Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
50.83190, 0.32495
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦95+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Raven and Peregrine
- 🐄Summer visits here combine well with a walk along nearby trails — the animals are most active in the morning.
- ☕Chilley Farm Shop Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦95+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Raven and Peregrine
- 🐄Summer visits here combine well with a walk along nearby trails — the animals are most active in the morning.
- ☕Chilley Farm Shop Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Raven, Peregrine, Bearded Tit +92 more · last seen 2025; Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
Birds — Raven, Peregrine, Bearded Tit +92 more · last seen 2025; Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh priority habitat
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Mistletoe, Daisy, Herb-Robert +113 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
〰Waterside walks
Good match
Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
1066 Country Walk - South Downs LinkWalking route▾
Named routeRef 1006LRegional walking route
1066 Country WalkWalking route50 km▾
Named routeLength 50 kmRegional walking route
55 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Avenue Verte London ↔ ParisCycling route▾
English part of Avenue Verte London ↔ Paris, an international cycle route that connects the two capital cities
Named routeRef AVInternational cycle route
Stone Cross to Seafront Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeProposed Lcn
Horsey CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 21Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 21National Cycle Network
The Cuckoo TrailCycling route▾
National Cycle Route 2 Hastings to BrightonCycling route▾
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
13,164 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,164 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Magpie · Robin · Carrion Crow · Goldfinch · Lapwing +44
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- TealAnas crecca
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great TitParus major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla
- European White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons albifrons
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- CootFulica atra
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- RavenCorvus corax
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Columba palumbus palumbusColumba palumbus palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Red Fox · Rabbit
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
Field Woundwort · Daisy · Herb-Robert · Shepherd's-purse · Snowberry +61
- Field WoundwortStachys arvensis
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,164 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Magpie · Robin · Carrion Crow · Goldfinch · Lapwing +44
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- TealAnas crecca
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great TitParus major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla
- European White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons albifrons
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- CootFulica atra
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- RavenCorvus corax
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Columba palumbus palumbusColumba palumbus palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Red Fox · Rabbit
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
Field Woundwort · Daisy · Herb-Robert · Shepherd's-purse · Snowberry +61
- Field WoundwortStachys arvensis
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
