Goddenwick Wood ✦ Ancient woodland 9 ha
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51.03174, -0.05514
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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, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Green Woodpecker, Jackdaw, Nuthatch +69 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Green Woodpecker, Jackdaw, Nuthatch +69 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Rough-stalked Feather-moss, Common Feather-moss, Pointed Spear-moss +122 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Large White +66 more · last seen 2022; Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Large White +66 more · last seen 2022
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Garlic Mustard, Two-horned Pincerwort, Dandelion +1 more foraging species
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 11 signed routes nearby · 9 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 Hoad Lane public footpath · 708 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 708 m Surface unpaved Path type: track
Show on map 5 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 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
1,677 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 1,677 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 31 species
spring autumn winter
2026 ▾
Barn Owl · Nuthatch · House Sparrow · Pied Wagtail · Goldfinch +26
Barn Owl Tyto alba2020 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2023 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Great Tit Parus major Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2021 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2021 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2023 Jay Garrulus glandarius2023 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2022 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2021 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2019 Hedgehog · Brown Long-eared Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Noctule +7
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2022 Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus2024 Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2024 Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2024 Noctule Nyctalus noctula2021 Mole Talpa europaea Grass Snake
Grass Snake Natrix helvetica 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring summer autumn
2024 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria Gatekeeper · Meadow Brown · Large White · Holly Blue · Small White +24
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2019 Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2019 Large White Pieris brassicae2019 Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus2019 Small White Pieris rapae2019 Painted Lady Vanessa cardui Cuckooflower · Garlic Mustard · Fodder Vetch · Fool's Parsley · Cow Parsley +26
Cuckooflower Cardamine pratensis Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata Fodder Vetch Vicia villosa Fool's Parsley Aethusa cynapium Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris Dandelion Taraxacum Wild Carrot Daucus carota Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 1,677 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 31 species
spring autumn winter
2026 ▾
Barn Owl · Nuthatch · House Sparrow · Pied Wagtail · Goldfinch +26
Barn Owl Tyto alba2020 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2023 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Great Tit Parus major Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2021 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2021 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2023 Jay Garrulus glandarius2023 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2022 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2021 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2019 Hedgehog · Brown Long-eared Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Noctule +7
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2022 Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus2024 Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2024 Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2024 Noctule Nyctalus noctula2021 Mole Talpa europaea Grass Snake
Grass Snake Natrix helvetica 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring summer autumn
2024 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria Gatekeeper · Meadow Brown · Large White · Holly Blue · Small White +24
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2019 Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2019 Large White Pieris brassicae2019 Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus2019 Small White Pieris rapae2019 Painted Lady Vanessa cardui Cuckooflower · Garlic Mustard · Fodder Vetch · Fool's Parsley · Cow Parsley +26
Cuckooflower Cardamine pratensis Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata Fodder Vetch Vicia villosa Fool's Parsley Aethusa cynapium Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris Dandelion Taraxacum Wild Carrot Daucus carota Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2023
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2023
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius2019
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius2019
Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi
Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi
Eurasian Serotine Cnephaeus serotinus2024
Eurasian Serotine Cnephaeus serotinus2024
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2022
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2022
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2022
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2022 2019
2019
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum
Comma Polygonia c-album2019
Comma Polygonia c-album2019
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa
Marsh Snipefly Rhagio tringarius
Marsh Snipefly Rhagio tringarius
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca
Tortoise Bug Eurygaster testudinaria2021
Tortoise Bug Eurygaster testudinaria2021
Box Tree Moth Cydalima perspectalis2021
Box Tree Moth Cydalima perspectalis2021
Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus2021
Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus2021
Culiseta annulata Culiseta annulata2021
Culiseta annulata Culiseta annulata2021
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata2021
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata2021
Eriothrix rufomaculata Eriothrix rufomaculata2021
Eriothrix rufomaculata Eriothrix rufomaculata2021
Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha2021
Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha2021
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2021
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2021
Hornet Vespa crabro2020
Hornet Vespa crabro2020
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo2020
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo2020
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis2019
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis2019
Brilliant Emerald Somatochlora metallica2019
Brilliant Emerald Somatochlora metallica2019
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2019
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2019
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus2019
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus2019
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2019
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2019
Peacock Aglais io2019
Peacock Aglais io2019
Green-veined White Pieris napi2019
Green-veined White Pieris napi2019
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2019
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2019 2024
2024
Yarrow Achillea millefolium2024
Yarrow Achillea millefolium2024
Marsh Woundwort Stachys palustris2024
Marsh Woundwort Stachys palustris2024
Hornbeam Carpinus betulus2021
Hornbeam Carpinus betulus2021
Bank Haircap Polytrichum formosum2020
Bank Haircap Polytrichum formosum2020
Wall Screw-moss Tortula muralis2020
Wall Screw-moss Tortula muralis2020
Forked Veilwort Metzgeria furcata2020
Forked Veilwort Metzgeria furcata2020
Swan's-neck Thyme-moss Mnium hornum2020
Swan's-neck Thyme-moss Mnium hornum2020
Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga2020
Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga2020
Tender Feather-moss Rhynchostegiella tenella2020
Tender Feather-moss Rhynchostegiella tenella2020
Rough-stalked Feather-moss Brachythecium rutabulum2020
Rough-stalked Feather-moss Brachythecium rutabulum2020
Fox-tail Feather-moss Thamnobryum alopecurum2020
Fox-tail Feather-moss Thamnobryum alopecurum2020
Wood Bristle-moss Lewinskya affinis2020
Wood Bristle-moss Lewinskya affinis2020
Mamillate Plait-moss Hypnum andoi2020
Mamillate Plait-moss Hypnum andoi2020
Common Pocket-moss Fissidens taxifolius2020
Common Pocket-moss Fissidens taxifolius2020
Whiskered Veilwort Metzgeria consanguinea2020
Whiskered Veilwort Metzgeria consanguinea2020
Swartz's Feather-moss Oxyrrhynchium hians2020
Swartz's Feather-moss Oxyrrhynchium hians2020
Fallacious Beard-moss Didymodon fallax2020
Fallacious Beard-moss Didymodon fallax2020
Lateral Cryphaea Cryphaea heteromalla2020
Lateral Cryphaea Cryphaea heteromalla2020
Clustered Feather-moss Rhynchostegium confertum2020
Clustered Feather-moss Rhynchostegium confertum2020
Zygodon conoideus var. conoideus Zygodon conoideus var. conoideus2020
Zygodon conoideus var. conoideus Zygodon conoideus var. conoideus2020
Even Scalewort Radula complanata2020
Even Scalewort Radula complanata2020
Hart's-tongue Thyme-moss Plagiomnium undulatum2020
Hart's-tongue Thyme-moss Plagiomnium undulatum2020
Atrichum undulatum Atrichum undulatum2020
Atrichum undulatum Atrichum undulatum2020
Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme2020
Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme2020 