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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome10 ha
Getting here
50.99656, 0.59151
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦51+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackbird
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦51+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackbird
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +48 more · last seen 2026
Free
Grade I listed building: GREAT DIXTER
Free
Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +48 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee, Early Bumblebee +87 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Sussex Border PathWalking route220 km▾
Named routeLength 220 kmRegional walking route
Photos
The main house at Great Dixter
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
9,368 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,368 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds27 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Tawny Owl · Goldcrest · Robin · Blackbird · Woodpigeon +22
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea/rostrata2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
🦌Mammals2 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Hazel Dormouse · Yellow-necked Mouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
- Yellow-necked MouseApodemus flavicollis
Slow-worm · Grass Snake · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Meadow Grasshopper · Long-winged Cone-head · 16-spot Ladybird · Field Grasshopper · Harlequin Ladybird +35
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025
- Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Common Centaury · Wild Carrot · Salsify · Bee Orchid · Dyer's Greenweed +16
- Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea2025
- Wild CarrotDaucus carota subsp. carota2025
- SalsifyTragopogon porrifolius2025
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2025
- Dyer's GreenweedGenista tinctoria2025
- Thorn-appleDatura stramonium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,368 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds27 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Tawny Owl · Goldcrest · Robin · Blackbird · Woodpigeon +22
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea/rostrata2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
🦌Mammals2 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Hazel Dormouse · Yellow-necked Mouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
- Yellow-necked MouseApodemus flavicollis
Slow-worm · Grass Snake · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Meadow Grasshopper · Long-winged Cone-head · 16-spot Ladybird · Field Grasshopper · Harlequin Ladybird +35
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025
- Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Common Centaury · Wild Carrot · Salsify · Bee Orchid · Dyer's Greenweed +16
- Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea2025
- Wild CarrotDaucus carota subsp. carota2025
- SalsifyTragopogon porrifolius2025
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2025
- Dyer's GreenweedGenista tinctoria2025
- Thorn-appleDatura stramonium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Dark Bush-cricket
Dark Bush-cricket
Pholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Pholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2025Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2025Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Common Ground-hopperTetrix undulata2025Common Ground-hopperTetrix undulata2025Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2025Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Notiophilus substriatusNotiophilus substriatusNotiophilus substriatusNotiophilus substriatus24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata202524-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025Slender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata2025Slender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata2025Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025Dendrothrips degeeriDendrothrips degeeri2025Dendrothrips degeeriDendrothrips degeeri2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2025Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2025Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2025Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2025Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2025Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2025White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2025White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2025Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2025Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2025Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense2025Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense20252025
2025
Early-purple OrchidOrchis masculaEarly-purple OrchidOrchis masculaHemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocataHemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocataRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumWood AnemoneAnemone nemorosaWood AnemoneAnemone nemorosaLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumMistletoeViscum albumMistletoeViscum albumBank HaircapPolytrichum formosumBank HaircapPolytrichum formosumAutumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2025Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2025Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2025Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2025Autumn Lady's-tressesSpiranthes spiralis2025Autumn Lady's-tressesSpiranthes spiralis2025Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2025Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2025Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2025Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2025Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2025Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2025Viola tricolor subsp. tricolorViola tricolor subsp. tricolor2025Viola tricolor subsp. tricolorViola tricolor subsp. tricolor2025Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2025Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2025