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Crowhurst Wood

✦ Ancient woodland72 ha

📷 N Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome72 ha

Getting here

50.94769, 0.46216

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦101+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
🌿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

🐦101+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
🌿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

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Parking

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +98 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +98 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Pendulous Sedge, Primrose, Cow Parsley +58 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Bramble, Common Nettle, Hogweed +10 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Willow Emerald Damselfly, Batman Hoverfly, Common Blue Damselfly +11 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Willow Emerald Damselfly, Batman Hoverfly, Common Blue Damselfly +11 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 20 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

1066 Country Walk - Bexhill LinkWalking route10 km

Named routeLength 10 kmRegional walking route

1066 Country WalkWalking route50 km

Named routeLength 50 kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

ESCC Cycle Route 209Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

ESCC Cycle Route 201Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

ESCC Cycle Route 207Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

ESCC Cycle Route 202Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Battle Schools Greenway (ESCC Cycle Route 100)Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Battle North (ESCC Cycle Route 110)Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

8,850 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

8,850 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds59 species

winterspring

2026

Blackbird · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Pheasant · Robin +54

BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
MagpiePica pica2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
GreenshankTringa nebularia2024
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024

🐝

Insects7 species

summer

2025

Batman Hoverfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Xylota segnis · Sphaerophoria scripta · Leptura quadrifasciata +2

Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Xylota segnisXylota segnis
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
Leptura quadrifasciataLeptura quadrifasciata2024
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2024

🌿

Plants14 species

springsummer

2025

Primrose · Chicory · Traveller's-joy · Pendulous Sedge · Lesser Celandine +9

PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
ChicoryCichorium intybus
Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

8,850 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds59 species

winterspring

2026

Blackbird · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Pheasant · Robin +54

BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
MagpiePica pica2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
GreenshankTringa nebularia2024
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024

🐝

Insects7 species

summer

2025

Batman Hoverfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Xylota segnis · Sphaerophoria scripta · Leptura quadrifasciata +2

Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Xylota segnisXylota segnis
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
Leptura quadrifasciataLeptura quadrifasciata2024
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2024

🌿

Plants14 species

springsummer

2025

Primrose · Chicory · Traveller's-joy · Pendulous Sedge · Lesser Celandine +9

PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
ChicoryCichorium intybus
Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 N Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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