Court Wood ✦ Ancient woodland 9 ha
🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
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51.02316, -0.06622
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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 habitat🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +75 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +75 more · last seen 2026
Free
Plants — Hogweed, Elder, Common Nettle +16 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Cow Parsley, Hogweed, Lords-and-Ladies +156 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Common Red Soldier Beetle, Harlequin Ladybird +36 more · last seen 2025; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Common Red Soldier Beetle, Harlequin Ladybird +36 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 10 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Sussex Diamond Way Walking route 97 km ▾
Named route Length 97 km Regional walking route
Show on map Sussex Ouse Valley Way Walking route 67 km ▾
Named route Length 67 km Regional walking route
Show on map Dophin Lesuire Centre to B2272 Public Footpath Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Ashgrounds Wood Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Walk To Bluebell Railway, Sheffield Park Walking route 900 m ▾
Named route Length 900 m Duration 00:30 Point-to-point Local walking route
Show on map Paxhill Park Lane public footpath · 423 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 423 m Surface ground Path type: track
Show on map Spring Lane public footpath · 564 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 564 m Surface asphalt Path type: track
Show on map 6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Haywards Heath Town Centre to Cuckfield Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Rocky Lane Cycle Path Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Burgess Hill - Haywards Heath Eastern Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Hatchgate Lane Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Bolnore Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map National Cycle Route 20 Crawley - Pyecombe (proposed) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 20 National Cycle Network
Show on map ✦ Ancient woodland — continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD. A rare and irreplaceable habitat, rich in biodiversity and historical character.
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Wildlife to spot
17,163 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 17,163 records · National Biodiversity Network Robin · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · House Sparrow · Collared Dove +31
Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Motacilla cinerea cinerea Motacilla cinerea cinerea2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Peregrine Falco peregrinus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Hobby Falco subbuteo2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Barn Owl Tyto alba2025 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 🦌 Mammals 7 species
winter summer autumn
2026 ▾
Roe Deer · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Hazel Dormouse · Wood Mouse +2
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2025 Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2025 Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius2025 Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Toad
7-spot Ladybird · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Southern Hawker · White-legged Damselfly · Graphomya maculata +5
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea White-legged Damselfly Platycnemis pennipes Graphomya maculata Graphomya maculata Band-eyed Brown Horsefly Tabanus bromius Oedemera virescens Hogweed · Cow Parsley · Cock's-foot · Wild Teasel · Ivy +62
Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium2025 Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris Cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata2025 Wild Teasel Dipsacus fullonum Ivy Hedera helix Hazel Corylus avellana Hedge Bindweed Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 17,163 records · National Biodiversity Network Robin · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · House Sparrow · Collared Dove +31
Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Motacilla cinerea cinerea Motacilla cinerea cinerea2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Peregrine Falco peregrinus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Hobby Falco subbuteo2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Barn Owl Tyto alba2025 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 🦌 Mammals 7 species
winter summer autumn
2026 ▾
Roe Deer · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Hazel Dormouse · Wood Mouse +2
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2025 Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2025 Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius2025 Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Toad
7-spot Ladybird · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Southern Hawker · White-legged Damselfly · Graphomya maculata +5
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea White-legged Damselfly Platycnemis pennipes Graphomya maculata Graphomya maculata Band-eyed Brown Horsefly Tabanus bromius Oedemera virescens Hogweed · Cow Parsley · Cock's-foot · Wild Teasel · Ivy +62
Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium2025 Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris Cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata2025 Wild Teasel Dipsacus fullonum Ivy Hedera helix Hazel Corylus avellana Hedge Bindweed Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Badger Meles meles
Badger Meles meles
Daubenton's Bat Myotis daubentonii2025
Daubenton's Bat Myotis daubentonii2025 Oedemera virescens
Oedemera virescens
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
Syrphus ribesii Syrphus ribesii
Syrphus ribesii Syrphus ribesii
Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera Calystegia sepium2025
Calystegia sepium2025
Oxeye Daisy Leucanthemum vulgare2025
Oxeye Daisy Leucanthemum vulgare2025
Mugwort Artemisia vulgaris2025
Mugwort Artemisia vulgaris2025
Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius2025
Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius2025
Malus sylvestris Malus sylvestris2025
Malus sylvestris Malus sylvestris2025
Marsh Thistle Cirsium palustre2025
Marsh Thistle Cirsium palustre2025
Field Maple Acer campestre2025
Field Maple Acer campestre2025
Goat Willow Salix caprea2025
Goat Willow Salix caprea2025
Greater Plantain Plantago major2025
Greater Plantain Plantago major2025
Hedge Woundwort Stachys sylvatica2025
Hedge Woundwort Stachys sylvatica2025
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata2025
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata2025
Rough Meadow-grass Poa trivialis2025
Rough Meadow-grass Poa trivialis2025
Dandelion Taraxacum
Dandelion Taraxacum
Sweet Violet Viola odorata
Sweet Violet Viola odorata
Cherry Plum Prunus cerasifera
Cherry Plum Prunus cerasifera
Primrose Primula vulgaris
Primrose Primula vulgaris
Scots Pine Pinus sylvestris
Scots Pine Pinus sylvestris
Winter Heliotrope Petasites pyrenaicus
Winter Heliotrope Petasites pyrenaicus
Greater Burdock Arctium lappa
Greater Burdock Arctium lappa
Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens
Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens
Lords-and-Ladies Arum maculatum
Lords-and-Ladies Arum maculatum
Rough-stalked Feather-moss Brachythecium rutabulum
Rough-stalked Feather-moss Brachythecium rutabulum
Common Nettle Urtica dioica
Common Nettle Urtica dioica
Scarlet Oak Quercus coccinea2025
Scarlet Oak Quercus coccinea2025
Elder Sambucus nigra2025
Elder Sambucus nigra2025
Cockspur Echinochloa crus-galli2025
Cockspur Echinochloa crus-galli2025
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica2025
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica2025
Wild Privet Ligustrum vulgare2025
Wild Privet Ligustrum vulgare2025
Rosebay Willowherb Chamaenerion angustifolium2025
Rosebay Willowherb Chamaenerion angustifolium2025
Upright Hedge-parsley Torilis japonica2025
Upright Hedge-parsley Torilis japonica2025
Dogwood Cornus sanguinea2025
Dogwood Cornus sanguinea2025
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris2025
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris2025
Great Willowherb Epilobium hirsutum2025
Great Willowherb Epilobium hirsutum2025
Large-flowered Evening-primrose Oenothera glazioviana2025
Large-flowered Evening-primrose Oenothera glazioviana2025
Butterfly-bush Buddleja davidii2025
Butterfly-bush Buddleja davidii2025
Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens2025
Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens2025
Great Mullein Verbascum thapsus2025
Great Mullein Verbascum thapsus2025
Purple Toadflax Linaria purpurea2025
Purple Toadflax Linaria purpurea2025
Perforate St John's-wort Hypericum perforatum2025
Perforate St John's-wort Hypericum perforatum2025
Common Sallow Salix cinerea2025
Common Sallow Salix cinerea2025
Wall Barley Hordeum murinum2025
Wall Barley Hordeum murinum2025
Enchanter's-nightshade Circaea lutetiana2025
Enchanter's-nightshade Circaea lutetiana2025
Meadow Foxtail Alopecurus pratensis2025
Meadow Foxtail Alopecurus pratensis2025
Cleavers Galium aparine2025
Cleavers Galium aparine2025
Pineappleweed Matricaria discoidea2025
Pineappleweed Matricaria discoidea2025
Perennial Rye-grass Lolium perenne2025
Perennial Rye-grass Lolium perenne2025
Musk-mallow Malva moschata2025
Musk-mallow Malva moschata2025
False Oat-grass Arrhenatherum elatius2025
False Oat-grass Arrhenatherum elatius2025
Burdock Arctium2025
Burdock Arctium2025
White Clover Trifolium repens2025
White Clover Trifolium repens2025
French Crane's-bill Geranium endressii2025
French Crane's-bill Geranium endressii2025
Steeple-bush Spiraea douglasii2025
Steeple-bush Spiraea douglasii2025
Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum2025
Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum2025
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna2025
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna2025
Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus2025
Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus2025
Holly Ilex aquifolium2025
Holly Ilex aquifolium2025
Horse-chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum2025
Horse-chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum2025
Cat's-ear Hypochaeris radicata2025
Cat's-ear Hypochaeris radicata2025
Black Medick Medicago lupulina2025
Black Medick Medicago lupulina2025
Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata2025
Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata2025
Wood Avens Geum urbanum2025
Wood Avens Geum urbanum2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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