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Great Dixter

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📷 Dominique MacNeill · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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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
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
☕Café on site — a good base for a longer summer day out

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
☕Café on site — a good base for a longer summer day out

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

CaféToilets

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6 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 — Robin, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +48 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +48 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee, Early Bumblebee +87 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee, Early Bumblebee +87 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Wild Service-tree, Early-purple Orchid, Common Centaury +49 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Wild Service-tree, Early-purple Orchid, Common Centaury +49 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Midland Hawthorn, Mouse-ear-hawkweed, Red Dead-nettle +4 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Sussex Border PathWalking route220 km

Named routeLength 220 kmRegional walking route

Wildlife to spot

9,369 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

9,369 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds26 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Tawny Owl · Goldcrest · Robin · Starling · Blackbird +21

Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
Common RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea/rostrata2025
Great TitParus major2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
MagpiePica pica2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

wintersummerautumn

2026

Hazel Dormouse · Yellow-necked Mouse

Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
Yellow-necked MouseApodemus flavicollis

🦎

Reptiles3 species

summer

2025

Slow-worm · Grass Snake · Common Lizard

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐝

Insects40 species

summer

2026

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
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Common Ground-hopperTetrix undulata2025
Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2025
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025
Notiophilus substriatusNotiophilus substriatus
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
Slender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata2025
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Dendrothrips degeeriDendrothrips degeeri2025
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025
Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2025
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025
Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2025
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2025
White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2025
Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2025
Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense2025

🌿

Plants21 species

summer

2026

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 stramonium2025
Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula
Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
MistletoeViscum album
Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2025
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2025
Autumn Lady's-tressesSpiranthes spiralis2025
Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2025
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2025
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2025
Viola tricolor subsp. tricolorViola tricolor subsp. tricolor2025
Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

9,369 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds26 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Tawny Owl · Goldcrest · Robin · Starling · Blackbird +21

Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
Common RedpollAcanthis flammea flammea/rostrata2025
Great TitParus major2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
MagpiePica pica2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

wintersummerautumn

2026

Hazel Dormouse · Yellow-necked Mouse

Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
Yellow-necked MouseApodemus flavicollis

🦎

Reptiles3 species

summer

2025

Slow-worm · Grass Snake · Common Lizard

Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Common LizardZootoca vivipara

🐝

Insects40 species

summer

2026

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
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Common Ground-hopperTetrix undulata2025
Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2025
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025
Notiophilus substriatusNotiophilus substriatus
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
Slender Ground-hopperTetrix subulata2025
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Dendrothrips degeeriDendrothrips degeeri2025
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025
Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2025
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025
Scaeva pyrastriScaeva pyrastri2025
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2025
White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2025
Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2025
Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense2025

🌿

Plants21 species

summer

2026

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 stramonium2025
Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula
Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
MistletoeViscum album
Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2025
Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris2025
Autumn Lady's-tressesSpiranthes spiralis2025
Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2025
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2025
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2025
Viola tricolor subsp. tricolorViola tricolor subsp. tricolor2025
Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Dominique MacNeill · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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