruciata laevipes2025
Red CampionSilene dioica2025
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2025
Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis2025
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025
Water-plantainAlisma plantago-aquatica2025
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2025
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2025
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2025
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025
HopHumulus lupulus2025
BugleAjuga reptans2025
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025
Equal-leaved KnotgrassPolygonum arenastrum2025
SpindleEuonymus europaeus2025
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2025
Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans2025
Remote SedgeCarex remota2025
Midland HawthornCrataegus laevigata2025
Spurge-laurelDaphne laureola2025
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025
Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2025
BetonyBetonica officinalis2025
Norway MapleAcer platanoides2025
Common MallowMalva sylvestris2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,583 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds4 species

autumn

2025

Kingfisher · Woodcock · Nuthatch · Marsh Tit

KingfisherAlcedo atthis
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
NuthatchSitta europaea
Marsh TitPoecile palustris

🐝

Insects1 species

spring

2026

Glow-worm

Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca

🌿

Plants141 species

autumn

2026

Wood Melick · Long-beaked Water Feather-moss · Thin-spiked Wood-sedge · Prickly Sow-thistle · Creeping Buttercup +136

Wood MelickMelica uniflora2025
Long-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioides
Thin-spiked Wood-sedgeCarex strigosa
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2025
Wood DockRumex sanguineus2025
Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum2025
Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia2025
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2025
Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa2025
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2025
Red FescueFestuca rubra2025
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2025
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2025
IvyHedera helix2025
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2025
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2025
Common SallowSalix cinerea2025
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025
Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
Wild Service-treeSorbus torminalis2025
BrambleRubus fruticosus2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2025
ElderSambucus nigra2025
Water MintMentha aquatica2025
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025
Field MapleAcer campestre2025
YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025
Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana2025
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025
HornbeamCarpinus betulus2025
Common ChickweedStellaria media2025
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025
Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
Crack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilis2025
RedshankPersicaria maculosa2025
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2025
SilverweedPotentilla anserina2025
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025
Burnet-saxifragePimpinella saxifraga2025
Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis2025
Common PottiaTortula truncata2025
Lesser Bird's-claw Beard-mossStreblotrichum convolutum var. convolutum2025
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2025
Fat-henChenopodium album2025
CleaversGalium aparine2025
Giant FescueSchedonorus giganteus2025
NipplewortLapsana communis2025
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025
Fragrant AgrimonyAgrimonia procera2025
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2025
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025
Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2025
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2025
Bearded CouchElymus caninus2025
White Dead-nettleLamium album2025
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025
Sharp-leaved FluellenKickxia elatine2025
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2025
Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea2025
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025
TimothyPhleum pratense2025
Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare2025
Grey SedgeCarex divulsa subsp. divulsa2025
Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum2025
Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025
Bush VetchVicia sepium2025
BeechFagus sylvatica2025
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2025
RowanSorbus aucuparia2025
Taraxacum agg.Taraxacum agg.2025
Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2025
English ElmUlmus procera2025
AlderAlnus glutinosa2025
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025
AshFraxinus excelsior2025
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
White CloverTrifolium repens2025
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2025
Stone ParsleySison amomum2025
YewTaxus baccata2025
Mexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianus2025
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2025
CockspurEchinochloa crus-galli2025
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
HazelCorylus avellana2025
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2025
Crab AppleMalus sylvestris2025
HollyIlex aquifolium2025
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2025
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2025
Water-pepperPersicaria hydropiper2025
Yellow ArchangelLamiastrum galeobdolon2025
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2025
CrosswortCruciata laevipes2025
Red CampionSilene dioica2025
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2025
Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis2025
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025
Water-plantainAlisma plantago-aquatica2025
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2025
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2025
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2025
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2025
HopHumulus lupulus2025
BugleAjuga reptans2025
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025
Equal-leaved KnotgrassPolygonum arenastrum2025
SpindleEuonymus europaeus2025
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2025
Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans2025
Remote SedgeCarex remota2025
Midland HawthornCrataegus laevigata2025
Spurge-laurelDaphne laureola2025
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025
Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2025
BetonyBetonica officinalis2025
Norway MapleAcer platanoides2025
Common MallowMalva sylvestris2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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