Foxridge Wood
✦ Ancient woodland46 ha
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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Free entryDogs welcome46 ha
Getting here
51.13316, 0.51563
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿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
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿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 — Blackbird, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +72 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +72 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Forked Veilwort, Wood Bristle-moss, Common Feather-moss +55 more · last seen 2026
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens; Insects — Glow-worm, Minotaur Beetle, Violet Ground Beetle +2 more · last seen 2025
Free
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
High Weald Landscape TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef HWLTListed length 145kmRegional walking route
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 18Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route4.9 km▾
Named routeRef 18Length 4.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route187 m▾
Named routeRef 18Length 187 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route9.5 km▾
Named routeRef 18Length 9.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
3,290 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,290 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Great Spotted Woodpecker · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon +44
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- RavenCorvus corax
- Columba oenas oenasColumba oenas oenas
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Dune Thread-moss · Wood Bristle-moss · Lateral Cryphaea · Blueish Veilwort · Common Tamarisk-moss +11
- Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum
- Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
- Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla
- Blueish VeilwortMetzgeria violacea
- Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum
- Sand Feather-mossBrachythecium mildeanum
- Nicholson's Beard-moss
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,290 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Great Spotted Woodpecker · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon +44
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- RavenCorvus corax
- Columba oenas oenasColumba oenas oenas
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Dune Thread-moss · Wood Bristle-moss · Lateral Cryphaea · Blueish Veilwort · Common Tamarisk-moss +11
- Dune Thread-mossBryum dichotomum
- Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
- Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla
- Blueish VeilwortMetzgeria violacea
- Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum
- Sand Feather-mossBrachythecium mildeanum
- Nicholson's Beard-moss
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Didymodon nicholsonii
Didymodon nicholsonii
Bruch's PincushionUlota bruchiiBruch's PincushionUlota bruchiiDilated ScalewortFrullania dilatataDilated ScalewortFrullania dilatataStreblotrichum convolutumStreblotrichum convolutumStreblotrichum convolutumStreblotrichum convolutumBird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculataBird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculataCommon Cord-mossFunaria hygrometricaCommon Cord-mossFunaria hygrometricaShaw's Bristle-mossLewinskya striataShaw's Bristle-mossLewinskya striataForked VeilwortMetzgeria furcataForked VeilwortMetzgeria furcataCylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanusCylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanusVariable-leaved CrestwortLophocolea heterophyllaVariable-leaved CrestwortLophocolea heterophylla