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Gill Wood

✦ Ancient woodland19 ha

WildlifeBirdsSeasonal

Free entryDogs welcome19 ha

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Visiting this summer

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

Good to know

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

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Lapwing, Shelduck, Yellowhammer +88 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Lapwing, Shelduck, Yellowhammer +88 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Nuttall's Waterweed, Bluebell, Conocephalum conicum +42 more · last seen 2017

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Meadow Brown, Peacock, Red Admiral +60 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Peacock, Red Admiral +60 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Heritage

Good match

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km

Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route

European walking route E9, Rye to DoverWalking route

Named routeRef E9International walking route

Sussex Border PathWalking route220 km

Named routeLength 220 kmRegional walking route

High Weald Landscape TrailWalking route

Named routeRef HWLTListed length 145kmRegional walking route

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Cycling

12 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN Regional Route 11 (Kent)Cycling route

Named routeRef 11Regional cycle route

NCN National Route 172Cycling route

Named routeRef 172National Cycle Network

N/ACycling route622 m

Named routeRef 11Length 622 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route280 m

Named routeRef 11Length 280 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route290 m

Named routeRef 11Length 290 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route74 m

Named routeRef 11Length 74 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

2,296 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,296 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

spring

2025

Lapwing · Yellowhammer · Teal · Redwing · Song Thrush +57

LapwingVanellus vanellus
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
TealAnas crecca
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2023
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2022
Common GullLarus canus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
JackdawColoeus monedula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RavenCorvus corax2023
SwallowHirundo rustica2023
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Great TitParus major
MagpiePica pica
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
RobinErithacus rubecula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2022
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2022
CuckooCuculus canorus2022
Rock DoveColumba livia
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
RookCorvus frugilegus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
Falco tinnunculus tinnunculusFalco tinnunculus tinnunculus2023
GadwallMareca strepera2023
Water RailRallus aquaticus2022
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2022
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2022
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2022
Greylag GooseAnser anser2022
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2022

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2022

Hedgehog

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus

🐝

Insects21 species

summer

2025

Speckled Bush-cricket · Variable Damselfly · Oak Bush-cricket · Anthocomus rufus · Helophilus pendulus +16

Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2023
Variable DamselflyCoenagrion pulchellum
Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
Anthocomus rufusAnthocomus rufus
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,296 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

spring

2025

Lapwing · Yellowhammer · Teal · Redwing · Song Thrush +57

LapwingVanellus vanellus
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
TealAnas crecca
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2023
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2022
Common GullLarus canus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
JackdawColoeus monedula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RavenCorvus corax2023
SwallowHirundo rustica2023
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Great TitParus major
MagpiePica pica
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
RobinErithacus rubecula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2022
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2022
CuckooCuculus canorus2022
Rock DoveColumba livia
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
RookCorvus frugilegus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
Falco tinnunculus tinnunculusFalco tinnunculus tinnunculus2023
GadwallMareca strepera2023
Water RailRallus aquaticus2022
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2022
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2022
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2022
Greylag GooseAnser anser2022
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2022

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2022

Hedgehog

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus

🐝

Insects21 species

summer

2025

Speckled Bush-cricket · Variable Damselfly · Oak Bush-cricket · Anthocomus rufus · Helophilus pendulus +16

Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2023
Variable DamselflyCoenagrion pulchellum
Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
Anthocomus rufusAnthocomus rufus
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum

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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