Goldbridge Wood ✦ Ancient woodland 3 ha
🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 3 ha
Places › England › South East › Lewes Getting here
50.98035, 0.02074
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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 — Coot, Robin, Tawny Owl +65 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Coot, Robin, Tawny Owl +65 more · last seen 2026
Free
Plants — Bramble, Ramsons, Oak +14 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Small Skipper +78 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Small Skipper +78 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bugle, Bramble, Ash +84 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Bugle, Bramble, Ash +84 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 9 signed routes nearby · 11 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 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 Tolls Walk, Sheffield Park Walking route 2.2 km ▾
Named route Length 2.2 km Duration 00:45 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Earls Walk, Sheffield Park Walking route 3.4 km ▾
The southern section of this trail (through Ironsgate Mead) seasonally floods, so an alternate dry route has been suggested.
Named route Length 3.4 km Duration 01:30 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Cricketfield public footpath · 36 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 36 m Path type: residential
Show on map Cricketfield public footpath · 42 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 42 m Path type: residential
Show on map Alexander Mead public footpath · 51 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 51 m Path type: residential
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
22,410 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 22,410 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 53 species
spring summer autumn winter
2026 ▾
Tawny Owl · Coot · Canada Goose · Mute Swan · Robin +48
Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Greenfinch Chloris chloris Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Siskin Spinus spinus Magpie Pica pica2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava2025 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Badger
🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria2025 🐝 Insects 19 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Scarce Chaser · 7-spot Ladybird · Small Red-eyed Damselfly · Minotaur Beetle · Marmalade Hoverfly +14
Scarce Chaser Libellula fulva 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Small Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma viridulum Minotaur Beetle Typhaeus typhoeus Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis 🌿 Plants 3 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Ramsons · Hornbeam · Bugle
Ramsons Allium ursinum Hornbeam Carpinus betulus2025 Bugle Ajuga reptans2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 22,410 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 53 species
spring summer autumn winter
2026 ▾
Tawny Owl · Coot · Canada Goose · Mute Swan · Robin +48
Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Greenfinch Chloris chloris Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Siskin Spinus spinus Magpie Pica pica2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava2025 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Badger
🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
Common Toad Bufo bufo Common Frog Rana temporaria2025 🐝 Insects 19 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Scarce Chaser · 7-spot Ladybird · Small Red-eyed Damselfly · Minotaur Beetle · Marmalade Hoverfly +14
Scarce Chaser Libellula fulva 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Small Red-eyed Damselfly Erythromma viridulum Minotaur Beetle Typhaeus typhoeus Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis 🌿 Plants 3 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Ramsons · Hornbeam · Bugle
Ramsons Allium ursinum Hornbeam Carpinus betulus2025 Bugle Ajuga reptans2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Trichius gallicus Trichius gallicus
Trichius gallicus Trichius gallicus
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata
Brilliant Emerald Somatochlora metallica
Brilliant Emerald Somatochlora metallica
Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii
Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Norfolk Aeshna Aeshna isoceles
Norfolk Aeshna Aeshna isoceles
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Vine Weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus
Vine Weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus
Polydrusus formosus Polydrusus formosus
Polydrusus formosus Polydrusus formosus
Physocephala rufipes Physocephala rufipes
Physocephala rufipes Physocephala rufipes
Rhingia campestris Rhingia campestris
Rhingia campestris Rhingia campestris
Pied Shieldbug Tritomegas bicolor
Pied Shieldbug Tritomegas bicolor
Red Mason Bee Osmia bicornis
Red Mason Bee Osmia bicornis 