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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
50.92555, 0.27588
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦54+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wren and Blue Tit
- 🍄Mushroom 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
- 🐦54+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wren and Blue Tit
- 🍄Mushroom 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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Wren, Blue Tit, Robin +51 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Wren, Blue Tit, Robin +51 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Scarlet Waxcap, Snowy Waxcap, Crimson Waxcap +41 more · last seen 2021
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Lords-and-Ladies, Field Maple, Primrose +232 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Glow-worm, Beautiful Demoiselle, Azure Damselfly +14 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Sussex Diamond WayWalking route97 km▾
Named routeLength 97 kmRegional walking route
WealdwayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
27 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
Route 21Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 21National Cycle Network
The Cuckoo TrailCycling route▾
Main RouteCycling route111 m▾
Named routeRef 21Length 111 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route47 m▾
Named routeRef 21Length 47 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route280 m▾
Named routeRef 21Length 280 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
House seen from Cowden Hall Lane
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
5,964 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,964 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
springautumn
2025▾
Robin · Wren · Stock Dove · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon +26
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- RavenCorvus corax
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Badger
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects5 species
springsummer
2025▾
Glow-worm · Beautiful Demoiselle · Azure Damselfly · Marmalade Hoverfly · Red-legged Shieldbug
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Lords-and-Ladies · Hart's-Tongue · Red Clover · Pedunculate Oak · Pendulous Sedge +122
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025
- Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,964 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
springautumn
2025▾
Robin · Wren · Stock Dove · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon +26
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- RavenCorvus corax
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Badger
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects5 species
springsummer
2025▾
Glow-worm · Beautiful Demoiselle · Azure Damselfly · Marmalade Hoverfly · Red-legged Shieldbug
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Lords-and-Ladies · Hart's-Tongue · Red Clover · Pedunculate Oak · Pendulous Sedge +122
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025
- Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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